Department of Biology & Biochemistry, Programme Catalogue 2010/11 |
USBB-ANM02: MBiochem (hons) Biochemistry |
Leading to the award of MASTER OF BIOCHEMISTRY |
Mode of attendance: Thin Sandwich |
 Year 2 |
Year 3 |
Year 4 |
| Year 1 |
Not available in 2010/11 |
| Year 2 |
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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 |
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Semester 1: Part 2 Stage 3 |
| 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: Part 2 Stage 4 |
| Compulsory Units |
| BB30053 | Professional training in Biochemistry 2 | 30 Credits |
| Year 4 |
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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 |
| BB40184 | Cell biology of metastasis | 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 |
| 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 |
| BB40185 | Synthetic biology | 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 |