Department of Biology & Biochemistry, Programme Catalogue 2009/10 |
USBB-ANM02: MBiochem (hons) Biochemistry |
Leading to the award of MASTER OF BIOCHEMISTRY |
Mode of attendance: Thin Sandwich |
| Year 1 |
 NFAAR assessment regulations: This programme year has a DAP. Exemption: 60% OSA for progression instead of 50%. Main assessment regulations: Appendix 15  ; Supplementary assessment regulations: Appendix 16 |
Semester 1: Part 1 Stage 1 |
| Compulsory Units |
| BB10001 | Skills & techniques 1 (basic laboratory & communication skills) | 3 Credits |
| BB10003 | Biochemistry 1 | 6 Credits |
| BB10005 | Cell biology | 6 Credits |
| BB10008 | Introduction to biodiversity | 6 Credits |
| CH10088 | Introduction to biological chemistry | 6 Credits |
Semester 2: Part 1 Stage 1 |
| Compulsory Units |
| BB10002 | Skills & techniques 2 (quantitative skills) | 3 Credits |
| BB10004 | Biochemistry 2 | 6 Credits |
| BB10006 | Cell & molecular biology | 6 Credits |
| BB10007 | Genetics | 6 Credits |
| BB10147 | Human & animal physiology | 6 Credits |
| CH10087 | General chemistry | 6 Credits |
| Year 2 |
| NFAAR assessment regulations: This programme year has a DAP. Main assessment regulations: Appendix 23 ; Supplementary assessment regulations: Appendix 24 |
Semester 1: Part 2 Stage 2 |
| Compulsory Units |
| BB20018 | Enzymology | 6 Credits |
| BB20020 | Physical biochemistry & proteins | 6 Credits |
| BB20023 | DNA (making, breaking & disease) | 6 Credits |
| BB20024 | The dynamic cell 1 | 6 Credits |
| BB20030 | Plant physiology & biochemistry | 6 Credits |
Semester 2: Part 2 Stage 2 |
| Compulsory Units |
| BB20016 | Professional training in Biochemistry 1 [Enhanced Placement] | 15 Credits |
| BB20025 | Practical molecular biology | 6 Credits |
| BB20096 | Biochemical problems & bioinformatics [For MBiochemistry students] | 3 Credits |
| BB20097 | Protein purification [For MBiochemistry students] | 3 Credits |
| BB20099 | Cellular neurobiology [For MBiochemistry students] | 3 Credits |
| Year 3 |
| NFAAR assessment regulations: This year of this programme of study does not currently fall within the NFAAR |
Semester 1 |
| Compulsory Units |
| BB30044 | Molecular & medical neuroscience | 6 Credits |
| BB30045 | Cell membranes | 6 Credits |
| BB30046 | Proteins & immunochemistry | 6 Credits |
| BB30055 | Genes & genomes | 6 Credits |
| BB30162 | Protein synthesis, folding and turnover | 6 Credits |
Semester 2 |
| Compulsory Units |
| BB30053 | Professional training in Biochemistry 2 | 30 Credits |
| Year 4 |
| NFAAR assessment regulations: This year of this programme of study does not currently fall within the NFAAR |
Academic Year |
| Compulsory Units |
| BB40095 | Integrated biochemistry | 6 Credits |
Semester 1 |
| Optional Units: Select between 0 and 1 Unit(s) from the following list: |
| Students must take BB40076 in either Semester 1 or Semester 2. |
| AA00002 | Choose nothing from this list of options | 0 Credits |
| BB40076 | Research project (MBiochem) | 18 Credits |
| Optional Units: Select between 0 and 2 Unit(s) from the following list: |
| Seminar Units: Students taking BB40076 in Semester 1 should choose nothing from this list but must take two units from the equivalent list in Semester 2. |
| AA00001 | Choose nothing from this list of options | 0 Credits |
| BB40081 | Biochemical ethics | 6 Credits |
| BB40082 | Frontiers of neuroscience | 6 Credits |
| BB40083 | Enzymes in biotechnology & medicine | 6 Credits |
| BB40088 | Bioinformatics | 6 Credits |
| BB40102 | Molecular mechanisms of disease | 6 Credits |
| Optional Units: Select between 1 and 3 Unit(s) from the following list: |
| BB40078 | Entrepreneurial biotechnology | 6 Credits |
| BB40125 | Plant reproductive biology | 6 Credits |
| BB40134 | Molecular evolution and phylogenetics | 6 Credits |
| BB40170 | Vertebrate developmental biology | 6 Credits |
Semester 2 |
| Optional Units: Select between 0 and 1 Unit(s) from the following list: |
| Students must take BB40076 in either Semester 1 or Semester 2. |
| AA00012 | Choose nothing from this list of options | 0 Credits |
| BB40076 | Research project (MBiochem) | 18 Credits |
| Optional Units: Select between 0 and 2 Unit(s) from the following list: |
| Seminar Units: Students taking BB40076 in Semester 2 should choose nothing from this list but must take two units from the equivalent list in Semester 1. |
| AA00011 | Choose nothing from this list of options | 0 Credits |
| BB40084 | Cellular biochemistry | 6 Credits |
| BB40085 | Medical biochemistry | 6 Credits |
| BB40086 | Molecular immunology | 6 Credits |
| BB40109 | Structural biology in biotechnology & medicine | 6 Credits |
| BB40118 | Current topics in gene regulation and cell differentiation | 6 Credits |
| BB40141 | Molecular biology of microbial adaptation | 6 Credits |
| BB40164 | Modern methods of researching neurodegeneration | 6 Credits |
| Optional Units: Select between 1 and 3 Unit(s) from the following list: |
| BB40048 | Enzymes: mechanisms, evolution and control in integrated biological systems | 6 Credits |
| BB40139 | Pathogenesis and immune evasion by microbes | 6 Credits |
| PA40157 | The molecular biology and treatment of cancer | 6 Credits |
| PA40163 | Trends in molecular signalling | 6 Credits |
| PA40252 | Stem cell biology | 6 Credits |