BSc Medical 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, covering molecular mechanisms and biological systems over four years. Core topics include Data Analysis. Students complete a professional workplace placement in the third year with partner organisations in the UK or overseas. The programme holds 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
- Writing and Referencing Skills (online unit)
- Body Systems
- Health & Safety online course
- Chemistry for Bioscientists 1
- Chemistry for Bioscientists 2
- History of Biology
- Genes, Evolution and Development
- Introduction to Microbiology and Immunology
- 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
- Molecules and Cells in Human Disease
- Science Communication
- Chemistry of Biomolecules
- Biochemistry RSM
- Cellular Biochemistry RSM
- Molecular Medicine RSM
- The Dynamic Cell
- Cell Membrane Structure & Function
- `Omic Technologies & Resources
- Immunology
- Endocrinology
- Clinical Drug Development
- Introduction to Cancer
- Bioethics: Contemporary Issues in Science & Biomedicine
- Academic Tutorials Year 3
- Biochemical Basis of Disease
- Medical Biochemistry - Essay Paper
- Medical Biochemistry - Problem Paper
- Projects
- Life Sciences Enterprise Project
- Science Communication Project
- HSTM Project
- Post-Genome Biology
- Structural Biology
- Glycobiology: Glycan Function in Health & Disease
- Advanced Immunology
- Gene Regulation & Disease
- Protein Sorting
- Cell Signalling
- Bioethics: Contemporary Issues in Science & Biomedicine
- Advanced Endocrinology
- Cardiovascular Systems
- Toxins, Toxicants & Toxicity
- Molecular Biology of Cancer
- Stem Cells
- Cell Adhesion
- Immune Response & Disease
- Role of Diagnostics in Medicine
- Introduction to Nanomedicine
- MSci Bioinformatics Tools and Resources
- Computational Approaches to Biology
- MSci Reproducible Data Science
- Chemistry of Biological Processes (E)