UKTBIOL001: BSc (hons): Molecular and Cellular Biology
Year 1, Semester 1
Mode of Attendance: Full period in University (Undergraduate)
Mandatory Units
BIOL0001 Skills & techniques 1 (basic laboratory & communication skills) 3 Credits
BIOL0003 Biochemistry 1 6 Credits
BIOL0005 Cell biology 1 6 Credits
BIOL0008 Diversity I 6 Credits
CHEY0008 Introductory organic chemistry 6 Credits
SCNC0046 Human physiology (Physiology, pathology & pharmacology 1) 6 Credits
Year 1, Semester 2
Mandatory Units
BIOL0002 Skills & techniques 2 (quantitative skills) 3 Credits
BIOL0004 Biochemistry 2 6 Credits
BIOL0006 Cell & molecular biology 6 Credits
BIOL0007 Genetics 6 Credits
Optional Units
Select 1 unit from the following list:
BIOL0009 Diversity II 6 Credits
CHEY0007 General chemistry 6 Credits
Year 2, Semester 1
Mode of Attendance: Full period in University (Undergraduate)
Mandatory Units
BIOL0013 Directed studies 1 3 Credits
BIOL0023 DNA (making, breaking & disease) 6 Credits
BIOL0024 Cell biology 2 6 Credits
Optional Units
Select between 2 and 3 units from the following list:
BIOL0018 Enzymology A 6 Credits
BIOL0020 Physical biochemistry & proteins 6 Credits
BIOL0027 Integrative animal physiology and immunology 6 Credits
BIOL0032 Plant pathology 6 Credits
BIOL0035 Genes & development 1 6 Credits
MATH0108 Statistics 6 Credits
Year 2, Semester 2
Mandatory Units
BIOL0014 Directed studies 2 3 Credits
BIOL0025 Practical molecular biology 6 Credits
Optional Units
Select between 3 and 4 units from the following list:
BIOL0021 Protein purification 6 Credits
BIOL0028 Cellular neurobiology 6 Credits
BIOL0030 Plant biochemistry 6 Credits
BIOL0031 Plant biotechnology 6 Credits
BIOL0033 Bacteriology 6 Credits
BIOL0036 Genes & development practicals 6 Credits
BIOL0093 Practical microbial genetics 6 Credits
Year 3, Academic Year
Mode of Attendance: Paid period of experience
Mandatory Units
BIOL0075 Professional training placement 60 Credits
Year 4, Semester 1
Mode of Attendance: Full period in University (Undergraduate)
Mandatory Units
BIOL0091 Data interpretation in molecular & cell biology 6 Credits
Optional Units
Select between 24 and 30 credits from the following list:
BIOL0042 Investigative project 12 Credits
BIOL0044 Molecular & medical neuroscience 6 Credits
BIOL0045 Cell membranes 6 Credits
BIOL0046 Proteins & immunochemistry 6 Credits
BIOL0055 Genes & genomes 6 Credits
BIOL0056 Plant molecular biology 6 Credits
BIOL0057 Cell growth & proliferation 6 Credits
BIOL0063 Microbial physiology 6 Credits
BIOL0069 Plant development 6 Credits
BIOL0078 Biotechnology 6 Credits
Select between 0 and 1 unit from the following list:
BIOL0081 Biochemical ethics 6 Credits
BIOL0083 Enzymes in biotechnology & medicine 6 Credits
BIOL0087 Vaccines 6 Credits
BIOL0102 Molecular mechanisms of disease 6 Credits
Year 4, Semester 2
Optional Units
Select between 24 and 30 credits from the following list:
BIOL0042 Investigative project 12 Credits
BIOL0049 Biochemical parasitology 3 Credits
BIOL0058 Microbial genetics 6 Credits
BIOL0060 Neurobiology - systems 3 Credits
BIOL0064 Plant-microorganism interactions 6 Credits
BIOL0067 Genes & development 2 6 Credits
BIOL0077 Molecular evolution 3 Credits
BIOL0079 Clinical biochemistry 6 Credits
BIOL0101 Neurobiology - development 3 Credits
BIOL0103 Molecular biology of animal adaptation 6 Credits
Select between 0 and 1 unit from the following list:
BIOL0084 Cellular biochemistry 6 Credits
BIOL0085 Medical biochemistry 6 Credits
BIOL0086 Molecular immunology 6
Credits
BIOL0088 Bioinformatics 6
Credits
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