BSc Genetics with Industrial/Professional Experience
Entry requirements
A level: AAB including two of Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics (the Core Sciences)
About this course
BSc in Genetics, focusing on the study of inherited traits, gene expression, and molecular evolution. Core topics include Data Analysis. Students undertake an integrated third-year professional placement with a partner organisation in the UK or overseas. The curriculum carries Advanced Accreditation from the Royal Society of Biology.
Modules
- Academic Tutorials Year 1
- Biochemistry
- Molecular Biology
- From Molecules to Cells
- Introduction to Laboratory Science
- Introduction to Experimental Biology - Molecular & Cellular Biology
- Biodiversity
- Genes, Evolution and Development
- Writing and Referencing Skills (online unit)
- Health & Safety online course
- History of Biology
- Introduction to Microbiology and Immunology
- Body Systems
- Drugs: From Molecules to Man
- Excitable Cells: the Foundations of Neuroscience
- Fundamentals of Chemistry
- Science & the Modern World
- Bodies in History: An introduction to the History of Medicine
- Academic Tutorials Year 2
- Genetics RSM
- Molecular and Cellular Biology EDM
- Genome Maintenance & Regulation
- `Omic Technologies & Resources
- Fundamentals of Evolutionary Biology
- Organismal Genetics
- Science Communication
- Proteins
- The Dynamic Cell
- Cell Metabolism & Metabolic Control
- Cell Membrane Structure & Function
- Principles of Developmental Biology
- Fundamentals of Bacteriology
- Principles of Infectious Disease
- Plants for the Future
- Animal Diversity
- Immunology
- Parasitology
- Body Systems 2
- Animal Physiology
- Membrane Excitability: Ion Channels & Transporters in Action
- Molecules and Cells in Human Disease
- Haematology
- Introduction to Virology
- Disease in Nature
- Introduction to Cancer
- Bioethics: Contemporary Issues in Science & Biomedicine
- Chemistry of Biomolecules
- Ecology and Conservation
- From Cholera to COVID-19: A Global History of Epidemics
- Academic Tutorials Year 3
- Evolution of Genes, Genomes & Systems
- Genetics - Essay Paper
- Genetics - Problem Paper
- Projects
- Life Sciences Enterprise Project
- Science Communication Project
- HSTM Project
- Post-Genome Biology
- Current Topics in Microbiology
- Gene Regulation & Disease
- Human Genetics & Evolution
- Conservation Biology
- Green Biotechnology
- Advanced Developmental Biology
- Molecular Biology of Cancer
- Stem Cells
- Introduction to Nanomedicine
- MSci Bioinformatics Tools and Resources
- Computational Approaches to Biology
- MSci Reproducible Data Science