2024/25 Taught Postgraduate Programme Catalogue

MSc Bioscience

Total credits: 180

Entry requirements:

Entry Requirements are available on the Course Search entry

School/Unit responsible for the parenting of students and programme:

School of Molecular and Cellular Biology

Examination board through which the programme will be considered:

Masters Bioscience Examination Board

Programme specification:

At the end of the programme students should:
- have gained a broad understanding of the Biosciences
- have received a solid training and personal development experience in genetic and transferable skills and attitudes
- have an integrated and critical understanding of research principles and methodologies in the biosciences
- have developed critical skills, both qualitative and quantitative, in the interpretation of data
- have received training in a range of practical molecular and cellular laboratory skills that are of broad relevance to research in the biosciences
- have put these practical, data analysis and writing skills into practice through undertaking a supervised research project that reflects their research interest.

The MSc Bioscience programme provides research training for students who wish to develop a broad scientific base from which to build their future careers. The programme consists of compulsory core research training modules designed to equip students with the expertise necessary to work at the cutting edge of a modern bioscience sector - including research planning exercises, methodologies underpinning modern bioscience and an extended practical project intended to give the students experience with the techniques used in molecular biology.

Added to this is an independent research project (60 credits) and specialist taught modules selected from a wide range of areas including molecular biology, biochemistry, cell biology, plant biology, human genetics, microbiology, biotechnology and crop science. There is individual planning of the route that each student wishes to adopt when they start the course, with students being guided in their choice of options by the Programme Manager.

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[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Compulsory modules:

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules: 

Optional modules:

Candidates will be required to study 30 credits from the following optional modules: 

Candidates will be required to study 30 credits from the following optional modules: 

Last updated: 25/09/2024 15:23:27

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