Application for the Major Subject is part of the Part II Allocations Procedure. The application needs to completed by the second week of the Easter term. Some departments ask for additional information - check the Allocations Procedure website. Those who want to study BBS should select their preferred Department for their major subject, and then select 'BBS' in the consecutive question. Places will be allocated after the exams, and students should know if they have a place before the summer vacation.
On this page you will find information to help you choose your Major Subject:
- The list of Major Subjects with links to the department websites
- Details of the Major Subjects course formats
- Contact details of Major Subjects course organisers and teaching administrators
Neuroscience with the BBS Course
Departments offering BBS Major Subjects in 2023/24
Click on the tiles below to access the respective departmental webpages relating to the Major Subjects on offer.
Major Subjects Course Format for AY23-24 |
||
|
Subject |
Course format |
Modules offered |
|---|---|---|
| Pathology (402) | Choose two modules for Michaelmas Term and two modules for Lent Term. |
Michaelmas:
(A) MT Genetics of Disease
(B) MT Epidemiology and Control of Infectious Disease
(C) MT Host-Pathogen Interactions
(D) MT Immunology I*
Lent:
(E) LT Cancer Biology
(F) LT Infectious disease: a one-health perspective
(G) LT Virology
(H) LT Immunology II*
*Immunology I & II must be taken together
|
|
(Maximum 15 candidates) |
Same lectures as the single subject. |
The course typically covers: Drug Discovery |
|
(Maximum 25 candidates across both options) Students must have taken MVST Part IB or NST Part IB Experimental Psychology to take this Major Subject. |
Same lectures as the single subject |
Students can choose between one of the two following options: Option A Paper 1: Methods and Inquiry Option B Paper 1: Methods and Inquiry Papers 2-4: Choosing three modules in psychology, neuroscience and behaviour offered through Psychology, PDN and Zoology |
|
(Maximum 7 candidates) |
The course is grouped into four 24 lecture modules, one of which has a branched structure to provide internal choice |
Module A: Structural and Chemical Biology |
| Plant Sciences (412) | Choose two modules for Michaelmas Term and two modules for Lent Term. |
Michaelmas:
PLM1: Plant signalling networks in growth and development
PLM2: Microbes: Evolution, genomes and lifestyle
PLM3: Evolution and ecosystem dynamics
ZM2: Conservation Science
Lent:
PLL1: Plant genomes and synthetic biology
PLL2: Responses to global change
PLL3: Exploiting plant metabolism
ZL3: Evolution and Behaviour: Populations and Societies
ZL4: Applied Ecology
ZL5: Evolutionary Genetics and Adaptation
BBS Minor 128: Bioinformatics
|
|
(Maximum 10 candidates) |
Four modules from the single subject |
Module 1: Genomes, Chromosomes and the Cell Cycle |
|
Physiology, Development and Neuroscience (415) (Maximum 25 candidates) |
Choose a total of four modules from the list. Alternatively, choose at least two N and/or P modules, and up to two more either from the list, or from the two modules offered by both Psychology and Zoology, (subject to availability). |
Michaelmas: N1: Developmental Neurobiology Lent: N6: Higher Order Brain Function and Dysfunction |
|
(Maximum 25 candidates) |
Choose two modules for Michaelmas Term and two modules for Lent Term. (The majority of combinations are available but please check with the Zoology Teaching Office for all permissible combinations) |
Michaelmas:
ZM1: Vertebrate Evolution
ZM2: Conservation Science
ZM5: Evolution and Behaviour: Genes and Individuals
ZM6: Cell Assembly and Interactions [Shared with PDN]
ZM7: From Genome to Proteome [Borrowed from Biochemistry]
ZM9: Developmental Neurobiology [Shared with PDN]
ZM10: Early Development & Patterning: Genetics & Cellular Mechanisms [Shared with Genetics and PDN]
PLM3: Evolution and Ecosystem Dynamics [Borrowed from Plant Sciences]
N3: Neuroscience: Circuits and Systems [Borrowed from PDN]
PS3: Brain Mechanisms of Emotional Regulation and Motivation [Borrowed from Psychology]
Lent:
ZL1: Evolution and Comparative Anatomy of Mammals
ZL2: Responses to Global Change [Borrowed from Plant Sciences]
ZL3: Evolution and Behaviour: Populations and Societies
ZL4: Applied Ecology
ZL5: Evolutionary Genetics and Adaptation [Shared with Genetics]
ZL6: Development: Cell Differentiation and Organogenesis [Shared with PDN]
ZL7: Cell Cycle, Signalling and Cancer [Borrowed from Biochemistry]
102: Bioinformatics [Borrowed from Genetics]
N6: Higher Order Brain Function and Dysfunction [Borrowed from PDN]
PS2: Memory [Borrowed from Psychology]
|
|
Human Evolution, Ecology and Behaviour (429)
|
Two modules from B2, B3 and B4, and two optional modules among B12-B17 |
B2: Human Ecology and Behaviour
B12: Human Palaeobiology
|
|
History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine (430) (Maximum 12 candidates)
|
Four modules from the single subject |
Early Medicine |
Major Subjects Contact Details (AY23-24) |
||||
|
Course code |
Course |
Course Organiser |
Teaching administrator |
Email address |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
402 |
Pathology |
Dr Paolo D'Avino (cover provided by Dr Nick Holmes) |
Bea Jimenez Martin Lisa Deane |
|
|
408 |
Pharmacology |
Dr Cathy Wilson |
Christine Roberts |
Undergrad@phar.cam.ac.uk |
|
409 |
Psychology |
Dr Mirjana Bozic |
Kate Limond | |
|
411 |
Biochemistry |
Professor Bill Broadhurst | Sam Chapman | ug-admin@bioc.cam.ac.uk |
|
412 |
Plant Sciences |
Professor Jim Haseloff |
Rhyanna Halasovski |
|
|
414 |
Genetics |
Dr Christine Farr |
Mitha Madhu |
undergrad.admin@gen.cam.ac.uk |
|
415 |
Physiology, Development & Neuroscience (PDN) |
Professor Amanda Sferruzzi-Perri |
Sophie Jones |
|
|
427 |
Zoology |
Professor Walter Federle |
Francesca Anthony / Barbara Chase |
|
|
429 |
Human Evolution, Ecology and Behaviour |
Dr Guy Jacobs | Josh Giles | undergraduate-secretary@arch.cam.ac.uk |
|
430 |
History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine |
Dr Daniel Margocsy |
David Thompson |
hps-admin@lists.cam.ac.uk |