Programme Requirements for 2025/26 Session

B.Sc. Biochemistry Full-time

Year: 3
2025/26 Session

Specialist labels:

Students who complete 100 credits in Genetics can be awarded BSc Biochemistry (Genetics).
This must include LC Genetics I; LI Genetics II.

Students who complete 100 credits in Microbiology and Infection can be awarded BSc Biochemistry (Microbiology and Infection) . This must include LI Microbiology: Medicine, Environment and Industry; LH Microbial Pathogenicity and Disease

Specialist labels can be added to all variants of the degree including ‘Year in Continental Europe’, ‘International Year’ and ‘Year in Computer Science’.

The following must be taken:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LH Experimental design, analysis & interpretation of biochemical data	03 24258	20	Semester 1

Choose 40 credits from the following project modules:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LH Evidence-based literature review and critical analysis informed project proposal	03 36116	40	Full Term
LH Introduction to Teaching Biosciences in Schools with Evidence-Based Literature Review	03 36115	40	Full Term
LH Practical Project	03 36142	40	Full Term

Choose 60 credits from the following:

Specialist Genetics Modules

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LH Cancer Biology	03 21893	20	Semester 1
LH Current developments and advances in Eukaryotic Genetics	03 30790	20	Semester 2
LH Eukaryotic Gene Expression	03 11221	20	Semester 1

Specialist Microbiology and Infection Modules

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LH Arctic Microbiology	03 40106	20
LH Microbial Pathogenicity and Disease	03 38878	20	Semester 2
LH Molecular and Cellular Immunology	03 21894	20	Semester 2
LH Structures of Destruction: the structural biology of pathogenicity	03 15851	20	Semester 2

Optional modules that contribute to EITHER the Genetics or Microbiology and Infection specialisms

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LH Bacterial Gene Regulation	03 25343	20	Semester 2
LH Omics for Biomedical Research	03 30948	20	Semester 2

General Optional Modules

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LH Cellular Neurobiology	03 14675	20	Semester 1