This course is specifically tailored to students interested in pursuing a career in research, either in academic or in industry. Our MSci Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology course combines major topics in cognitive neuroscience and psychology to offer a broad grounding in this exciting field of behavioural science. In contrast to the three-year BSc, this four-year MSci features a number of master's level units in third year (including coverage of Open Science principles and programming using the open-source statistical software package, R).In the fourth year you will focus on a research project, during which you will be fully immersed in a research environment.The psychology component of the MSci covers topics such as: - How humans and animals think (cognitive processes);- How the world is sensed (perception);- Comparative and developmental studies;- Abnormal psychology. The neuroscience component of the course covers topics such as: - Animal behaviour;- Learning and memory;- The action of drugs on the nervous system;- How humans and animals sense and respond to their environment. The MSci degree is accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS), which means as well as providing a solid foundation for a career in biological sciences, it constitutes your first step towards professional chartered psychologist status. **Special Features**This is a research-oriented four-year degree with Year 3 involving a number of master's-level units where you will gain valuable data analysis experience using statistical approaches that are at the cutting edge of the discipline. It is intended that this degree will provide a solid foundation for PhD study and increase your competitiveness in terms of securing PhD funding.