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Biomedical Sciences

SCQF Level 08 (14 courses)

Code Availability Course Name Period Credits
BIME08013 SS1 Biomedical Sciences 1 20
BIME08007 SV1 Biomedical Sciences 2 40
BIME08010VV1 Biomedical Sciences 2: Fundamental Principles 20
BIME08011 SV1 Cells to Organisms 2 20
BIME08014 SS1 Chemical Pharmacology 2 20
BIME08004 SV1 Medical Biology 1 20
BIME08012 SV1 Microorganisms, Infection and Immunity 2 20
BIME08006 SV1 Our Changing World 20
CHEM08022 SV1 Biological Chemistry 1A 20
CHEM08023 SV1 Biological Chemistry 1B 20
BILG08005 SV1 Evolution in Action 2 20
BILG08003 SV1 Genes and Gene Action 2 20
BILG08015 SV1 Molecules, Genes and Cells 1 20
BILG08009 SV1 The Dynamic Cell 2 20

SCQF Level 09 (24 courses)

Code Availability Course Name Period Credits
BIME09013 SV1 Anatomy and Development 3 20
BIME09011 SV1 Applied Pharmacology 3 20
BIME09008 SV1 Biomedical Sciences 3 40
BIME09009VV1 Biomedical Sciences 3: Obtaining, Analysing and Evaluating Data (VS1) 20
BIME09014 SS1 Infectious Diseases 3 20
BIME09005 SV1 Mechanisms of Brain Development 3 20
BIME09002 SV1 Medical Microbiology 3 20
BIME09012 SV1 Neuroscience 3 20
BIME09003 SV1 Pharmacology 3 20
BIME09004 SV1 Physiology 3 20
BIME09006 SV1 Reproductive Biology 3 20
BIME09015 SS1 Research Strategies in Biomedical Laboratory Sciences 20
BILG09006 SV1 Behavioural Ecology 3 20
BILG09014 SV1 Biotechnology 3 20
BILG09010 SV1 Developmental Biology 3 20
BILG09011 SV1 Evolution and Ecology of Plants 3 20
BILG09004 SV1 Evolutionary and Ecological Genetics 3 20
BILG09005 SV1 Genomes and Genomics 3 20
BILG09007 SV1 Immunology 3 20
BILG09001 SV1 Molecular Cell Biology 3 20
BILG09002 SV1 Molecular Genetics 3 20
BILG09013 SV1 Molecular Microbiology 3 20
BILG09003 Parasite Biology 3 Not delivered this year 20
BILG09015 SV1 Structures and Functions of Proteins 3 20

SCQF Level 10 (57 courses)

Code Availability Course Name Period Credits
BIME10056 SS1 Academic Medicine 10
BIME10058 SS1 Academic Surgery 10
BIME10044 SS1 Anatomy and Development Core 20
BIME10043 SS1 Anatomy and Development Grant Proposal 10
BIME10042 SS1 Anatomy and Development Project 40
BIME10041 SS1 Anatomy and Development Synoptic Exam 10
BIME10048 SS1 Anatomy of the head and neck 20
BIME10045 SS1 Anatomy of the limbs 20
BIME10035 SS1 Antibiotic Crisis 20
BIME10046 SS1 Applied Human Osteology 20
BIME10068 SS1 Bioethics, Law and Social Science: Foundations of Knowledge 20
BIME10069 SS1 Bioethics, Law and Society: Research project 40
BIME10064 SS1 Biomedical Laboratory Sciences Core 40
BIME10067 SS1 Biomedical Laboratory Sciences Project 40
BIME10066 SS1 Biomedical Laboratory Sciences Project Preview Dissertation 10
BIME10065 SS1 Biomedical Laboratory Sciences Reflective Portfolio 10
BIME10038 SS1 Biomedical Sciences Core 20
BIME10040 SS1 Biomedical Sciences Synoptic Examination 10
BIME10049 SS1 Biomedicine, Ethics and Society: Contemporary Issues 20
BIME10030 SS1 Cancer Biology and Medicine 20
BIME10029 SS1 Cardiovascular Pharmacology & Therapeutics 20
BIME10028 SS1 Conception to Parturition 20
BIME10039 SS1 Critical Analysis Skills in Biomedical Sciences 10
BIME10076 SS1 Data Science for Health and Biomedical Sciences 20
BIME10027 SS1 Development and Disease 20
BIME10026 SS1 Developmental and Clinical Neuroscience 20
BIME10025 SS1 Diagnostics and therapeutics for infectious disease 20
BIME10062 SS1 Emergency Medicine 20
BIME10024 SS1 Endocrine Physiology and Pharmacology 20
BIME10023 SS1 Forensic Investigation 20
BIME10074 SV1 Gametes and Gonads 20
BIME10022 SS1 Genetic and Environmental Influences on Behaviour and Mental Health 20
BIME10021 SS1 Global Health and Infectious Diseases 20
BIME10054 SS1 Health Sciences Project 40
BIME10020 SS1 Hormones & Behaviour 20
BIME10073 SV1 Human Genetics and Molecular Medicine 20
BIME10036 SS1 Inflammation and Tissue Repair 20
BIME10018 Integrative Physiology Not delivered this year 20
BIME10053 SS1 Literature Evaluation and Review 10
BIME10063 SS1 Medical Anthropology 20
BIME10011 SS1 Neural circuits for learning and memory 20
BIME10070 SS1 Neurobiology of Cognition in Health and Disease 20
BIME10032 SS1 Neurodegeneration, obesity and cancer: genetics and beyond 20
BIME10009 Neuroimaging Not delivered this year 20
BIME10008 SS1 Neurotransmitters In Action 20
BIME10059 SS1 Primary Care 20
BIME10060 SS1 Primary Care - Clinical Correlation 10
BIME10007 Receptors, signalling and regulation of cell responsiveness Not delivered this year 20
BIME10017 Regenerative Medicine Not delivered this year 20
BIME10037 SV1 Reproductive Cancers 20
BIME10075 SS1 Reproductive Toxicology 20
BIME10052 SS1 Research Skills in Health Sciences 20
BIME10015 SS1 Science Communication 20
BIME10055 SS1 Scientific Frontiers of Medicine 20
BIME10014 Sensory Physiology and Dysfunction Not delivered this year 20
BIME10047 Sex Determination Not delivered this year 20
BIME10057 SS1 Surgical Science 20

SCQF Level 11 (147 courses)

Code Availability Course Name Period Credits
BIME11142 SS1 'Digital Making' and 'Information Visualisation' for science communication and public engagement 10
BIME11108 SS1 Advanced Human Anatomy 1 20
BIME11109 SS1 Advanced Human Anatomy 2 20
BIME11133 SS1 Anatomy Law and Ethics 10
BIME11131 Anatomy and Medical Imaging Not delivered this year 10
BIME11117 SS1 Anti-Infective Therapy and Resistance 10
BIME11180 SS1 Applied Interdisciplinary Research in Biodiversity, Wildlife and Ecosystem Health 20
BIME11156 SS1 Artificial Organs 10
BIME11007 Basic Human Anatomy 2, Trunk and Head and Neck Not delivered this year 20
BIME11149 SS1 Basic Human Anatomy, Imaging and Embryology 1 40
BIME11150 SS1 Basic Human Anatomy, Imaging and Embryology 2 40
BIME11160 SS1 Behavioural Flexibility 10
BIME11138 SS1 Biological Architecture 80
BIME11074 SS1 Biomedical Imaging 80
BIME11126 SS1 Cancer Biology 80
BIME11166 SS1 Cancer Biology 1 80
BIME11176 SS1 Cancer Biology 2 80
BIME11187 SS1 Cancer Vaccine Science 10
BIME11064 SS1 Cardiovascular Biology 80
BIME11044 SS1 Cell Communication 80
BIME11027 SS1 Climate Change: Policy and Practice 10
BIME11123 SS1 Clinical Syndromes and Infection 10
BIME11026 Communication and Public Engagement of Conservation Not delivered this year 10
BIME11120 SS1 Community Acquired Infections and Public Health 10
BIME11186 SS1 Comparative Oncology and Veterinary Cancer 10
BIME11141 SS1 Connecting Environment and Society 10
BIME11025 SS1 Conservation Genetics 10
BIME11130 SS1 Conservation Psychology 10
BIME11145 SS1 Conservation and Conflict 10
BIME11183 SS1 Core Data Analysis and Presentation Skills in Cancer Research 20
BIME11068 SS1 Core Skills Course 0
BIME11054 SS1 Creative Arts in Science Engagement 10
BIME11089 SS1 Creative Arts in Science Engagement 10
BIME11046 SS1 Dialogue for Science Communication and Public Engagement 20
BIME11085 SS1 Dialogue for Science Communication and Public Engagement 10
BIME11191 SS1 Dissertation (Cancer Biology and Precision Oncology) 60
BIME11099 Dissertation (Zhejiang) Not delivered this year 90
BIME11032 SS1 Ecosystem Health and Sustainability 20
BIME11137 SS1 Ecosystem Resilience and Extreme Events 10
BIME11105 SS1 Embryology 10
BIME11195 SS1 Engagement and Enrichment in STEM Education (STEM: Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) 10
BIME11157 SS1 Environmental Ethics and Governance 20
BIME11188 SV1 Epigenomics and Cancer 10
BIME11033 SS1 Evolution and Biodiversity 20
BIME11092 Forensic Medicine and Science Not delivered this year 20
BIME11103 SS1 Fundamentals of Human Anatomy 1 20
BIME11104 SS1 Fundamentals of Human Anatomy 2 20
BIME11161 Fundamentals of cancer with focus on infectious causes Not delivered this year 10
BIME11069 SS1 Genes and Disease 80
BIME11165 SS1 Genes and Disease 1 80
BIME11177 SS1 Genes and Disease 2 80
BIME11060 SV1 Genomic Technologies 80
BIME11061 SV1 Genomics and Biological Pathways 80
BIME11031 SS1 Global Citizenship 10
BIME11122 SS1 HIV Infected and other Immune-Compromised Patients 10
BIME11111 SS1 Histology 10
BIME11110 SS1 Imaging 10
BIME11121 SS1 Infection Prevention and Control 10
BIME11174 SS1 Infection and Immunity 1 80
BIME11171 SS1 Infection and Immunity 2 80
BIME11167 SS1 Infection, Inflammation and Immunity 1 80
BIME11168 SS1 Infection, Inflammation and Immunity 2 80
BIME11045 SS1 Infectious Diseases 80
BIME11043 SS1 Integrative Neuroscience 80
BIME11107 SS1 Introduction to Immunology 10
BIME11140 SS1 Introduction to One Health policy 10
BIME11080 SS1 Introduction to Science Communication and Public Engagement 10
BIME11012 SS1 Invasive Non-Native Species 10
BIME11116 SS1 Laboratory Practise in Microbiology, Virology and Serology 10
BIME11011 SS1 Land Use and Food Security 10
BIME11193 SV1 Led by locals: power and participation in conservation 10
BIME11189 SS1 Lifestyle, Genes and Cancer 10
BIME11098 Literature Review (Zhejiang) Not delivered this year 40
BIME11155 SS1 MSc Clinical Anatomy dissertation 60
BIME11063 SV1 MSc Dissertation (Dissertation only mode) 180
BIME11042 SS1 MSc Human Anatomy Dissertation 60
BIME11070 SS1 Mechanisms of Inflammatory Disease 80
BIME11071 SS1 Molecular & Cellular Mechanism of Inflammation 80
BIME11181 SS1 Molecular Biology of Cancer I: The hallmarks of cancer 10
BIME11184 SS1 Molecular Biology of Cancer II: Tumour host interactions 10
BIME11173 SS1 Molecular Biomedicine and Informatics 1 80
BIME11170 SS1 Molecular Biomedicine and Informatics 2 80
BIME11119 SS1 Molecular Diagnostics of Infection 10
BIME11097 SS1 Museum Exhibitions, Interpretation and Informal Learning 10
BIME11004 SS1 Neuroanatomy 10
BIME11106 SS1 Neuroanatomy 10
BIME11179 SS1 Planning Applied Interdisciplinary Research in Biodiversity, Wildlife and Ecosystem Health 10
BIME11101 Poster Presentation (Zhejiang) Not delivered this year 10
BIME11182 SS1 Precision Oncology I: Multi-omic approaches in oncology 10
BIME11185 SS1 Precision Oncology II: Cancer Drug Discovery and Clinical Application 10
BIME11087 SS1 Principles and Practice in Public Engagement with Science 10
BIME11129 SS1 Principles and Practice in Public Engagement with Science (II) 10
BIME11090 SS1 Principles and Practice in Science Communication and Public Engagement 20
BIME11194 SS1 Project Management of Development Aid 10
BIME11102 Project Presentation and Defence (Zhejiang) Not delivered this year 20
BIME11163 SV1 Public Health Systems in High, Low and Middle Income Countries 10
BIME11162 Reflections on Circular Health Not delivered this year 10
BIME11136 SS1 Reflections on Professional Development 10
BIME11100 Reflective Portfolio (Zhejiang) Not delivered this year 20
BIME11073 SS1 Reproductive Science Project 2 80
BIME11072 SS1 Reproductive Sciences Project 1 80
BIME11190 SV1 Reproductive Tract Cancers 10
BIME11192 SV1 Reproductive and Maternal Health 10
BIME11065 SS1 Research Project Proposal 20
BIME11169 SS1 Research Proposal (ZJE) 20
BIME11077 SCPE Critical Analysis/Research Project Not delivered this year 60
BIME11164 SS1 Science Communication and Engagement for Practice 10
BIME11135 SS1 Science Communication and Public Engagement Dissertation 60
BIME11075 SS1 Science Communication and Public Engagement Placement 2 10
BIME11128 SS1 Science Communication/Public Engagement Dissertation 60
BIME11047 SS1 Science Communication/Public Engagement Placement 10
BIME11081 Science Communication/Public Engagement Placement Not delivered this year 10
BIME11196 SS1 Science Education: Engagement and Enrichment 10
BIME11113 SS1 Science and Biology of Bacteria 10
BIME11115 SS1 Science and Biology of Fungi, Parasites and Prions 10
BIME11114 SS1 Science and Biology of Viruses 10
BIME11079 Science and Society A Not delivered this year 10
BIME11088 Science and Society B Not delivered this year 10
BIME11083 SS1 Science and the Media 10
BIME11144 SS1 Science in Context 10
BIME11051 SS1 Science, Policy and Practice 10
BIME11084 SS1 Science, Policy and Practice 10
BIME11127 SS1 Science, Society and the Media 20
BIME11178 SS1 Scientific Analysis, Review and Presentation: Infectious Diseases 10
BIME11158 SS1 Species Translocations 10
BIME11175 SS1 Stem Cell and Cancer Biology 1 80
BIME11172 SS1 Stem Cell and Cancer Biology 2 80
BIME11134 SS1 Stem Cells, Tissue Repair and Regenerative Medicine 80
BIME11154 SS1 Surgery, Radiology and Histology 1 10
BIME11153 SS1 Surgery, Radiology and Histology 2 10
BIME11041 Teaching Anatomy Not delivered this year 40
BIME11151 SS1 Teaching Anatomy 20
BIME11020 SS1 The Marine Environment 10
BIME11020 SS1 The Marine Environment 10
BIME11019 SS1 The Modern Zoo 10
BIME11143 SS1 The Nexus of Food Security and Global Health 10
BIME11076 SS1 The Role of Social Media in Science Communication 10
BIME11056 SS1 The Role of Social Media in Science Communication and Public Engagement 10
BIME11018 SS1 The Use of Artificial Reproductive Technologies in Threatened Species 10
BIME11139 SS1 Transdisciplinary policy approaches for addressing the public health and development challenges of the 21st century 10
BIME11036 SS1 Understanding Infectious Diseases 20
BIME11146 SS1 Understanding Science 10
BIME11152 SS1 Visualising Human Anatomy 10
BIME11017 Wildlife Crime and Forensic Investigation Not delivered this year 10
BIME11148 SS1 Wildlife Trade 10
BIME11016 SS1 Written Reflective Element for the MSc in Biodiversity, Wildlife and Ecosystem Health 60
BIME11125 SS1 Written reflective element for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 60
BIME11039 SS1 Written reflective element for Global Health and Infectious Diseases 60
Key
Available to all students - SV
Not available to visiting students - SS
Part-year visiting students only - VV
 
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