- UCAS course code
- C700
- UCAS institution code
- M20
Bachelor of Science (BSc)
BSc Biochemistry
Duration: 3 years
Year of entry: 2025
UCAS course code: C700 / Institution code: M20
- Key features:
Study abroad
- Typical A-level offer: AAA-AAB including specific subjects
- Typical contextual A-level offer: AAB-ABC including specific subjects
- Refugee/care-experienced offer: ABB-ABC including specific subjects
- Typical International Baccalaureate offer: 36-35 points overall with 6, 6, 6 to 6, 6, 5 at HL, including specific requirements
Fees and funding
Fees
Tuition fees for home students commencing their studies in September 2025 will be £9,535 per annum (subject to Parliamentary approval). Tuition fees for international students will be £34,500 per annum. For general information please see the undergraduate finance pages.
Policy on additional costs
All students should normally be able to complete their programme of study without incurring additional study costs over and above the tuition fee for that programme. Any unavoidable additional compulsory costs totalling more than 1% of the annual home undergraduate fee per annum, regardless of whether the programme in question is undergraduate or postgraduate taught, will be made clear to you at the point of application. Further information can be found in the University's Policy on additional costs incurred by students on undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes (PDF document, 91KB).
Course unit details:
Molecular and Cellular Biology EDM
| Unit code | BIOL21041 |
|---|---|
| Credit rating | 10 |
| Unit level | Level 2 |
| Teaching period(s) | Semester 1 |
| Offered by | School of Biological Sciences |
| Available as a free choice unit? | No |
Overview
In your Experimental Design Module (EDM) you will participate in practical sessions undertaking widely used modern laboratory techniques. You will develop both your laboratory and your data handling skills in preparation for your Research Skills Module in the next semester. Sessions will cover PCR, sequencing, protein analysis, bioinformatics, signalling pathways, the sub-cellular relocalisation of protein, Neurospora genetics and gene silencing.
Aims
Experimental Design Modules (EDMs) aim to equip students with the skills necessary to become proficient in a number of laboratory techniques that are carried out routinely in modern laboratories. EDMs place an emphasis on the design and interpretation of experiments, building the expertise and knowledge that will be required to undertake the appropriate Research Skills Modules offered in the second semester.
Learning outcomes
This unit will allow students to become proficient in making experimental choices enabling them to make amendments to technical protocols, analysing and critiquing research papers appropriate to the practical and using specialised laboratory equipment and procedures required to obtain data. Many practicals will consist of an element of data handling techniques, including statistical analysis and appropriate presentation of results.
Syllabus
Syllabus
• Recombination and segregation events during meiosis.
· • Post-transcriptional gene silencing pathways/Generating knockout cell linesSignalling Pathways/ Sub- Cellular Protein Relocalisation I.
• Signalling Pathways/ Sub-Cellular Protein Relocalisation II.
• Signalling Pathways/ Sub-Cellular Protein Relocalisation III.
• Bioinformatics-viral outbreak.
Employability skills
- Analytical skills
- Students develop analytical and problem-solving skills in order to fulfil the experimental design aspects of each practical.
- Group/team working
- Many experiments require an element of group work. Most practicals involve students working in pairs.
- Innovation/creativity
- Designing experimental methodology.
- Project management
- Project management skills are developed throughout this unit.
- Problem solving
- As above
- Research
- Research skills are developed throughout this unit.
- Written communication
- Practical write-up of one practical.
Assessment methods
| Method | Weight |
|---|---|
| Other | 10% |
| Written assignment (inc essay) | 20% |
| Practical skills assessment | 70% |
Post Lab assessments 70%, Write up 20%, Attendance 10%
Feedback methods
During the practical sessions, there will be many opportunities to get immediate feedback from staff and demonstrators. Feedback sessions will be given as separate one hour lectures. Individual feedback on laboratory reports will be provided by your academic advisor.
Study hours
| Scheduled activity hours | |
|---|---|
| Lectures | 6 |
| Practical classes & workshops | 36 |
| Independent study hours | |
|---|---|
| Independent study | 56 |
Teaching staff
| Staff member | Role |
|---|---|
| Shiu-Wan Chan | Unit coordinator |