Programme And Module Handbook
 
Programme Requirements for 2026/27 Session


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M.Sci. Biological Sciences with Professional Placement Full-time

Year: 4
2026/27 Session

The following must be taken:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LM Funding Science 03 33635 10 Semester 1
LM Research Project (PP) 03 34127 50 Full Term

Choose 60 credits from the following:

Modules that contribute to the Zoology specialism:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LM Animal Behaviour: From theory to application 03 36096 20 Semester 1
LM Evolution of Vertebrates 03 18108 20 Semester 2

Modules that contribute to the Genetics specialism:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Omics for Biomedical Research 03 30948 20 Semester 2
LM Bacterial Gene Regulation 03 26427 20 Semester 2
LM Cancer Biology 03 23506 20 Semester 1
LM Current developments and advances in Eukaryotic Genetics 03 30795 20 Semester 2
LM Eukaryotic Gene Expression 03 21645 20 Semester 1
LM Functional Genomics and Reverse Genetics 03 25355 20 Semester 2

Modules that contribute to the Conservation Biology specialism:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LM Animal Behaviour: From theory to application 03 36096 20 Semester 1
LM Conservation Practice: Genes to Ecosystems 03 27877 20 Semester 1
LM Responses to Global Environmental Change 03 36120 20 Semester 2

Modules that contribute to the Food Security and Sustainability specialism:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Omics for Biomedical Research 03 30948 20 Semester 2
LM Microbial Pathogenicity and Disease 03 38877 20 Semester 2
LM Molecular and Cellular Immunology 03 22940 20 Semester 2

Modules that contribute to the Human Health and Disease specialism:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Omics for Biomedical Research 03 30948 20 Semester 2
LM Cancer Biology 03 23506 20 Semester 1
LM Cellular Neurobiology 03 21649 20 Semester 1
LM Molecular and Cellular Immunology 03 22940 20 Semester 2
LM Structures of Destruction: the Structural Biology of Pathogenicity 03 21596 20 Semester 2

Modules that contribute to the Microbiology and Infection specialism:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Omics for Biomedical Research 03 30948 20 Semester 2
LM Bacterial Gene Regulation 03 26427 20 Semester 2
LM Microbial Pathogenicity and Disease 03 38877 20 Semester 2
LM Molecular and Cellular Immunology 03 22940 20 Semester 2
LM Structures of Destruction: the Structural Biology of Pathogenicity 03 21596 20 Semester 2

General Optional Modules