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Director of the Honours School
Dr. C.D. Green (School of Biological Sciences)
Lab. 118, Life Sciences Building
Tel: 794 4365 Email: vert@liv.ac.uk
Availability
Honours Year (Study Year 3, or later) for students in the Faculty of Science. After the Preclinical Professional Examinations for students in the Faculty of Medicine, after the Second Year Examinations for students in the School of Dentistry, and after the Second Examinations for students in the Faculty of Veterinary Science, on the recommendation of the appropriate Head of Department.
Prerequisites
Life Science Unit Courses 2LS11, 2LS13, 2LS17, 2LS00, 2LS33, 2CC02, 2LS31, 2LS06, 2LS40; alternatively equivalent courses for the degree of B.D.S., M.B., Ch.B or B.V.Sc., at a standard acceptable to the Director of the Honours School.
Organisation
A modular instruction programme comprising a total value of 8 points, as follows:
BIOL424 Technical, Analytical and Communication Skills (TACS) (1 point)
This module is designed to develop and improve technical, analytical and presentational skills through a variety of tutorials and seminars, as well as formal instruction. Runs through the 1st and 2nd semesters.
BIOL660 Research Project (2 points)
Each student undertakes a supervised individual experimental, or data-based, research project, spanning the 1st and 2nd semesters.
plus 5 points of Lecture courses:
1st Semester
BIOL401 Macromolecular Structure and Function (1 point)
BIOL402 Gene Expression (1 point)
BIOL301 DNA Replication and the Cell Cycle (1/2 point)
2nd Semester
BIOL411 Genome Maintenance and Rearrangement (1 point)
BIOL322 Genome Organisation and Evolution : Molecular Studies (1/2 point)
Options : The remaining 1 point can be made up from the following courses:
BIOL404 Oncogenes and Cancer (1 point)
BIOL314 Genetics and Molecular Biology of Development (1/2 point)
BIOL315 Human Genetics, Molecular Biology and Disease (1/2 point)
BIOL316 Molecular Immunology (1/2 point)
BIOL319 Molecular Biology of Infectious Disease (1/2 point)
Assessment
In-course assessment comprises 37.5% of the total, and relates to the Research Project, a Dissertation and Data-handling Examinations.
The Examinations at the end of each semester (62.5%) cover individual lecture-based courses.
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