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Department of Biology & Biochemistry, Programme Catalogue 2010/11


USBB-AFB02: BSc (hons) Biochemistry

Leading to the award of BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN BIOCHEMISTRY

Mode of attendance: Full-time

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Year 1

Click here for further information NFAAR assessment regulations:

  • This programme year does not have a DAP.
  • Main assessment regulations: Appendix 11 PDF format -requires Acrobat Reader to view; Supplementary assessment regulations: Appendix 12 PDF format -requires Acrobat Reader to view.


Semester 1: Part 1 Stage 1

Compulsory Units
BB10001 Skills & techniques 1 (basic laboratory & communication skills) 3 Credits
BB10003 Biochemistry 1 6 Credits
BB10005 Cell biology 6 Credits
BB10147 Human & animal physiology 6 Credits
CH10088 Introduction to biological chemistry 6 Credits

Semester 2: Part 1 Stage 1

Compulsory Units
BB10002 Skills & techniques 2 (quantitative skills) 3 Credits
BB10004 Biochemistry 2 6 Credits
BB10006 Cell & molecular biology 6 Credits
BB10007 Genetics 6 Credits
BB10186 Proteins: purification and characterisation 6 Credits
CH10087 General chemistry 6 Credits

Year 2

Click here for further information NFAAR assessment regulations:

  • This programme year does not have a DAP.
  • Main assessment regulations: Appendix 19 PDF format -requires Acrobat Reader to view; Supplementary assessment regulations: Appendix 20 PDF format -requires Acrobat Reader to view.


Semester 1: Part 2 Stage 2

Compulsory Units
BB20018 Enzymology 6 Credits
BB20020 Physical biochemistry & proteins 6 Credits
BB20023 DNA (making, breaking & disease) 6 Credits
BB20024 The dynamic cell 1 6 Credits
Optional Units: Select 1 Unit(s) from the following list:
BB20030 Plant physiology & biochemistry 6 Credits
BB20058 Microbial genetics 6 Credits
BB20149 Molecular genetics of vertebrate development 6 Credits

Semester 2: Part 2 Stage 2

Compulsory Units
BB20015 Biochemical problems & bioinformatics 6 Credits
BB20021 Protein purification 6 Credits
BB20025 Practical molecular biology 6 Credits
BB20028 Cellular neurobiology 6 Credits
Optional Units: Select 1 Unit(s) from the following list:
BB20027 Infection and immunity 6 Credits
BB20033 Bacteriology 6 Credits
BB20154 Introduction to functional genomics 6 Credits
BB20160 The dynamic cell 2 6 Credits

Year 3

Click here for further information NFAAR assessment regulations:

  • This programme year does not have a DAP.
  • Main assessment regulations: Appendix 27 PDF format -requires Acrobat Reader to view; Supplementary assessment regulations: Appendix 28 PDF format -requires Acrobat Reader to view.


Semester 1: Part 3 Stage 3

Compulsory Units
BB30055 Genes & genomes 6 Credits
BB30162 Protein synthesis, folding and turnover 6 Credits
Optional Units: Select between 2 and 4 Unit(s) from the following list:
NB. You may take no more than 24 credits of BB4* units across this year of the programme.
BB30044 Molecular & medical neuroscience 6 Credits
BB30045 Cell membranes 6 Credits
BB30046 Proteins & immunochemistry 6 Credits
BB40078 Entrepreneurial biotechnology 6 Credits
BB40081 Biochemical ethics 6 Credits
BB40082 Frontiers of neuroscience 6 Credits
BB40083 Enzymes in biotechnology & medicine 6 Credits
BB40088 Bioinformatics 6 Credits
BB40125 Plant reproductive biology 6 Credits
BB40134 Molecular evolution and phylogenetics 6 Credits
BB40170 Vertebrate developmental biology 6 Credits
BB40184 Cell biology of metastasis 6 Credits

Semester 2: Part 3 Stage 3

Designated Essential Units
BB30051 Laboratory project 12 Credits
Compulsory Units
BB30050 Biochemical problems 6 Credits
Optional Units: Select between 1 and 3 Unit(s) from the following list:
NB. You may take no more than 24 credits of BB4* units across this year of the programme.
BB30052 Scientific communication 6 Credits
BB30067 Advanced developmental genetics 6 Credits
BB30169 Concepts in systems biology 6 Credits
BB40048 Enzymes: mechanisms, evolution and control in integrated biological systems 6 Credits
BB40109 Structural biology in biotechnology & medicine 6 Credits
BB40139 Pathogenesis and immune evasion by microbes 6 Credits
BB40185 Synthetic biology 6 Credits
MN30076 Business strategy 6 Credits