Modules for course C510 | MBIOL/BIOT
MBiol Biology with Biotechnology
This is a provisional list of modules to be offered on this course in the 2022–23 academic year.
The list may not be complete, and the final course content may be different.
You can also view the modules offered in the year 2021–22.
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Year 1 Modules
The student must take 120 credits from
the modules in Year 1.
BNS-1004
Principles of Life 1
(20)
(Full Term)
BSX-1030
Practical Skills 1
(20)
(Semester 1)
BNS-1002
Organismal Diversity
(20)
(Semester 1)
DNS-1003
Ecology & Evolution
(20)
(Semester 2)
BSX-1028 / BSC-1028
The student must take 20 credits
from the modules in BSX-1028 / BSC-1028.
BSX-1031 / BSC-1031
The student must take 20 credits
from the modules in BSX-1031 / BSC-1031.
Year 2 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 1
- BNS-2002: Evolution & Genetics (20)
- BSX-2019: Principles of Life 2 (20)
- BSX-2021: BioScience Skills (20)
Semester 2
Optional Modules
60 credits from:
- MSE-2014: Human Immunology (10) (Semester 1)
- BSX-2017: Invertebrates (20) (Semester 2)
- MSE-2019: Medical Microbiology (10) (Semester 2)
- MSE-2020: Cell Biology (20) (Semester 1 + 2)
- DXX-2021: Plant Diversity & Conservation (20) (Semester 2)
- BSX-2022: Vertebrate Biology (20) (Semester 1)
- MSE-2025: Molecular Biology & Biochem (20) (Semester 1 + 2)
- BSX-2028: Introduction to Herpetology (20) (Semester 2)
- BSX-2030: Integrated Zoology (20) (Semester 2)
- BSX-2031: Arizona Field Course (20) (Semester 1)
- BSX-2034: Florida 1 Field Course (20) (Semester 2)
- BSX-2035: Local Field Trip (20) (Semester 1 + 2)
- BSX-2036: Florida 2 Field Trip (20) (Semester 1)
- BSX-2037: Spain Field Course (20) (Semester 2)
- BSX-2041: Introduction to Ornithology (20) (Semester 2)
- BSX-2042: Introduction to Primatology (20) (Semester 1)
- BSX-2046: Microbiology (20) (Semester 2)
- MSE-2014 and MSE-2019 must be taken together, and there is a possibility that the module title/assessment will change this coming year as SMS plan to merge these two modules into a single 20-credit one. BSX-2036 is in November 2022, BSX-2034 is in March 2023.
Year 3 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 1
Semester 2
- BSX-3070: Dissertation in Biological Sci
- BSX-3072: Science Communication Skills
- BSX-3142: Env. Microbiol. and Biotech. (20) Core
Optional Modules
40 to 60 credits from:
- BNS-3003: Freshwater Ecosystems 2 (20) (Semester 1)
- BSX-3139: Molecular Ecology & Evolution (20) (Semester 1)
- BSX-3148: Developmental Biology (20) (Semester 1)
- BSX-3150: Life in a Changing Climate (20) (Semester 2)
- BSX-3152: Life in Wetlands (20) (Semester 2)
- BSX-3154: Attack and Defence in Plants (20) (Semester 2)
- BSX-3159: Parasites & Pathogens (Yr3) (20) (Semester 1)
- BSX-3161: Human Evolutionary Biology (20) (Semester 2)
- BSX-3167: Insect Behaviour & Evolution (20) (Semester 2)
- DXX-3212: Forest Ecosystems (10) (Semester 2)
- DXX-3301: Forest Ecology (20) (Semester 1)
0 to 20 credits from:
- MSE-3017: Medical Genetics (10) (Semester 1)
- MSE-3022: Pharmacology & Drug Developmen (10) (Semester 1)
- MSE-3023: Genome Instability (10) (Semester 2)
- You can either take 0 credits OR 20 credits worth of MSE modules.