- UCAS course code
- B122
- UCAS institution code
- M20
Bachelor of Science (BSc)
BSc Medical Physiology with a Modern Language
Duration: 4 years
Year of entry: 2025
UCAS course code: B122 / Institution code: M20
- Key features:
Study abroad
Study with a language
- Typical A-level offer: AAA-AAB including specific subjects
- Typical contextual A-level offer: AAB-ABB including specific subjects
- Refugee/care-experienced offer: ABB 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.
Additional expenses
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).
Scholarships/sponsorships
Course unit details:
From Molecules to Cells
| Unit code | BIOL10232 |
|---|---|
| Credit rating | 10 |
| Unit level | Level 1 |
| Teaching period(s) | Semester 2 |
| Available as a free choice unit? | No |
Overview
From Molecules to Cells introduces molecular cell biology: the study of the interactions between molecules and systems in a cell. You will learn how cells function individually and as part of a tissue or organism. You will study the processes that determine how and when a cell communicates, grows, interacts with its neighbours, divides and dies and how these processes go awry during cancer.
Aims
To provide a general introduction to molecular cell biology for students in Biological Sciences. To demonstrate how molecular cell biology explains cell function at the level of an individual cell, and as part of a tissue or organism.
Learning outcomes
Students will understand the fundamental processes that govern how and when a cell communicates, grows, moves, interacts with its neighbours, divides and dies, and how these processes go awry during cancer. Students will have insight into how cells produce and export proteins, and how material is endocytosed.
Syllabus
Introduction to Cell Biology: cell types and techniques
Intracellular compartments of Eukarytotes: structure and function of membrane-bounded organelles; protein targeting; the endoplasmic reticulum; the secretory pathway and vesicular transport; the cell membrane and endocytic pathway; molecular basis of diseases resulting from defects in these processes.
The cytoskeleton and cell movement: microtubules, actin filaments and intermediate filaments. Molecular motors. Mechanics of cell division.
Interactions between cells in multicellular systems: extracellular matrix and connective tissue; epithelia and cell junctions.
Cell response to the environment: cell communication and signalling.
Cycles of division and growth in cell populations: cell division; cell cycle; control of cell proliferation and differentiation; cancer; cell death.
Employability skills
- Analytical skills
- Several e-pbl modules and some lectures require the students to analyse research data and experimental results.
- Problem solving
- E-learning modules provide opportunities for problem solving. Several lectures contain problem questions that students complete during the lecture.
- Research
- Students are presented with current Faculty research during lectures and are asked to solve research-based questions in some lectures. Some e-pbl material is research-based. Extra material summarising research papers in key areas is provided on-line for voluntary further study.
Assessment methods
| Method | Weight |
|---|---|
| Written exam | 90% |
| Set exercise | 10% |
Set exercise - Online coursework assessments.
Several problem-based eLearning exercises (to a total of 10%) consisting of online MCQ tests in a variety of styles.
Exam - 1 hour examination consisting of 50 multiple choice questions (90%) in the semester 2 examination period.
Feedback methods
Feedback will be provided via Learning Modules, Discussion Board and padlets. and by question-and-answer exercises during the lectures.
Recommended reading
Alberts B et al. Essential Cell Biology 6th Edition 2023, W.W.Norton
Study hours
| Scheduled activity hours | |
|---|---|
| Assessment written exam | 1 |
| Lectures | 22 |
| Independent study hours | |
|---|---|
| Independent study | 77 |
Teaching staff
| Staff member | Role |
|---|---|
| Eileithyia Swanton | Unit coordinator |