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Degree Programme Table: Molecular Genetics (BMedSci Hons) (UTBMEMOLGE1F)

Jump to: Year 3

Year 3 Academic year: 2025/26, Starting in: August

Notes:
Guidance giving details of required and recommended courses will be available for students to facilitate planning. Occasionally electives may be suspended or cancelled.

MLBI10017 Molecular Biology of Disease can be replaced with GENE10004 Genetics of Host-Parasite Interactions.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Gene Expression

Must be taken during Semester 1

MLBI10009 10 credits
Molecular Genetics Research Project

Must be taken during Full Year

MOGE10006 60 credits
Molecular Biology of Disease

Must be taken during Semester 1

MLBI10017 10 credits
Synoptic Skills (Genetics/Molecular Genetics/Cell Biology/Molecular Biology)
MOGE10008 20 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 20 credits in this group.

Biological Sciences (Molecular Genetics) Recommended Courses - Level 10

Select between 0 and 20 credits of the following courses
Structural Biology
BICH10007 10 credits
Cell Biology: from fundamental mechanism to human disease
CEBI10001 10 credits
Trees of Life
EVBI10009 10 credits
Human Evolutionary Genomics
EVBI10010 10 credits
Genetics of Host-Parasite Interactions
GENE10004 10 credits
The Cell Cycle: DNA Replication, Segregation and Checkpoints
GENE10015 10 credits
Molecular Biology of Disease
MLBI10017 10 credits
The RNA World
MLBI10019 10 credits
DNA Repair and Genome Instability
MOGE10004 10 credits
AND

Biological Sciences (Molecular Genetics) list 2

Select between 0 and 20 credits of the following courses
Notes:
These are suitable elective courses for the Molecular Genetics programme.
Biology of Regeneration
DEBI10032 10 credits
Segmentation: Evolution and Development
ZLGY10008 10 credits
AND

Level 10 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W

Select between 0 and 20 credits from Level 10 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W
Notes:
Refer to the Senior Honours Guide provided by the School, which gives details of course options, including restrictions and recommendations.
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