BEng Neural Engineering with Psychology (Including Foundation Year)

Our BEng Neural Engineering with Psychology (including foundation year) is open to Home and EU students. It will be suitable for you if your academic qualifications do not yet meet our entrance requirements for the three-year version of this course and you want a programme that increases your subject knowledge as well as improves your English language and academic skills. This four-year course includes a foundation year (Year Zero), followed by a further three years of study. During your Year Zero, you study four academic subjects relevant to your chosen course as well as a compulsory English language and academic skills module.After successful completion of Year Zero in our Essex Pathways Department, you progress to complete your course with the School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering. At Essex, we will equip you with the skills and knowledge to be a leader in the development of novel technologies for the rapidly expanding neural engineering industry, building systems that can change people’s lives. You will be taught in a collaboration with the Department of Psychology, which will give you a foundation in the cognitive processes within the human brain.On our BEng Neural Engineering with Psychology you can study a wide range of topics, such as:Brain-computer and neural interfacesAnalysis and classification of neural signalsBrain-activity recording (neuroimaging) and simulation technologiesHuman experimentationBrain and behaviourNeuroscienceArtificial intelligence and machine learning