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Department of Biology & Biochemistry, Programme Catalogue 2007/08


USBB-AKM03: MBiol (hons) Biology

Mode of attendance: Thick sandwich


Year 1, Academic Year

Mandatory units
BB10157 Biodiversity 12 Credits

Year 1, Semester 1

Mandatory units
BB10001 Skills & techniques 1 (basic laboratory & communication skills) 3 Credits
BB10005 Cell biology 1 6 Credits
BB10012 Ecology & evolution 6 Credits
BB10089 Biochemistry 6 Credits
BB10147 Human & animal physiology 6 Credits

Year 1, Semester 2

Mandatory units
BB10002 Skills & techniques 2 (quantitative skills) 3 Credits
BB10006 Cell & molecular biology 6 Credits
BB10007 Genetics 6 Credits
BB10011 The biosphere 6 Credits

Year 2, Semester 1

Students must select units totalling 60 credits during Year 2 of this programme.
Mandatory units
BB20152 Practice of science 6 Credits
MA20108 Statistics 6 Credits
Optional Units: Select between 2 and 4 Unit(s) from the following list:
BB20023 DNA (making, breaking & disease) 6 Credits
BB20024 Cell signalling 6 Credits
BB20029 Insect biology 6 Credits
BB20030 Plant physiology & biochemistry 6 Credits
BB20032 Plant symbiosis & pathology 6 Credits
BB20040 Concepts in evolution 6 Credits
BB20149 Molecular genetics of vertebrate development 6 Credits

Year 2, Semester 2

Students must select units totalling 60 credits during Year 2 of this programme.
Mandatory units
BB20025 Practical molecular biology 6 Credits
BB20153 Data interpretation 6 Credits
Optional Units: Select between 2 and 4 Unit(s) from the following list:
BB20027 Infection and immunity 6 Credits
BB20028 Cellular neurobiology 6 Credits
BB20031 Plant biotechnology 6 Credits
BB20033 Bacteriology 6 Credits
BB20034 Virology 6 Credits
BB20041 Field course 6 Credits
BB20058 Microbial genetics 6 Credits
BB20154 Introduction to functional genomics 6 Credits
BB20160 The dynamic cell 6 Credits

Year 3, Academic Year

Mandatory units
BB30115 Professional Training Placement (MBiol) 60 Credits
BB40112 Data interpretation in biology 6 Credits
BB40113 Critical reading in biology 6 Credits

Year 4, Academic Year

Students must select units totalling 60 credits during Year 4 of this programme.
Mandatory units
BB40135 Research training 0 Credits
BB40137 Integrated biology 6 Credits

Year 4, Semester 1

Students must select units totalling 60 credits during Year 4 of this programme.
Optional Units: Select between 0 and 1 Unit(s) from the following list:
Students must take BB40130 in either Semester 1 or Semester 2.
AA00003 Choose nothing from this list of options 0 Credits
BB40130 Research project (MBiol) 18 Credits
Optional Units: Select between 0 and 2 Unit(s) from the following list:
Students may take 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
BB30055 Genes & genomes 6 Credits
BB30059 Insect-microbe interactions 6 Credits
BB30063 Microbial pathogenicity 6 Credits
BB30071 Topics in environmental plant virology 6 Credits
BB30072 Biology as a world view 6 Credits
BB30123 Biological ethics 6 Credits
BB30129 Sensory and signalling networks in plants 6 Credits
BB30132 Sexual conflict 6 Credits
BB30155 Developing entrepreneurial skills in biological science 6 Credits
Optional Units: Select between 0 and 5 Unit(s) from the following list:
AA00003 Choose nothing from this list of options 0 Credits
BB40106 Plant-animal interactions 6 Credits
BB40124 Human developmental disorders 6 Credits
BB40125 Plant reproductive biology 6 Credits
BB40128 The evolution of genetic systems 6 Credits
BB40134 Molecular evolution and phylogenetics 6 Credits
BB40145 Microbial cell growth & proliferation 6 Credits

Year 4, Semester 2

Students must select units totalling 60 credits during Year 4 of this programme.
Optional Units: Select between 0 and 1 Unit(s) from the following list:
Students must take BB40130 in either Semester 1 or Semester 2.
AA00013 Choose nothing from this list of options 0 Credits
BB40130 Research project (MBiol) 18 Credits
Optional Units: Select between 0 and 2 Unit(s) from the following list:
Students may take 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
BB30067 Advanced developmental genetics 6 Credits
BB30108 Life, environment & people 6 Credits
BB30131 Evolution in deep time 6 Credits
BB30138 Plant-microorganism interactions 6 Credits
BB30161 Systems and developmental neurobiology 6 Credits
Optional Units: Select between 0 and 6 Unit(s) from the following list:
AA00013 Choose nothing from this list of options 0 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
BB40140 Plant biotechnology & the environment 6 Credits
BB40141 Molecular biology of microbial adaptation 6 Credits
MA40146 Mathematical & statistical modelling for biological sciences 6 Credits