Department of Biology & Biochemistry, Programme Catalogue 2008/09 |
USBB-AKM03: MBiol (hons) Biology |
Years 1 & 2 not available in 2008/09 |
Year 3, Academic Year |
| Compulsory units |
| BB30115 | Professional Training Placement (MBiol) | 60 Credits |
| BB40112 | Data interpretation in biology | 6 Credits |
| BB40113 | Critical reading in biology | 6 Credits |
Year 4, Academic Year |
| Students must select units totalling 60 credits during Year 4 of this programme. Students may take no more than 12 credits at level H (i.e. coded BB3*) |
| Compulsory units |
| BB40137 | Integrated biology | 6 Credits |
Year 4, Semester 1 |
| Students must select units totalling 60 credits during Year 4 of this programme. Students may take no more than 12 credits at level H (i.e. coded BB3*) |
| Optional Units: Select between 0 and 2 Unit(s) from the following list: |
| Students may take a maximum of 2 units from this list or the equivalent list in Semester 2. |
| AA00002 | Choose nothing from this list of options | 0 Credits |
| BB30059 | Insect-microbe interactions | 6 Credits |
| BB30063 | Microbial pathogenicity | 6 Credits |
| BB30071 | Topics in environmental plant virology | 6 Credits |
| BB30072 | Biology as a world view | 6 Credits |
| BB30123 | Biological ethics | 6 Credits |
| BB30129 | Sensory and signalling networks in plants | 6 Credits |
| BB30132 | Sexual conflict | 6 Credits |
| BB30167 | Genomes | 6 Credits |
| BB30168 | International field course: experimental field ecology | 6 Credits |
| Optional Units: Select between 0 and 1 Unit(s) from the following list: |
| Students must take BB40130 in either Semester 1 or Semester 2. |
| AA00003 | Choose nothing from this list of options | 0 Credits |
| BB40130 | Research project (MBiol) | 18 Credits |
| Optional Units: Select between 0 and 5 Unit(s) from the following list: |
| AA00003 | Choose nothing from this list of options | 0 Credits |
| BB40106 | Plant-animal interactions | 6 Credits |
| BB40124 | Human developmental disorders | 6 Credits |
| BB40125 | Plant reproductive biology | 6 Credits |
| BB40128 | The evolution of genetic systems | 6 Credits |
| BB40134 | Molecular evolution and phylogenetics | 6 Credits |
| BB40170 | Vertebrate developmental biology | 6 Credits |
Year 4, Semester 2 |
| Students must select units totalling 60 credits during Year 4 of this programme. Students may take no more than 12 credits at level H (i.e. coded BB3*) |
| Optional Units: Select between 0 and 2 Unit(s) from the following list: |
| Students may take a maximum of 2 units from this list or the equivalent list in Semester 1. |
| AA00012 | Choose nothing from this list of options | 0 Credits |
| BB30067 | Advanced developmental genetics | 6 Credits |
| BB30108 | Life, environment & people | 6 Credits |
| BB30131 | Evolution in deep time | 6 Credits |
| BB30138 | Plant-microorganism interactions | 6 Credits |
| BB30161 | Systems and developmental neurobiology | 6 Credits |
| BB30169 | Concepts in systems biology | 6 Credits |
| Optional Units: Select between 0 and 1 Unit(s) from the following list: |
| Students must take BB40130 in either Semester 1 or Semester 2. |
| AA00013 | Choose nothing from this list of options | 0 Credits |
| BB40130 | Research project (MBiol) | 18 Credits |
| Optional Units: Select between 0 and 4 Unit(s) from the following list: |
| AA00013 | Choose nothing from this list of options | 0 Credits |
| BB40117 | Microbial evolution - from the laboratory to nature | 6 Credits |
| BB40118 | Current topics in gene regulation and cell differentiation | 6 Credits |
| BB40133 | Plant responses to abiotic stress | 6 Credits |
| BB40139 | Pathogenesis and immune evasion by microbes | 6 Credits |
| BB40140 | Plant biotechnology & the environment | 6 Credits |
| BB40141 | Molecular biology of microbial adaptation | 6 Credits |