UCL Human Sciences

Hey, anyone who knows someone or is doing this course. What is it like, would you recommend, employability and social life?
Any insight would be good as I’m considering this course
Thank you

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elora33

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I did this course 2020-2023.
I definitely recommend it, you get so much choice in your modules so you can really tailor your experience and that helps when looking for a job/ graduate education.
Social life at UCL is great and the course is really small so you get to know people on it well.
Feel free to ask me any other questions!

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Zyan265

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Original post by elora33

I did this course 2020-2023.
I definitely recommend it, you get so much choice in your modules so you can really tailor your experience and that helps when looking for a job/ graduate education.
Social life at UCL is great and the course is really small so you get to know people on it well.
Feel free to ask me any other questions!

Thank you!
I checked the modules on the course page and was wondering if that was only a select few modules out of a wider range. Preferably in biosciences.

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elora33

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Original post by Zyan265

Thank you!
I checked the modules on the course page and was wondering if that was only a select few modules out of a wider range. Preferably in biosciences.

Basically in your second and third year you have 30 credits obligatory.
The next 30 credits (2 modules usually) you can take any Bioscience and/or Anthropology module that you have the prerequisites for (level 5 in 2nd year and level 6 in 3rd year).
The next 45 credits (3 modules) can be taken from any faculty that has "Science" in the same so it can be philosophy, history, neuroscience, psychology,...
The final 15 credits can be taken from anywhere as long as the module lead will let you.
If you look through UCL's module catalogue, you should be able to get an idea of the modules available: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/module-catalogue/?collection=drupal-module-catalogue&facetsort=alpha&num_ranks=20&daat=10000&sort=title
At the end of 1st and 2nd year you'll choose your modules by going through that catalogue and seeing all the ones you may be eligible for depending on the prerequisites.
Hope that helps!

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Zyan265

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Original post by elora33

Basically in your second and third year you have 30 credits obligatory.
The next 30 credits (2 modules usually) you can take any Bioscience and/or Anthropology module that you have the prerequisites for (level 5 in 2nd year and level 6 in 3rd year).
The next 45 credits (3 modules) can be taken from any faculty that has "Science" in the same so it can be philosophy, history, neuroscience, psychology,...
The final 15 credits can be taken from anywhere as long as the module lead will let you.
If you look through UCL's module catalogue, you should be able to get an idea of the modules available: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/module-catalogue/?collection=drupal-module-catalogue&facetsort=alpha&num_ranks=20&daat=10000&sort=title
At the end of 1st and 2nd year you'll choose your modules by going through that catalogue and seeing all the ones you may be eligible for depending on the prerequisites.
Hope that helps!

Hi I am also someone who has been offered human sciences and I have a few questions.
Are we required to choose social sciences/neuroscience or can we opt for picking more bioscience modules than the given 30 credits?
Is the final human sciences project pure essay based or can it include lab work?
Is it easy to make friends on the course as it is smaller and given the huge variety of optional modules I assume the chances of the majority of the cohort will be in the same lectures.
Is this course mostly essay/theory over practical/research?
Given that the discussion is 2 months old if you could find the time to reply I would be so grateful as I can barely find anyone doing human sciences at UCL.

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artful_lounger

Universities Forum Helper

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Original post by Zyan265

Hi I am also someone who has been offered human sciences and I have a few questions.
Are we required to choose social sciences/neuroscience or can we opt for picking more bioscience modules than the given 30 credits?
Is the final human sciences project pure essay based or can it include lab work?
Is it easy to make friends on the course as it is smaller and given the huge variety of optional modules I assume the chances of the majority of the cohort will be in the same lectures.
Is this course mostly essay/theory over practical/research?
Given that the discussion is 2 months old if you could find the time to reply I would be so grateful as I can barely find anyone doing human sciences at UCL.

Course assessment will vary depending on the modules you choose. If you do bioscience modules they'll be assessed in the manner you'd expect a bioscience degree module to be assessed, if you do anthropology modules they'll be assessed in the manner of an anthropology degree module. As the poster above noted you have a lot of flexibility in what you choose so you can tailor it to your choice.

I'm not aware of any requirements to specifically do anthropology options beyond whatever may be compulsory. If you're interested in human evolution though UCL anthropology have a number of modules specifically in that and related areas (E.g. palaeoanthropology, primate ecology and behaviour, etc). Archaeology may have some modules of relevance in that regime too. You can see the full course structure and requirements here: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/biosciences/human-sciences-degrees-1

That said as you're taking modules across other departments they may prioritise "home department" students first if the module is oversubscribed. Also I'm not sure if human sciences students are an exception but generally psychology modules have specific restrictions on when and who can take them if not based in a psychology programme.

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