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Biological Sciences
Degree programmes
Year 3 Compulsory modules: Integrative Studies in
Biological Sciences • Biological Sciences Psychology
Research Project/Investigative Project/Project Skills
in the Life Sciences • Personality and Individual
Differences • Neuroscience: from Molecules to
Behaviour • Behavioural Ecology • Options include:
Endocrine Physiology and Biochemistry • Freshwater
Biology • Human and Medical Genetics • Membrane
Proteins • Aquatic Ecosystems: Science, Policy and
Management • Developmental Biology and Cell
Signalling • Mammals and Evolution • Enzyme Catalysis
• Parasites and Infectious Disease • Functional
Genomics and Epigenetics • Topics in Public Health
Microbiology • Molecular Basis of Disease • Population
and Chromosome Genetics
Biomedical Sciences
B990 BSc/BMS (three years)
Programme description
Many students studying our highly-rated Biomedical
Sciences degree subsequently apply as graduates
for entry to medicine, dentistry programmes, other
healthcare related courses and higher degrees such
as MSc and PhD. The programme is designed with
this in mind, with modules in the preclinical subject
areas including anatomy, physiology, microbiology,
molecular sciences and pharmacology. The curriculum
also includes specialised modules such as Clinical
Microbiology, Cell Pathology, Immunology and Cancer
Biology, many of them taught by staff at Queen Mary’s
medical school, Barts and The London School of Medicine
and Dentistry. The BSc Biomedical Science (Hons) degree
is also accredited by the prestigious Institute of Biomedical
Science, and many of our graduates choose to pursue
careers as biomedical scientists within the NHS.
Programme outline
Year 1 Compulsory modules: Chromosomes and Gene
Functions • Biomolecules of Life • The Microbial
World and Humans • Biomedical Physiology I •
Human Anatomy • Tissue Biology • The Human
Cell • Essential Skills for Biologists
Year 2 Compulsory modules: Biomedical
Pharmacology • Essential Biochemistry for Human
Life • Human Molecular Biology • Biomedical
Physiology II • Techniques in Biomedical Sciences •
Basic Immunology • Clinical Microbiology • Options
include: Fundamentals of Neurobiology • Cell Biology
and Developmental Genetics • Nutrition and Whole
Body Metabolism
Year 3 Compulsory modules: Biomedical Sciences
Case Approach to Problem Solving • Molecular
Clinical Microbiology • Endocrine Physiology and
Biochemistry • Cancer Biology • Cellular Pathology
and Blood Science • Biomedical Science Research
Project/Investigative Project/Project Skills in the Life
Sciences • Options include: Neuroscience: From
Molecules to Behaviour • Developmental Biology and
Cell Signalling • Human Genetics and Genomics
For information on medically-related subjects at
Queen Mary, please see page 217.
Genetics
C400 BSc/Gen (three years)
Programme description
Many of the most fundamental questions in biology
concern genetics: How does an organism develop
from a single cell What is the basis for the similarities
and differences between individuals, and between
species Why do some diseases seem to run in families
Molecular genetics is behind some of the most
spectacular recent advances in the biomedical sciences,
including the sequencing of entire genomes from
humans and other organisms. All of this would have
been unthinkable without a detailed understanding of
DNA. Our Genetics programme covers a broad range of
topics in modern genetics, with modules designed to
give you a thorough grounding in the molecular biology
of DNA, RNA and proteins, as well as the roles of genes
in development, ecology and evolution.
Programme outline
Year 1 Compulsory modules: The Diversity of Life •
Basic Biochemistry • Heredity and Gene Action •
Evolution • Cell Dynamics • Conservation and the
Environment • Essential Skills for Biologists • Options
include: Introductory Chemistry • Chemistry for
Biologists
Year 2 Compulsory modules: Cell Biology and
Developmental Genetics • Statistical Methods in
Biology • Evolutionary Genetics • Genes and
Bioinformatics • Transmission Genetics • Metabolic
Pathways Options include: Basic Immunology • Animal
Physiology • General Microbiology • Membrane
Biochemistry
Year 3 Compulsory modules: Human Genetics and
Genomics • Developmental Biology and Cell Signalling •
Integrative Studies in Biological Sciences • Functional
Genomics and Epigenetics • Genetics Research
Project/Investigative Project/Project Skills in the Life
Sciences • Population and chromosome genetics •
Options include: Mammals and Evolution • Parasites
and Infectious Disease • Membrane Proteins • Enzyme
Catalysis
For information on medically-related subjects at Queen
Mary, please see page 217.