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Undergraduate Prospectus 2017 | Bioscience

Biochemistry
Key Information
Why study this course?

Course type

Keele’s Biochemistry programmes offer broad and stimulating coverage
of modern biochemistry. Whether you choose dual honours, majorminor or single honours, you’ll be studying life at the molecular level,
investigating the most exciting areas of contemporary life science
and medical research. You might explore the secrets of the human
genome, or the individually tailored molecular therapies of the future.
Particular emphasis is placed on human and mammalian biochemistry,
especially relating to health and disease. Single honours includes more
biochemistry modules* and also includes choices from a pool of elective
modules (either directly related or free choice). You can create a four
year degree by doing a work placement between the second and
third year.

For information on dual
honours combinations
please visit www.keele.
ac.uk/ugcourses or page 158

In 2015 the Biochemistry course scored 100% for student satisfaction
in the National Student Survey.

Indicative modules

First year
• Nature’s Tools: Proteins
and Enzymes
• Metabolism: Major
Metabolic Pathways
• Information and Inheritance
• Case Studies in Biochemistry*
Second year
• Gene and Protein Engineering
• Molecular, Cellular and
Structural Immunology
• Metabolism in Health
and Disease
• Endocrinology
and Cell Signalling
• Microbes, Viruses and Parasites*
Third year
• Life Sciences Research
Project (Experimental
or Non-Experimental)
• Biochemistry and Therapy
of Disease
• Structural Biology and
Macromolecular Function
• Case Studies in Biotechnology*

What will this mean
for my future?

When you graduate, the broad
and detailed understanding
of biochemistry you’ll have
developed at Keele will open up
a world of appealing career
options. You could choose to
work in a directly related field,
perhaps as a clinical biochemist,
medical bioscientist, forensic
scientist, research scientist,
toxicologist or analytical chemist.
Or you might branch out a little
further, and become a health
and safety inspector, training
standards officer, science writer
or technical author.

*Modules only available
for single honours students

Single honours, dual
honours, major, minor

Course duration

Three years or four years
with Applied Life Science
Placement

Indicative entry
requirements
Single honours ABB

Dual honours, major, minor
ABB to BBB
For further information on
entry requirements please
visit www.keele.ac.uk/
entryrequirements

Study abroad
Yes

100%
Overall Student
Satisfaction
(2015 NSS)

Janice Koranteng

Biochemistry and Psychology

For more course information please visit

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I really enjoy the lab sessions as they
allow you to put into practice the
things you have learnt within lectures.
It gives me an insight of the sorts of
things that need to be done within
the research field of Biochemistry
and also the importance of research
that is carried out.