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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2021/2022

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Year 1 Academic year: 2021/22, Starting in: September

Notes:
1. Students are not allowed to take more than a total of 30 credits below level 11.

2. An alternative appropriate course may be substituted with the permission of the Programme Director

3. Laboratory Courses: It is very strongly recommended that students take at least one of the following courses:

PGBI11103 Principles of Industrial Biotechnology (Semester 1)
BITE11001 Metagenomic Analysis of Microbial Communities (Semester 2)

Students able to come to Edinburgh will certainly be expected to do so, and should choose their preferred option(s) based on interests and prior experience.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 90 credits in this group.

Biological Sciences - Biotechnology (MSc & PgDip) - Optional Courses for semester 1

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
If you take Bioinformatics 1 in semester 1, you should not take Python Programming for the Life Sciences in semester 2.
AND

Biological Sciences - Biotechnology - Optional Course Semester 2

Select exactly 50 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Students may not take all three of the following courses without special permission from their Personal Tutor:

PGBI11090 Industry and Entrepreneurship in Biotechnology
CMSE11202 Innovation-Driven Entrepreneurship
PGSP11331 Biobusiness

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