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Department of Biology & Biochemistry, Programme Catalogue 2008/09


USBB-AKM03: MBiol (hons) Biology


Years 1 & 2 not available in 2008/09


Year 3, Academic Year

Compulsory 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. Students may take no more than 12 credits at level H (i.e. coded BB3*)
Compulsory units
BB40137 Integrated biology 6 Credits

Year 4, Semester 1

Students must select units totalling 60 credits during Year 4 of this programme. Students may take no more than 12 credits at level H (i.e. coded BB3*)
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
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
BB30167 Genomes 6 Credits
BB30168 International field course: experimental field ecology 6 Credits
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 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
BB40170 Vertebrate developmental biology 6 Credits

Year 4, Semester 2

Students must select units totalling 60 credits during Year 4 of this programme. Students may take no more than 12 credits at level H (i.e. coded BB3*)
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
BB30169 Concepts in systems biology 6 Credits
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 4 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