MSci Biotechnology
Entry requirements
A level: AAB including two of Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics (the Core Sciences)
About this course
MSci in Biosciences, providing advanced training in cellular and molecular science. Core topics include Data Analysis and Research Methods. The course holds Advanced Accreditation from the Royal Society of Biology, allowing graduates to apply for Member level after two years of practice. Students complete an enterprise project in collaboration with entrepreneurs to formulate a business plan for a life-sciences product.
Modules
- Academic Tutorials Year 1
- Biochemistry
- Molecular Biology
- From Molecules to Cells
- Introduction to Laboratory Science
- Introduction to Experimental Biology - Molecular & Cellular Biology
- Introduction to Microbiology and Immunology
- Writing and Referencing Skills (online unit)
- Health & Safety online course
- Exploring Enterprise
- Entrepreneurial Skills
- History of Biology
- Biodiversity
- Genes, Evolution and Development
- Body Systems
- Drugs: From Molecules to Man
- Excitable Cells: the Foundations of Neuroscience
- Chemistry for Bioscientists 1
- Chemistry for Bioscientists 2
- Fundamentals of Chemistry
- Science & the Modern World
- Academic Tutorials Year 2
- Molecular and Cellular Biology EDM
- Genome Maintenance & Regulation
- `Omic Technologies & Resources
- Fundamentals of Bacteriology
- Plants for the Future
- Science Communication
- Tools and Techniques for Enterprise
- Biochemistry RSM
- Microbiology RSM
- Molecular Biology RSM
- Proteins
- The Dynamic Cell
- Cell Metabolism & Metabolic Control
- Cell Membrane Structure & Function
- Principles of Developmental Biology
- Principles of Infectious Disease
- Immunology
- Parasitology
- Clinical Drug Development
- Molecules and Cells in Human Disease
- Disease in Nature
- Introduction to Cancer
- Bioethics: Contemporary Issues in Science & Biomedicine
- Chemistry of Biomolecules
- Advanced Technology Enterprise
- Academic Tutorials Year 3
- Post-Genome Biology
- Green Biotechnology
- MSci Project Literature Review and Research Proposal
- MSci Experimental Skills Module
- Biotechnology - Essay Paper
- Biotechnology - Problem Paper
- Current Topics in Microbiology
- Gene Regulation & Disease
- Bioethics: Contemporary Issues in Science & Biomedicine
- Toxins, Toxicants & Toxicity
- Molecular Biology of Cancer
- Stem Cells
- 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)
- Enterprise Feasibility
- MSci Research Project