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Bachelor of Science (Honours) Cell Biology


BSc (Hons) Cell Biology: First year
Code Module name Credits
Biology 1 20 AND
Biology 2 20 AND
Remaining credits from Level 1000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year


BSc (Hons) Cell Biology: Second year
Code Module name Credits
^ Research Methods in Biology 15 AND
^ Cell Biology 15 AND
^ Cell Systems 15 AND
( ^ Molecular Biology 15 OR
^ Biochemistry 15 OR
^ Applied Molecular Biology 15 ) AND
Remaining credits from Levels 1000 and 2000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year
Choose a minimum of 80 Level 2000 credits

Automatic entry to Honours requires

  • pass and have an average grade 11 or better in modules marked ^

Entry to Honours

Students who meet the requirements specified above, and who meet all other programme requirements, will be given automatic entry into Honours programmes.

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BSc Honours

The general requirements are 480 credits over a period of normally four years (and not more than five years) or part-time equivalent, of which the final two years form an approved Honours programme of 240 credits, of which 90 credits are at 4000 level and at least a further 120 credits at 3000 and/or 4000 levels.


BSc (Hons) Cell Biology: Third year
Code Module name Credits
Gene Regulation 20 AND
Membranes and Cell Communication 20 AND
Statistical and Quantitative Skills for Biologists 10 AND
Basic Biochemistry Laboratory 10 AND
View list 60 credits from Module List: BL3301, BL3311, BL3315, BL3324, PN3312 - PN3313
Protein Structure and Function 20
Infection and Disease 20
Developmental Biology 20
Advanced Biochemistry 20
Neuropharmacology 20
Neuroscience 20
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year


BSc (Hons) Cell Biology: Fourth year
Code Module name Credits
( Literature-based Research Project 30 OR
Experimental Research Project 60 ) AND
View list Between 60 and 90 credits from BL4210-BL4216, BL4220-BL4226BL4248, BL4270, BL4273-4275, BL4279, ID4001, PN4230-PN4232, PN4234-PN4235, BL4294
Practical Skills for Molecular Biology and Biochemistry 15
Antimicrobials - Mode of Action and Resistance 15
How Enzymes Work 15
Molecular Virology 15
Bacterial Virulence Factors 15
Structure-based Drug Discovery 15
BL4220 Geomicrobiology - from Gold Mines to Global Warming, how Microbes influence our Planet 15
Metabolic and Clinical Biochemistry 15
Molecular and cell biology of eukaryotic DNA replication 15
Molecular Mechanisms of Membrane Trafficking 15
Advanced Microscopy and Image Analysis - Seeing is Believing 15
Chromatin and Genome Stability 15
BL4248 Human Physiology of Diving 15
Plant-environment Interactions 15
Computational Genomics 15
Evolutionary Developmental Biology 15
Evolution in Action 15
ID4001 Communication and Teaching in Science 15
Maladaptive Changes in the Nervous System 15
Neuromodulation 15
Neuroethology 15
Synaptic Transmission 15
Motoneurons: From Physiology to Pathology 15
The CRISPR system for Antiviral Defence and Genome Engineering 15
Biomolecular Sciences Public Engagement 15
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year


Other information

With the permission of the Director of Teaching up to 20 credits per programme may be taken in a module outwith the specified modules in all School of Biology Programmes. Where there are choices between modules in the programmes, some options may have pre-requisites therefore the 1000- and 2000-level modules taken may limit choices. The availability of 4000-level modules in the School of Biology will be dependent on sufficient student demand.

Study abroad

In the case of students who spend part of the Honours programme on a recognised Study Abroad scheme, the Programme Requirements will be amended to take into account overseas courses which are approved by the relevant 91¹û¶³ÊÓƵ School in the Learning Agreement (see ).