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Department of Biology & Biochemistry, Programme Catalogue 2010/11


USBB-AKB05: BSc (hons) Molecular and Cellular Biology

Leading to the award of BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY

Mode of attendance: Thick Sandwich

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Year 1

Not available in 2010/11 (this programme is being replaced by USBB-AKB08)


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.

Students must select units totalling 60 credits during Year 2 of this programme.

Semester 1: Part 2 Stage 2

Compulsory Units
BB20013 Directed studies 1 3 Credits
BB20023 DNA (making, breaking & disease) 6 Credits
BB20024 The dynamic cell 1 6 Credits
BB20144 Techniques in cell biology 6 Credits
Optional Units: Select between 1 and 2 Unit(s) from the following list:
BB20018 Enzymology 6 Credits
BB20020 Physical biochemistry & proteins 6 Credits
BB20030 Plant physiology & biochemistry 6 Credits
BB20058 Microbial genetics 6 Credits
BB20149 Molecular genetics of vertebrate development 6 Credits
MA20201 Modelling the dynamics of life 1 6 Credits

Semester 2: Part 2 Stage 2

Compulsory Units
BB20014 Directed studies 2 3 Credits
BB20025 Practical molecular biology 6 Credits
BB20160 The dynamic cell 2 6 Credits
Optional Units: Select between 2 and 3 Unit(s) from the following list:
BB20021 Protein purification 6 Credits
BB20027 Infection and immunity 6 Credits
BB20028 Cellular neurobiology 6 Credits
BB20031 Plant biotechnology 6 Credits
BB20033 Bacteriology 6 Credits
BB20154 Introduction to functional genomics 6 Credits
MA20202 Modelling the dynamics of life 2 6 Credits

Year 3

Click here for further information NFAAR assessment regulations:

  • Placement Type: Standard.
  • This programme year has 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.


Academic Year: Part 2 Stage 3

Compulsory Units
BB20075 Professional training placement 60 Credits

Year 4

Click here for further information NFAAR assessment regulations:

  • This year of this programme of study does not currently fall within the NFAAR

Students must select units totalling 60 credits during Year 4 of this programme. A maximum of 36 credits may be taken in any semester.

Semester 1

Compulsory Units
BB30055 Genes & genomes 6 Credits
BB30162 Protein synthesis, folding and turnover 6 Credits
Optional Units: Select between 0 and 1 Unit(s) from the following list:
Students must take either BB30042 or BB30163 in either Semester 1 or Semester 2.
AA00003 Choose nothing from this list of options 0 Credits
BB30042 Final year project A 12 Credits
BB30163 Final year project B 12 Credits
Optional Units: Select between 0 and 4 Unit(s) from the following list:
Students may select a maximum of 4 units from this list or the equivalent list in Semester 2.
AA00002 Choose nothing from this list of options 0 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
BB40102 Molecular mechanisms of disease 6 Credits
BB40124 Human developmental disorders 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
Optional Units: Select between 0 and 4 Unit(s) from the following list:
AA00001 Choose nothing from this list of options 0 Credits
BB30044 Molecular & medical neuroscience 6 Credits
BB30045 Cell membranes 6 Credits
BB30046 Proteins & immunochemistry 6 Credits
BB30063 Microbial pathogenicity 6 Credits
BB30123 Biological ethics 6 Credits
BB30129 Sensory and signalling networks in plants 6 Credits

Semester 2

Compulsory Units
BB30091 Data interpretation in molecular & cell biology 6 Credits
Optional Units: Select between 0 and 1 Unit(s) from the following list:
Students must take either BB30042 or BB30163 in either Semester 1 or Semester 2.
AA00013 Choose nothing from this list of options 0 Credits
BB30042 Final year project A 12 Credits
BB30163 Final year project B 12 Credits
Optional Units: Select between 0 and 4 Unit(s) from the following list:
Students may select a maximum of 4 units from this list or the equivalent list in Semester 1.
AA00012 Choose nothing from this list of options 0 Credits
BB40048 Enzymes: mechanisms, evolution and control in integrated biological systems 6 Credits
BB40084 Cellular biochemistry 6 Credits
BB40085 Medical biochemistry 6 Credits
BB40109 Structural biology in biotechnology & medicine 6 Credits
BB40117 Microbial evolution - from the laboratory to nature 6 Credits
BB40118 Current topics in gene regulation and cell differentiation 6 Credits
BB40133 Plant responses to abiotic stress 6 Credits
BB40139 Pathogenesis and immune evasion by microbes 6 Credits
BB40141 Molecular biology of microbial adaptation 6 Credits
BB40164 Modern methods of researching neurodegeneration 6 Credits
BB40185 Synthetic biology 6 Credits
Optional Units: Select between 0 and 4 Unit(s) from the following list:
AA00011 Choose nothing from this list of options 0 Credits
BB30052 Scientific communication 6 Credits
BB30067 Advanced developmental genetics 6 Credits
BB30161 Systems and developmental neurobiology 6 Credits
BB30169 Concepts in systems biology 6 Credits
MN30076 Business strategy 6 Credits