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Department of Biology & Biochemistry Programme Catalogue 2021/2


USBB-AKB08: BSc(Hons) Molecular and Cellular Biology with Professional Placement

Leading to the award of BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY

Mode of attendance: Full-time with Thick Sandwich Placement

Normal programme duration: 4 years

[Page last updated: 20 April 2021]

Possible DAPs for this programme:

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

Please see your programme handbook for circumstances where transfer to DAP may be permitted/required.

  

Possible exit awards for this programme:



Years 1 to 3

This programme is being withdrawn. Years 1, 2 and 3 are not available in 2021/2.

Notes:

  • Programmes and units may be changed in accordance with normal University procedures.
  • This programme catalogue is applicable for all years of study for the 2021/22 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2022/23 and beyond should not assume that this programme, or its component units, will be delivered in future years in the format displayed here.
  • NFAAR assessment regulations are subject to review and update. Links given here will provide access to the latest versions of NFAAR documentation. The regulations described in this documentation may not necessarily be those which applied in previous academic years. For detailed information on how the NFAAR was applied to this programme in previous academic years, please contact the relevant Director of Studies.
  • Availability of units is subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.
  • Find out more about these and other important University terms and conditions here.


Year 4

  • Students must select optional units totalling 48 Credits during Year 4 of this programme.
  • No more than 12 Credits to be taken from Group B across both semesters.
  • A maximum of 36 Credits may be taken in any semester.
  • Students must select project unit BB30042 in either S1 or S2.

NFAAR-UG assessment regulations:
  • Transfer to DAP is not possible from this programme year.
  • Main assessment regulations: Appendix 27 (Section B) [pdf]; Supplementary assessment regulations: Appendix 28 (Section B) [pdf].
  • Part 3 Stage 4 of this programme contributes 68% towards the final award classification


Semester 1: Part 3 Stage 4
Further information on DoS approved options Director of Studies approved option allowed: Students may be permitted to take a Director of Studies approved unit as an alternative to one of the optional units offered in this period
Compulsory Units:
Unit Code
Title
ECTS Credits
BB30162 Protein synthesis, folding and turnover 6 credits       [equivalent to 12 CATS credits]

Designated Essential Units: Select a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 1 units from the following list:
Students must select BB30042 in either Semester 1 or Semester 2.
Unit Code
Title
ECTS Credits
BB30042 Final year project A 18 credits       [equivalent to 36 CATS credits]

Optional Units: Select a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 5 units from the following list:
Group A
Unit Code
Title
ECTS Credits
BB30044 Molecular & medical neuroscience 6 credits       [equivalent to 12 CATS credits]
BB30045 Cell membranes 6 credits       [equivalent to 12 CATS credits]
BB30129 Sensory and signalling networks in plants 6 credits       [equivalent to 12 CATS credits]
BB40078 Entrepreneurial biotechnology 6 credits       [equivalent to 12 CATS credits]
BB40134 Molecular phylogenetics 6 credits       [equivalent to 12 CATS credits]
BB40139 Pathogenesis and immune evasion by microbes 6 credits       [equivalent to 12 CATS credits]

Optional Units: Select a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 2 units from the following list:
Group B: Students may take no more than 12 credits from Group B across both semesters
Unit Code
Title
ECTS Credits
BB30123 Biological ethics 6 credits       [equivalent to 12 CATS credits]
BB30229 Genetic basis of inherited diseases 6 credits       [equivalent to 12 CATS credits]
BB40082 Frontiers of neuroscience 6 credits       [equivalent to 12 CATS credits]
BB40083 Enzymes in biotechnology & medicine 6 credits       [equivalent to 12 CATS credits]
BB40102 Molecular mechanisms of disease 6 credits       [equivalent to 12 CATS credits]
BB40124 Human developmental disorders 6 credits       [equivalent to 12 CATS credits]
BB40184 Cell biology of metastasis 6 credits       [equivalent to 12 CATS credits]


Semester 2: Part 3 Stage 4
Further information on DoS approved options Director of Studies approved option allowed: Students may be permitted to take a Director of Studies approved unit as an alternative to one of the optional units offered in this period
Compulsory Units:
Unit Code
Title
ECTS Credits
BB30091 Data interpretation in molecular & cell biology 6 credits       [equivalent to 12 CATS credits]

Designated Essential Units: Select a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 1 units from the following list:
Students must select BB30042 in either Semester 1 or Semester 2.
Unit Code
Title
ECTS Credits
BB30042 Final year project A 18 credits       [equivalent to 36 CATS credits]

Optional Units: Select a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 5 units from the following list:
Group A
Unit Code
Title
ECTS Credits
BB30063 Vaccines and other health interventions 6 credits       [equivalent to 12 CATS credits]
BB30067 Advanced developmental genetics 6 credits       [equivalent to 12 CATS credits]
BB30161 Developmental neurobiology 6 credits       [equivalent to 12 CATS credits]
BB30169 Concepts in systems biology 6 credits       [equivalent to 12 CATS credits]
BB40048 Enzymes: mechanisms, evolution and control in integrated biological systems 6 credits       [equivalent to 12 CATS credits]
BB40117 Microbial evolution - from the laboratory to nature 6 credits       [equivalent to 12 CATS credits]
BB40140 Plant biotechnology & the environment 6 credits       [equivalent to 12 CATS credits]
MN30076 Business strategy 6 credits       [equivalent to 12 CATS credits]

Optional Units: Select a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 2 units from the following list:
Group B: Students may take no more than 12 credits from Group B across both semesters
Unit Code
Title
ECTS Credits
BB30230 Cancer therapeutics 6 credits       [equivalent to 12 CATS credits]
BB40085 Medical biochemistry 6 credits       [equivalent to 12 CATS credits]
BB40086 Molecular immunology 6 credits       [equivalent to 12 CATS credits]
BB40109 Structural biology in biotechnology & medicine 6 credits       [equivalent to 12 CATS credits]
BB40118 Current topics in gene regulation and cell differentiation 6 credits       [equivalent to 12 CATS credits]
BB40133 Plant responses to abiotic stress 6 credits       [equivalent to 12 CATS credits]
BB40164 Modern methods of researching neurodegeneration 6 credits       [equivalent to 12 CATS credits]


Notes:

  • Programmes and units may be changed in accordance with normal University procedures.
  • This programme catalogue is applicable for all years of study for the 2021/22 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2022/23 and beyond should not assume that this programme, or its component units, will be delivered in future years in the format displayed here.
  • NFAAR assessment regulations are subject to review and update. Links given here will provide access to the latest versions of NFAAR documentation. The regulations described in this documentation may not necessarily be those which applied in previous academic years. For detailed information on how the NFAAR was applied to this programme in previous academic years, please contact the relevant Director of Studies.
  • Availability of units is subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.
  • Find out more about these and other important University terms and conditions here.