Details of award: BSc (Hons) Biochemistry including Integrated Foundation Year 2023 entry

Name of award: BSc (Hons) Biochemistry

In order to achieve the named award above, students must meet all requirements of this award map.

STAGE 1a

Code	Title	Credits	Status	Pre-Requisites
FDN018	Transition to University – Learning to Learn	40	Compulsory	None
FDN020	Investigating Your Subject	20	Compulsory	None
FDN017	Foundations in Life Sciences	20	Compulsory	None
FDN021	Negotiated Learning Project	40	Compulsory	None

Students must take the compulsory modules.

STAGE 1b

Code	Title	Credits	Status	Pre-Requisites
SLS1013	Biochemistry and Cell Biology	20	Compulsory	None
SLS1019	Introduction to Microbiology	20	Compulsory	None
SLS1020	Genetics and Molecular Biology	20	Compulsory	None
SLS1050	Biochemical Skills	20	Compulsory	None
SLS1035	Anatomy and Physiology	20	Compulsory	None
SLS1051	Foundations of Chemistry	20	Compulsory	None

Students must take all compulsory modules

STAGE 2

Code	Title	Credits	Status	Pre-Requisites
SLS2001	Genes and Genomics	20	Designated	SLS1020
SLS2013	Bioscience Research Methods	20	Compulsory	None
SLS2016	Processes of Life: Biochemistry	20	Compulsory	None
SLS2058	Physiology 2	20	Designated	SLS1035
SLS2055	Principles of Pharmacology	20	Designated	SLS1013 and SLS1035
SLS2056	Applied Chemistry	20	Compulsory	None
SLS2057	Bioinformatics	20	Designated	None
SLS2060	Molecular and Cellular Biology	20	Compulsory	None

Students must take all compulsory modules plus two designated modules.

OPTIONAL PLACEMENT YEAR

SLS2017

Health and Life Sciences at Work

40

Designated

Must have successfully completed 100 credits at both levels 4 and 5 (240 credits total).

STAGE 3

Code	Title	Credits	Status	Pre-Requisites
SLS3040 SLS3041	Work Based Learning Contemporary Issues in Biochemistry	20 20	Designated Compulsory	None None
SLS3026~	Medical Microbiology	20	Designated	None
SLS3010	Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience	20	Designated	None
SLS3002	Integrated Medical Genetics	20	Designated	SLS2001
SLS3014	Clinical Biochemistry	20	Compulsory	None
SLS3024	Gene Regulation	20	Designated	None
SLS4013	Biochemistry Dissertation	40	Compulsory	SLS2013

Students must take all compulsory modules plus two designated modules.

Students who do not complete the Honours Degree will be eligible for an Ordinary Degree in the named subject upon successful completion of a minimum of 60 Level 6 credits. These can be from any Level 6 modules, whether identified as compulsory or designated.

~Recoded Module due to title change

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13/12/2023