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Department of Biology & Biochemistry, Programme Catalogue 2007/08


USBB-AFB05: BSc (hons) Molecular and Cellular Biology

Mode of attendance: Full time


Year 1, Semester 1

Mandatory units
BB10001 Skills & techniques 1 (basic laboratory & communication skills) 3 Credits
BB10003 Biochemistry 1 6 Credits
BB10005 Cell biology 1 6 Credits
BB10008 Introduction to biodiversity 6 Credits
BB10147 Human & animal physiology 6 Credits
CH10088 Introduction to biological chemistry 6 Credits

Year 1, Semester 2

Mandatory units
BB10002 Skills & techniques 2 (quantitative skills) 3 Credits
BB10004 Biochemistry 2 6 Credits
BB10006 Cell & molecular biology 6 Credits
BB10007 Genetics 6 Credits
CH10087 General chemistry 6 Credits

Year 2, Semester 1

Students must select units totalling 60 credits during Year 2 of this programme.
Mandatory units
BB20013 Directed studies 1 3 Credits
BB20023 DNA (making, breaking & disease) 6 Credits
BB20024 Cell signalling 6 Credits
BB20144 Techniques in cell biology 6 Credits
Optional Units: Select between 1 and 2 Unit(s) from the following list:
BB20018 Enzymology A 6 Credits
BB20020 Physical biochemistry & proteins 6 Credits
BB20030 Plant physiology & biochemistry 6 Credits
BB20149 Molecular genetics of vertebrate development 6 Credits
MA20108 Statistics 6 Credits

Year 2, Semester 2

Students must select units totalling 60 credits during Year 2 of this programme.
Mandatory units
BB20014 Directed studies 2 3 Credits
BB20025 Practical molecular biology 6 Credits
BB20160 The dynamic cell 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
BB20058 Microbial genetics 6 Credits
BB20154 Introduction to functional genomics 6 Credits

Year 3, Semester 1

Students must select units totalling 60 credits during Year 3 of this programme.
Mandatory units
BB30055 Genes & genomes 6 Credits
Optional Units: Select between 0 and 3 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
BB30162 Protein synthesis, folding and turnover 6 Credits
Optional Units: Select between 0 and 2 Unit(s) from the following list:
Students may select a maximum of 2 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
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
BB40145 Microbial cell growth & proliferation 6 Credits
Optional Units: Select between 0 and 1 Unit(s) from the following list:
Students must select BB30163 in either Semester 1 or Semester 2.
AA00003 Choose nothing from this list of options 0 Credits
BB30163 Laboratory project 12 Credits

Year 3, Semester 2

Students must select units totalling 60 credits during Year 3 of this programme.
Mandatory units
BB30091 Data interpretation in molecular & cell biology 6 Credits
Optional Units: Select between 0 and 3 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
Optional Units: Select between 0 and 2 Unit(s) from the following list:
Students may select a maximum of 2 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
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
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
Optional Units: Select between 0 and 1 Unit(s) from the following list:
Students must select BB30163 in either Semester 1 or Semester 2.
AA00013 Choose nothing from this list of options 0 Credits
BB30163 Laboratory project 12 Credits
Optional Units: Select between 0 and 1 Unit(s) from the following list:
AA00012 Choose nothing from this list of options 0 Credits
MN10069 Introduction to business accounting 6 Credits
MN10073 Marketing 1 (principles of marketing) 6 Credits