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Biochemistry and Biology
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 on 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.
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
• Communication Skills for Biologists
• Developmental Biology
KEY INFORMATION
UCAS Code - CC17
Foundation Year
Yes
Indicative entry
requirements
Combined Honours
BBB/ABC
BTEC: DDM
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