MBiolSci Medical Biosciences (Genetics) with a Year in Industry
Course Overview
This four-year MBiolSci in Medical Biosciences (Genetics) provides an advanced education in the application of genetic and molecular principles to modern medicine. The course equips students with the expertise to understand, diagnose, and treat disease through a curriculum covering molecular cell biology, genetic testing, and biomedical ethics. The final year is dedicated to a specialized research project, honing essential lab and analytical skills for a successful career in research or healthcare.
Key Program Highlights
- Specialized four-year program with a strong focus on medical applications of genetics
- Final year dedicated to an intensive research project in one of six specialist areas
- Option to spend a Year in Industry or a Year Abroad between the second and third years
- Taught within a large, internationally-renowned Department of Genetics
- Develops critical analytical skills highly valued by PhD supervisors and employers
Course Overview
This four-year MBiolSci in Medical Biosciences (Genetics) provides an advanced education in the application of genetic and molecular principles to modern medicine. The course equips students with the expertise to understand, diagnose, and treat disease through a curriculum covering molecular cell biology, genetic testing, and biomedical ethics. The final year is dedicated to a specialized research project, honing essential lab and analytical skills for a successful career in research or healthcare.
Key Program Highlights
- Specialized four-year program with a strong focus on medical applications of genetics
- Final year dedicated to an intensive research project in one of six specialist areas
- Option to spend a Year in Industry or a Year Abroad between the second and third years
- Taught within a large, internationally-renowned Department of Genetics
- Develops critical analytical skills highly valued by PhD supervisors and employers
Requirements
Modules
- The Molecules of Life: An Introduction to Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- The Cell: An Introduction to Cell Biology and Microbiology
- From Individuals to Populations: An Introduction to Genetics
- Multicellular Organisation: An Introduction to Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience
- Introduction to Medical Bioscience
- Current Issues in Medical Genetics
- Research Skills 1
- Research Skills 2
- Genomes
- Genes, Development and Inheritance
- Bioinformatics
- Physiology and Pharmacology
- Physiology of Excitable Cells
- Principles of Microbiology
- Protein Structure and Function
- Medical Microbiology
- Introduction to Python programming for Bioscientists
- Contemporary Techniques in Biological Data Analysis
- Exercise Physiology and Pharmacology
- Immunology and Eukaryotic Microbiology
- Immunology and Eukaryotic Microbiology (with science enterprise trip)
- Behavioural Neurobiology
- Neurobiology and Animal Behaviour
- From Genes to Proteins
- Molecular Cell Biology
- Human Genetics
- Medical Genetics
- Microbial Pathogenesis and Genomics
- Evolutionary Genetics
- Biodiversity in Practice
- Introduction to Astrobiology and the Origins of Life
- Experimental Research Project A
- Experimental Research Project B
- Education Research Project A
- Analytical Research Project
- Cancer Cell and Molecular Biology
- Human and Environmental Microbiology
- Neuroscience Futures
- Physiology, Pharmacology and Behaviour
- Cellular Physiology of the Cardiovascular System
- Sustainability Enterprise Partnership Project
- Core Laboratory Techniques
- MBiolSci Research Project
