2018/19 Taught Postgraduate Programme Catalogue
MSc Bioscience
Programme code: | MSC-BIOL/BS | UCAS code: | |
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Duration: | 12 Months | Method of Attendance: | Full Time |
Programme manager: | Professor Alison Baker | Contact address: | a.baker@leeds.ac.uk |
Total credits: 180
Entry requirements:
A bachelor degree with 2:1 (hons) in a relevant subject. Suitable equivalent qualifications would be considered for overseas students or mid-career students, especially for those with relevant experience.
IELTS 6.5 overall, with no less than 6.0 in any component or other English language equivalent qualifications.
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 55 credits 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 (85 credits) and specialist taught modules selected from a wide range of areas including molecular biology, biochemistry, cell biology, plant biology, human genetics, microbiology and biotechnology. 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.
Year1 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
Candidates will be required to study 180 credits
Students may be directed to take BIOL5312M instead of BIOL5373M where appropriate and where material has been covered within undergraduate programmes (mainly in Molecular and Cellular Biology).
Compulsory modules:
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules: [140 credits]
BIOL5172M | Practical Bioinformatics | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
BIOL5294M | MSc Bioscience Research Project Proposal Pre-requisite for: BIOL5392M | 5 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
BIOL5371M | Research Planning and Scientific Communication | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
BIOL5372M | Advanced Biomolecular Technologies | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
BIOL5373M | Protein Engineering Laboratory Project | 15 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
BIOL5392M | Bioscience MSc Research Project | 80 credits | 1 Apr to 31 Aug |
Optional modules:
Candidates will be required to study 40 credits from the following optional modules:
BIOL5112M | Bioimaging | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
BIOL5146M | Advanced Immunology | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
BIOL5152M | Topics in Plant Science | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
BIOL5171M | Infectious & Non-infectious Diseases | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
BIOL5251M | Plant Biotechnology | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
BIOL5274M | High-throughput Technologies | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
BIOL5276M | Medical Diagnostics | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
BIOL5296M | Treatment of Infectious Disease and Cancer | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Last updated: 18/04/2018
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