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Postgraduate Taught Programme Structures for 2002/03
Department of Biology & Biochemistry
For students doing a free-standing MRes, up to 4 Biology units may be chosen. For students following the integrated PhD route, 2 management units must be chosen. Of the Masters level Biology units, 1 out of 2-3, or 2 out of 4 must be seminar-based units
Optional Units: Select between 0 and 2 Unit(s) from
the following list (Bioscience units):
BB40127
Plant development
6 Credits
BB40128
The evolution of genetic systems
6 Credits
Optional Units: Select between 0 and 2 Unit(s) from
the following list (Bioscience units, seminar based):
BB40081
Biochemical ethics
6 Credits
BB40082
Frontiers of neuroscience
6 Credits
BB40083
Enzymes in biotechnology & medicine
6 Credits
BB40102
Molecular mechanisms of disease
6 Credits
BB40123
Biological ethics
6 Credits
BB40124
Human development disorders
6 Credits
BB40126
Human bacterial pathogens: microbiology
& population dynamics
6 Credits
BB40133
Plant responses to abiotic stress
6 Credits
Optional Units: Select between 0 and 2 Unit(s) from
the following list (Management):
MN10071
Organisational behaviour
5 Credits
MN10072
Managing human resources
5 Credits
MN10074
Business information systems
5 Credits
Optional Units: Select between 0 and 2 Unit(s) from
the following list (Bioscience units):
BB40117
Microbial evolution - from the laboratory
to nature
6 Credits
BB40129
Environmental signalling in plants
6 Credits
BB40131
Macroevolution & palaeobiology
6 Credits
BB40134
Molecular evolution & phylogenetics
6 Credits
BB40138
Plant-microorganism interactions
6 Credits
BB40139
Microbial communication & development
6 Credits
BB40140
Plant biotechnology & the environment
6 Credits
Optional Units: Select between 0 and 2 Unit(s) from
the following list (Bioscience units, seminar based):
BB40084
Cellular biochemistry
6 Credits
BB40085
Medical biochemistry
6 Credits
BB40086
Molecular immunology
6 Credits
BB40109
Structural biology in biotechnology & medicine
6 Credits
BB40118
Current topics in gene regulation and cell
differentiation
6 Credits
BB40141
Molecular biology of animal adaptation
6 Credits
Optional Units: Select between 0 and 2 Unit(s) from
the following list (Management):
MN10069 Introduction to accounting & finance 5 Credits
Year 1, Dissertation Period