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MSc Molecular Plant Sciences
Programme information was correct at 23 July 2013.
Programme
Qualifications and durations
- Full-time MSc 1 year
Overview
An MSc programme offers masters level training and a higher degree qualification. Three categories of applicants in particular are suitable for these programmes:
- those whose first degree did not take them to the highest level and/or who may have had little or no practical research experience
- those who wish to specialise further beyond their first degree in the named specialisation but do not foresee a research degree as the natural progression after graduating from this programme
- those who have graduated in a different but related area of the biosciences but now wish to change directions and emerge as specialists in a new area.
If these do not apply, you might consider an MRes programme.
This programme is concerned with understanding the biology of plants at the molecular level. We study, in particular, mechanisms of microbial pathogenicity and host plant defense in temperate and tropical species, cell and molecular biology of pollen-stigma recognition and signaling in flowering plants, plant hormone and G protein signaling pathways, genomics and gene networks, and molecular biology of stress responses in the important tropical crop cassava.
Available 6-credit units include:
- Plant physiology & biochemistry
- Plant biotechnology
- Plant symbiosis & pathology
- Topics in environmental plant virology
- Sensory and signalling networks in plants
- Plant-microorganism interactions
- Plant reproductive biology
- Plant responses to abiotic stress
- Plant biotechnology & the environment
Academic entry requirements
At least an upper second class honours degree or equivalent.
English requirements
IELTS 6.5 (with not less than 6.0 in each of the four components).
TOEFL 92 (internet-based test) Writing 21, Listening 21, Reading 22, Speaking 23.
References
Two references are required.
Contact
Dr Susan Crennell
Email fsci-gs-admissionsqueries@rt.bath.ac.uk
Tel +44 (0) 1225 386918
Fax +44 (0) 1225 386779
Web http://www.bath.ac.uk/bio-sci/
Fees
See the Tuition Fees Schedule
Our Research
Our research
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About the Department
About the Department
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