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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2019/2020

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Year 1 Academic year: 2019/20, Starting in: September

A handbook giving details, as well as restrictions on choice of courses will be available for students entering the programme to facilitate advance planning.

Exceptionally, after discussion with the Programme Director, and if timetabling/availability permits, optional courses for semester 1 & 2 may be a level 11 course from schedule K, L, O or T.

Compulsory courses

Applicable Mathematics for MSc Drug Discovery and Translational Biology

Must be taken during Semester 1

Molecular Modelling and Database Mining

Must be taken during Semester 1

Preparative Methods for Structural Biology

Must be taken during Semester 1

Quantitating drug binding

Must be taken during Semester 1

Commercial Aspects of Drug Discovery

Must be taken during Semester 2

Drug Discovery (MSc Level)

Must be taken during Semester 2

Protein Structure Determination

Must be taken during Semester 2

Project Proposal and Literature Review for MSc Drug Discovery and Translational Biology

Must be taken during Semester 2

Research Project in MSc Drug Discovery and Translational Biology

Must be passed at 50% and taken during Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond

Course options

Selected courses must be taken during Semester 1

Bioinformatics 1

Introduction to scientific programming for MSc in Drug Discovery & Translational Biology

Information Processing in Biological Cells

Tools for Synthetic Biology

Bioinformatics Programming and System Management

Practical Skills in Biochemistry A

Biochemistry A

Biophysical Chemistry for MSc Biochemistry

AND

Selected courses must be taken during Semester 2

Introduction to web site and database design for drug discovery

Detailed Characterisation of Drug or Ligand Interactions Using Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR)

Chemical Medicine Level 11

Bioinformatics 2

Functional Genomic Technologies

Bioinformatics Algorithms

Practical Skills in Biochemistry B

Biochemistry B

Preparative Methods for Structural Biology Laboratory Experience

Biobusiness

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