BSc Biochemistry with Industrial/Professional Experience
Entry requirements
A level: AAB including grades AB in Chemistry and one of Biology, Physics and Mathematics (the Core Sciences)
About this course
BSc in Biochemistry, focusing on biological and chemical processes at the molecular level. Core topics include Data Analysis. The course includes a four-year duration featuring a professional work placement year with partner organisations in the UK and overseas during the third year. Graduates gain Advanced Accreditation status allowing application for Society of Biology membership at Member level after two years of practice.
Modules
- Academic Tutorials Year 1
- Biochemistry
- Molecular Biology
- From Molecules to Cells
- Introduction to Laboratory Science
- Introduction to Experimental Biology - Molecular & Cellular Biology
- Genes, Evolution and Development
- Writing and Referencing Skills (online unit)
- Health & Safety online course
- Chemistry for Bioscientists 1
- Chemistry for Bioscientists 2
- History of Biology
- Biodiversity
- Introduction to Microbiology and Immunology
- Body Systems
- Drugs: From Molecules to Man
- Excitable Cells: the Foundations of Neuroscience
- Science & the Modern World
- Bodies in History: An introduction to the History of Medicine
- Academic Tutorials Year 2
- Molecular and Cellular Biology EDM
- Genome Maintenance & Regulation
- Proteins
- Cell Metabolism & Metabolic Control
- Cell Membrane Structure & Function
- Science Communication
- Chemistry of Biomolecules
- Biochemistry RSM
- Cellular Biochemistry RSM
- Molecular Medicine RSM
- The Dynamic Cell
- `Omic Technologies & Resources
- Principles of Developmental Biology
- Principles of Infectious Disease
- Plants for the Future
- Animal Diversity
- Fundamentals of Evolutionary Biology
- Immunology
- Parasitology
- Endocrinology
- Human Anatomy & Histology
- Clinical Drug Development
- Drugs & the Brain
- Membrane Excitability: Ion Channels & Transporters in Action
- Molecules and Cells in Human Disease
- Haematology
- Organismal Genetics
- Introduction to Virology
- Quantitative Biology
- Introduction to Cancer
- From Cholera to COVID-19: A Global History of Epidemics
- LEAP BSL Part 1 (A1.1) Semester 1
- LEAP BSL Part 1 Semester 2 (A1.1)
- Academic Tutorials Year 3
- Biochemistry - Essay Paper
- Biochemistry - Problem Paper
- Chemistry of Biological Processes (E)
- Projects
- Life Sciences Enterprise Project
- Science Communication Project
- HSTM Project
- Post-Genome Biology
- Structural Biology
- Glycobiology: Glycan Function in Health & Disease
- Biochemical Basis of Disease
- Advanced Immunology
- Gene Regulation & Disease
- Evolution of Genes, Genomes & Systems
- Protein Sorting
- Cell Signalling
- Green Biotechnology
- Bioethics: Contemporary Issues in Science & Biomedicine
- Human Reproductive Biology
- Advanced Endocrinology
- Toxins, Toxicants & Toxicity
- Neuroinflammation in Health & Disease
- Membrane Transport and Signalling in Health & Disease
- Neuropharmacology of Human Health
- Molecular Biology of Cancer
- Stem Cells
- Cell Adhesion
- Role of Diagnostics in Medicine
- Introduction to Nanomedicine
- MSci Bioinformatics Tools and Resources
- Computational Approaches to Biology
- MSci Reproducible Data Science