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Degree Programme Table: Synthetic Biology and Biotechnology (PGD) (PTPGDSYBIO2F)

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Year 1 Academic year: 2020/21, Starting in: September

Notes:
Before selecting your courses, please ensure you have read the Programme Handbook and met with your Personal Tutor/Programme Director.

An alternative appropriate course may be substituted for one of the optional courses with the permission of the Programme Director.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Tools for Synthetic Biology

Must be taken during Semester 1

PGBI11092 10 credits
Applications of Synthetic Biology

Must be taken during Semester 2

PGBI11094 10 credits
Social Dimensions of Systems and Synthetic Biology

Must be taken during Semester 2

PGSP11476 20 credits
Research Project Proposal (Biotechnology)

Must be taken during Semester 2

PGBI11105 10 credits
Metagenomics for Industrial Biotechnology

Must be taken during Semester 2

BITE11002 10 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 60 credits in this group.

Optional Courses from School(s) H-U - Synthetic Biology & Biotechnology (MSc & PgDip) - Semester 1

Select exactly 50 credits of the following courses
Notes:
The following courses are strongly recommended:
PGBI11059 Economics and Innovation in the Biotechnology Industry
PGBI11039 Introduction to scientific programming for MSc in DDTB
Selected courses must be taken during Semester 1
Bioinformatics 1
INFR11160 10 credits
Molecular Modelling and Database Mining
PGBI11023 10 credits
Introduction to scientific programming for MSc in Drug Discovery & Translational Biology
PGBI11039 10 credits
Information Processing in Biological Cells
PGBI11051 10 credits
Economics and Innovation in the Biotechnology Industry
PGBI11059 10 credits
Practical Systems Biology
PGBI11089 20 credits
Bioinformatics Programming and System Management
PGBI11095 20 credits
Biochemistry A
PGBI11100 10 credits
Biophysical Chemistry for MSc Biochemistry
PGBI11107 10 credits
Stem Cells and Industry
STEM11006 20 credits
AND

Optional Courses from School(s) H-U - Synthetic Biology & Biotechnology (MSc & PgDip) - Semester 2

Select exactly 10 credits of the following courses
Notes:
The following course is strongly recommended:
PGBI11090 Industry and Entrepreneurship in Biotechnology
Selected courses must be taken during Semester 2
Next Generation Genomics
BILG11004 10 credits
Innovation-driven Entrepreneurship
CMSE11202 10 credits
Functional Genomic Technologies
PGBI11040 10 credits
Commercial Aspects of Drug Discovery
PGBI11049 10 credits
Drug Discovery (MSc Level)
PGBI11088 10 credits
Industry and Entrepreneurship in Biotechnology
PGBI11090 10 credits
Biochemistry B
PGBI11101 10 credits
Programming for the Life Sciences
PGBI11110 10 credits
Comparative and Evolutionary Genomics
PGBI11115 10 credits
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