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Department of Biology & Biochemistry
Unit Index 2014/15

Below is a list of units offered by the Department of Biology & Biochemistry in 2014/15. Follow the links on the unit codes to view individual unit descriptions. Units are sorted by level and then by period slot. To find a specific unit code or title please use your browser's find on page function.


# Certificate (FHEQ level 4) level units (e.g. units coded BB1*)
# Intermediate (FHEQ level 5) level units (e.g. units coded BB2*)
# Honours (FHEQ level 6) level units (e.g. units coded BB3*)
# Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7) level units (e.g. units coded BB4* or BB5*)

Level: Certificate (FHEQ level 4)

Academic Year

BB10213 Practical research and academic skills 12 Credits
BB10216 Practical research and academic skills for biologists 12 Credits
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Semester 1

BB10003 Biochemistry 1 6 Credits
BB10006 Cell & molecular biology 6 Credits
BB10007 Genetics 6 Credits
BB10012 Ecology & evolution 1 6 Credits
BB10200 The life of Earth 1 6 Credits
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Semester 2

BB10004 Biochemistry 2 6 Credits
BB10005 Cell biology 6 Credits
BB10089 Biochemistry 6 Credits
BB10121 Biochemistry 2 6 Credits
BB10186 Proteins: purification and characterisation 6 Credits
BB10201 The life of Earth 2 6 Credits
BB10205 Ecology & evolution 2 6 Credits
BB10214 Human molecular genetics 6 Credits
BB10215 Biochemistry for biologists 6 Credits
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Level: Intermediate (FHEQ level 5)

Academic Year

BB20075 Professional training placement 60 Credits
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Semester 1

BB20013 Directed studies 1 3 Credits
BB20018 Enzymology 6 Credits
BB20020 Protein structure 6 Credits
BB20023 DNA (making, breaking & disease) 6 Credits
BB20024 The dynamic cell 1 6 Credits
BB20030 Plant physiology & biochemistry 6 Credits
BB20032 Plant symbiosis & pathology 6 Credits
BB20040 Concepts in evolution 6 Credits
BB20144 Techniques in cell biology 6 Credits
BB20149 Molecular genetics of vertebrate development 6 Credits
BB20152 Practice of science 6 Credits
BB20202 Microbial cells and genomes 6 Credits
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Semester 2

BB20014 Directed studies 2 3 Credits
BB20015 Biochemical problems & bioinformatics 6 Credits
BB20025 Practical molecular biology 6 Credits
BB20027 Infection and immunity 6 Credits
BB20028 Molecular and cellular neuroscience 6 Credits
BB20031 Plant biotechnology 6 Credits
BB20041 Field course 6 Credits
BB20153 Data interpretation 6 Credits
BB20154 Introduction to functional genomics 6 Credits
BB20160 The dynamic cell 2 6 Credits
BB20173 Behaviour & ecology 6 Credits
BB20203 Microbial interactions with their host and environments 6 Credits
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Level: Honours (FHEQ level 6)

Academic Year

BB30209 Final year project C for natural sciences 12 Credits
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Semester 1

BB30042 Final year project A 18 Credits
BB30044 Molecular & medical neuroscience 6 Credits
BB30045 Cell membranes 6 Credits
BB30055 Genes & genomes 6 Credits
BB30063 Vaccines and other health interventions 6 Credits
BB30123 Biological ethics 6 Credits
BB30129 Sensory and signalling networks in plants 6 Credits
BB30162 Protein synthesis, folding and turnover 6 Credits
BB30163 Final year project B 18 Credits
BB30167 Genomes 6 Credits
BB30208 Evolutionary quantitative genetics 6 Credits
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Semester 2

BB30042 Final year project A 18 Credits
BB30050 Biochemical problems 6 Credits
BB30051 Laboratory project 18 Credits
BB30067 Advanced developmental genetics 6 Credits
BB30091 Data interpretation in molecular & cell biology 6 Credits
BB30131 Evolution in deep time 6 Credits
BB30132 Sexual conflict 6 Credits
BB30138 Plant-microorganism interactions 6 Credits
BB30156 Conservation biology 6 Credits
BB30161 Systems and developmental neurobiology 6 Credits
BB30163 Final year project B 18 Credits
BB30169 Concepts in systems biology 6 Credits
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Level: Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7)

Academic Year

BB50143 Critical research analysis skills 12 Credits
BB50197 Critical review of literature 6 Credits
BB50198 Research training & support skills 12 Credits
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Dissertation period

BB50199 Research project 30 Credits
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Semester 1

BB40078 Entrepreneurial biotechnology 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
BB40128 The evolution of genetic systems 6 Credits
BB40130 Research project (MSci) 18 Credits
BB40134 Molecular phylogenetics 6 Credits
BB40184 Cell biology of metastasis 6 Credits
BB40188 Protein synthesis, folding and turnover 6 Credits
BB40189 Vaccines and other health interventions 6 Credits
BB40191 Sensory and signalling networks in plants 6 Credits
BB50142 Lab project 1 27 Credits
BB50210 Evolutionary quantitative genetics 6 Credits
BB50217 Fundamentals of biotechnology for non-biologists 6 Credits
ZZ40005 Director of Studies approved units (Biology & Biochemistry) 6 Credits
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Semester 2

BB40048 Enzymes: mechanisms, evolution and control in integrated biological systems 6 Credits
BB40084 Cellular biochemistry 6 Credits
BB40085 Medical biochemistry 6 Credits
BB40086 Molecular immunology 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
BB40130 Research project (MSci) 18 Credits
BB40133 Plant responses to abiotic stress 6 Credits
BB40139 Pathogenesis and immune evasion by microbes 6 Credits
BB40140 Plant biotechnology & the environment 6 Credits
BB40164 Modern methods of researching neurodegeneration 6 Credits
BB40185 Synthetic biology 6 Credits
BB40190 Advanced developmental genetics 6 Credits
BB40192 Evolution in deep time 6 Credits
BB40193 Sexual conflict 6 Credits
BB40194 Plant-microorganism interactions 6 Credits
BB40195 Conservation biology 6 Credits
BB40196 Systems and developmental neurobiology 6 Credits
BB50146 Lab project 2 27 Credits
BB50204 Clinical and translational medicine 6 Credits
ZZ40006 Director of Studies approved units (Biology & Biochemistry) 6 Credits
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