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Degree Programme Table: Biochemistry (MSC) (PTMSCBIOCH1F)

Year 1, Academic year 2014/15, Starting month: September

  • Notes:
    1. The majority of students will take the courses listed in the Compulsory Courses section but there may be flexibility depending on the students' background.

    2. Students are not allowed to take more than a total of 30 credits below level 11. The Programme Handbook giving details, as well as restrictions on choice of courses will be available for students entering the programme to facilitate advance planning.


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 7 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    PGBI11041 Biophysical Chemistry for MSc Drug Discovery & Translational Biology Semester 1 10
    PGBI11098 Practical Skills in Biochemistry A Semester 1 10
    PGBI11099 Practical Skills in Biochemistry B Semester 2 10
    PGBI11100 Biochemistry A Semester 1 10
    PGBI11101 Biochemistry B Semester 2 10
    PGBI11102 MSc Project and Dissertation (Biochemistry) Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond 60
    PGBI11104 Research Project Proposal (Biochemistry) Semester 2 10




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 1 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select exactly 60 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    PGBI11029    Applicable Mathematics for MSc Drug Discovery and Translational Biology   10  
    PGBI11051    Information Processing in Biological Cells   10  
    PGBI11023    Molecular Modelling and Database Mining   10  
    PGBI11026    Preparative Methods for Structural Biology   10  
    PGBI11092    Tools for Synthetic Biology   10  
    PGBI11094    Applications of Synthetic Biology   10  
    PGBI11006    Bioinformatics   10  
    CHEM11043    Biomacromolecules Level 11   20  
    PHYS11040    Biological Physics   10  
    PGBI11049    Commercial Aspects of Drug Discovery   10  
    BILG11005    Detailed Characterisation of Drug or Ligand Interactions Using Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR)   10  
    PGBI11088    Drug Discovery (MSc Level)   10  
    PGBI11040    Functional Genomic Technologies   10  
    PGBI11021    Protein Structure Determination   10  
    PGBI11038    Quantitating drug binding   10  
    PGBI11059    Economics and Innovation in the Biotechnology Industry   10  

    Notes:COURSE DETAILS:
    Further information on the courses above can be found at:
    http://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/14-15/dpt/cx_sb_pgbi.htm
     


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