Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience

With the Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience degree offered at University of Sussex ,you will:

• study the structure and function of the brain with our expert cognitive and clinical neuroscience researchers. You'll discover how this is linked to concepts such as social interaction, consciousness, and clinical disorders
• tailor your course to your interests and career goals. You can choose to focus your studies more on either neuroscience theory or research methods
• gain hands-on and practical experience with advanced research techniques. This includes neuroimaging (fMRI), statistics, programming for experiments and electroencephalography (EEG)
• enhance your data analysis skills using R and specialised software for neuroimaging.

Careers

ThisCognitive NeuroscienceMScat University of Sussexprepares you for a potential career in research and enhances your work-related skills such as critical insight and data analysis.

This course is also relevant if you are interested in clinical psychology or in work in the biomedical sector by providing, for example, an understanding of how brain damage affects cognition.

Our graduates have gone on to pursue PhDs and to careers in industry and medicine.

Courses include:

• An Adventure in Statistics
• Research Reform and Open Science
• The Social and Emotional Brain
• Topics in Cognitive Neuroscience
• Brain Imaging Methods
• Clinical Neuroscience