Natural Sciences course catalogue 2025/6
USSC-AKB01: BSc(Hons) Natural Sciences (Pharmacology with Biochemistry stream) with Year long work placement |
Leading to the award of BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NATURAL SCIENCES |
Mode of attendance: Full-time with Thick Sandwich Placement |
Normal programme duration: 4 years |
[Page last updated: 22 April 2025]
This course is for students who will be in Year 4 or later in 2025/26
Applicable assessment regulations: | Undergraduate assessment regulations - /publications/undergraduate-assessment-regulations/ |
Approved exemptions: | None |
Coexistent Masters course?: | No |
DAPS and exit awards: | BSc(Hons) Natural Sciences
Diploma of Higher Education [exit award]
Certificate of Higher Education [exit award]
Transfer to DAP possible from study years as follows: Year 1: No; Year 2: No; Year 3: Yes; Year 4: No |
Weighting towards final award by stage: | Stage 1: 0%
Stage 2: 32%
Stage 3: 0%
Final Stage: 68% |
Please consult your course handbook or contact your Director of Studies for further information on assessment regulations
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Notes: - 好色tv and units may be changed in accordance with normal University procedures.
- This course catalogue is applicable for all years of study for the 2025/26 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2026/27 and beyond should not assume that this course, or its component units, will be delivered in future years in the format displayed here.
- Assessment regulations are subject to review and update. Links given here will provide access to the latest versions of documentation. The regulations described in this documentation may not necessarily be those which applied in previous academic years. For detailed information on how assessment regulations were applied to this course in previous academic years, please contact the relevant Director of Studies.
- Availability of units is subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.
- Find out more about these and other important University terms and conditions here.
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Students following this subject stream must take the following in Year 3:
- SC32004 - Contemporary interdisciplinary science
- Pharmacology dissertation
- All units in Biochemistry block BC3
- 10 credits in each semester from Pharmacology block Pc3
- At least one of blocks B3.3 and B3.5 (subject to pre-requisites)
- Students may take a maximum of 10 credits of additional Biochemistry, Chemistry, Mathematics or non-science options in place of one Biology block (subject to pre-requisites).
- : Students may be permitted to take Director of Studies approved units as an alternative to a maximum of 10 credits during this programme year.
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Units which must be taken within this subject stream |
Compulsory dissertation unit for Pharmacology majors |
Period | Unit Code | Title | |
| AY | SL32085 | Pharmacology dissertation | 15 credits [equivalent to 30 CATS credits] |
Compulsory unit for Biochemistry block Bc3 |
Period | Unit Code | Title | |
| AY | SL32025 | Protein synthesis, folding, structure-function and turnover | 10 credits [equivalent to 20 CATS credits] |
Period | Unit Code | Title | |
| AY | SC32004 | Contemporary interdisciplinary science | 5 credits [equivalent to 10 CATS credits] |
Optional units: Chemistry block C3.1 |
Students choosing this block must take all units S1 and 5 credits (two units) in S2. |
Period | Unit Code | Title | |
| S1 | CH32082 | Topics in organic chemistry I | 2.5 credits [equivalent to 5 CATS credits] |
| S1 | CH32093 | Organic chemistry of biomolecules | 2.5 credits [equivalent to 5 CATS credits] |
| S2 | CH32079 | Biosynthesis & biotransformations | 2.5 credits [equivalent to 5 CATS credits] |
| S2 | CH32088 | Chemistry beyond the molecule | 2.5 credits [equivalent to 5 CATS credits] |
| S2 | CH32091 | DNA in the modern world | 2.5 credits [equivalent to 5 CATS credits] |
Optional units: Chemistry block C3.2 |
Period | Unit Code | Title | |
| S1 | CH32081 | Topics in inorganic chemistry I | 2.5 credits [equivalent to 5 CATS credits] |
| S1 | CH32087 | Radiochemistry | 2.5 credits [equivalent to 5 CATS credits] |
| S2 | CH32080 | Inorganic chemistry in biological systems | 2.5 credits [equivalent to 5 CATS credits] |
| S2 | CH32092 | Porous materials | 2.5 credits [equivalent to 5 CATS credits] |
Optional units: Chemistry block C3.3 |
Period | Unit Code | Title | |
| S1 | CH32083 | Topics in physical chemistry I | 2.5 credits [equivalent to 5 CATS credits] |
| S1 | CH32089 | Analytical chemistry for natural scientists | 2.5 credits [equivalent to 5 CATS credits] |
| S2 | CH32090 | Advanced spectroscopic techniques | 2.5 credits [equivalent to 5 CATS credits] |
| S2 | CH32094 | Introduction to computational chemistry for natural scientists | 2.5 credits [equivalent to 5 CATS credits] |
Optional units: Mathematics for life sciences block M3.2 |
Period | Unit Code | Title | |
| S1 | MA32059 | Mathematical modelling | 5 credits [equivalent to 10 CATS credits] |
| S2 | MA32058 | Mathematical biology: biomedical applications | 5 credits [equivalent to 10 CATS credits] |
Optional units: Non science options |
Period | Unit Code | Title | |
| S1 | ED32015 | Science education in practice | 5 credits [equivalent to 10 CATS credits] |
| S1 | PS32014 | Contemporary educational psychology | 5 credits [equivalent to 10 CATS credits] |
| S2 | ED32014 | Issues in science education | 5 credits [equivalent to 10 CATS credits] |
| S2 | MN32184 | Business strategy | 5 credits [equivalent to 10 CATS credits] |
| S2 | PS32024 | Emotion science | 5 credits [equivalent to 10 CATS credits] |
Optional units: Biochemistry block BC3.1 |
Period | Unit Code | Title | |
| AY | SL32071 | Entrepreneurial biotechnology | 10 credits [equivalent to 20 CATS credits] |
| S1 | SL32065 | Current topics (1 topic) | 5 credits [equivalent to 10 CATS credits] |
| S2 | SL32066 | Current topics (1 topic) | 5 credits [equivalent to 10 CATS credits] |
Optional units: Cell Biology block B3.3 |
You must take either both units in Block B3.3 or both in Block B3.5 (subject to pre-requisites) |
Period | Unit Code | Title | |
| AY | SL32056 | Advanced molecular and medical neuroscience | 10 credits [equivalent to 20 CATS credits] |
Optional units: Developmental Biology & Neuroscience block B3.5 |
You must take either both units in Block B3.3 or both in Block B3.5 (subject to pre-requisites) |
Period | Unit Code | Title | |
| AY | SL32055 | Developmental and stem cell biology | 10 credits [equivalent to 20 CATS credits] |
Units which must be taken within this subject stream |
Pharmacology block Pc3: Select 10 credits in each semester |
Period | Unit Code | Title | |
| S1 | SL32030 | Advanced topics and trends in pharmacology | 10 credits [equivalent to 20 CATS credits] |
| S2 | SL32079 | Advanced central nervous system pharmacology | 5 credits [equivalent to 10 CATS credits] |
| S2 | SL32083 | Drug targets in the immune system | 5 credits [equivalent to 10 CATS credits] |
| S2 | SL32086 | Molecular biology of cancer | 5 credits [equivalent to 10 CATS credits] |
| S2 | SL32087 | Pharmacology of regenerative medicine | 5 credits [equivalent to 10 CATS credits] |
| S2 | SL32088 | Trends in molecular signalling | 5 credits [equivalent to 10 CATS credits] |
Notes: - 好色tv and units may be changed in accordance with normal University procedures.
- This course catalogue is applicable for all years of study for the 2025/26 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2026/27 and beyond should not assume that this course, or its component units, will be delivered in future years in the format displayed here.
- Assessment regulations are subject to review and update. Links given here will provide access to the latest versions of documentation. The regulations described in this documentation may not necessarily be those which applied in previous academic years. For detailed information on how assessment regulations were applied to this course in previous academic years, please contact the relevant Director of Studies.
- Availability of units is subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.
- Find out more about these and other important University terms and conditions here.
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