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B I O C H E M I S T RY A N D B I O L O G Y
BSc (Hons)
Why study this course?
Biochemistry and Biology is the perfect combination to study the complexity and diversity of
life from the molecular level, up to the level of the whole organism. We offer a contemporary
laboratory and field-based programme, with opportunities to study or work at partner
institutions in Europe and Malaysia.
We will equip you with the skills to tackle increasingly problematic and
complex issues surrounding our ever-growing and ageing human population,
our medical problems, and the impacts our actions have on each other and
life on Earth.
Combining Biochemistry and Biology gives you the chance to approach
problems from the molecular and organismal level. The Biochemistry element
of the course covers mainly mammalian biochemistry and has a focus on
health and disease. You’ll also have the opportunity to participate in field
courses and undertake research projects.
A four-year version of the course provides the opportunity to take an
industrial placement or an international year between your second and third
years. This includes the possibility of completing a placement at one of a
number of research institutes in Europe. For example, our students have done
placements at the prestigious Pasteur Institute in Paris, home to a number of
Nobel Prize winners.
What will this mean for my future?
A degree in Biochemistry and Biology is the first step towards a broad
variety of careers. These can include the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and
food industries, the NHS and environmental health sector and research
within the biological, environmental and medical sectors.
The applied nature of the course will equip you with a range of transferable
employability skills of relevance to careers in the biosciences as well as in
other graduate careers where numeracy and an objective scientific approach
to problem-solving are valued.
Royal Society of Biology Accreditation is approved for students on the Combined
Honours routes and for those specialising in either Biochemistry or Biology in the final
years.
UCAS Code - CC17
Foundation Year
Yes
Indicative Entry
Requirements
Combined Honours
A level: BBB/ABC
BTEC: DDM
Indicative Modules
First Year
• Biochemistry
• Biodiversity, Ecology and Environment
• Molecular Cell Biology
• Cellular Genetics and Evolution
Second Year
• Gene and Protein Engineering
• Life at the Extremes
• Molecular, Cellular and Structural
Immunology
• Research and Analytical Skills
• Metabolism in Health and Disease
• Animal Adaptations
• Cell Signalling
• Living Together
• Current Topics in Biology
Third Year
• Life Sciences Double Experimental
Project
• Conservation Biology
• Bioinformatics and Science
Communication
• Applied Insect Ecology
• Advances in Medicine
• Cancer Biology
• Human Parasitology
• Applied Regenerative Medicine
• Human Evolution
Course Duration
3 years or 4 years
with an international
or placement year
Placement Year
Yes
Study abroad
Yes
International Year
Yes
Learn a Language
Yes
For information on courses that combine subjects please visit keele.ac.uk/ugcourses