BHSc Honours Neuroscience at University of the Witwatersrand

Programme overview

The Bachelor of Health Sciences with Honours in the field of Neuroscience is a 1 year full-time degree, which introduces students to multiple neuroscience topics and research fields within the Faculty of Health Sciences, Science and the Humanities. The Honours programme in Neuroscience introduces students to multiple neuroscience topics and research fields within the Faculty of Health Sciences, Science and the Humanities. The programme consist of a coursework component which constitutes 60% of the qualification and a research essay component which constitutes 40% of the qualification.

Faculty: Health Sciences | Department: Biomedical Sciences | Duration: 1 year | Study mode: full-time | Location: Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

What you will study

For the coursework component (ANAT4017) students are required to attend lectures and participate in practicals, tutorials and themed discussion group meetings in neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, and applied clinical neuroscience. The coursework component consists of five courses: Advanced Neuroanatomy Advanced Neurophysiology Applied Clinical Neuroscience Multidisciplinary discussion group meetings

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Application information

Entry requirements

A candidate is eligible for admission to this course provided they have completed and passed the relevant major units at this University or any other University whose programmes have been approved by Senate and has attained at least 65% average in the final undergraduate units, as well as satisfying all other prerequisite requirements as stipulated by the Faculty of Health Sciences. Relevant major units include health sciences, biomedical engineering, machine learning and robotics and psychology. Note: Meeting the minimum entry requirements for the programme does not guarantee students a place in this programme.

Tuition is charged per module, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Postgraduate applications are made online at www.wits.ac.za/applications; the closing date for each programme is listed in its course finder entry. The application fee is R200 (not payable by current Wits students applying online), paid via the Self-Service Portal or by EFT to the Wits University Application Fees account at FNB.

Apply through the official page: https://www.wits.ac.za/applications

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