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Molecular Biology - BIOCE13970
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Plan Outline
Plan Structure

Plan Summary

 
Faculty: Faculty of Science
 
 
School: School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Science
 
 
Contact: http://www.babs.unsw.edu.au/
 
 
Program: 3970 - Science
 
 
Award(s):
 
 
Bachelor of Science (Major)
 
 

Plan Outline

Recent advances in Molecular Biology, especially the continuing development of recombinant DNA technology, have revolutionised our understanding of the structure, function and regulation of individual genes. These advances have opened up the exciting field of Molecular Biology, one of the most rapid growth areas in biology. This marriage of Biochemistry, Microbiology, Cell Biology and Genetics provides an exciting new approach for the study of all living organisms, including the human. Molecular Biology therefore represents fundamental components of biological and medical science and they will have increasingly important roles to play in many aspects of modern medicine, genetics, evolutionary biology, bioinformatics, biotechnology and genomics.

Plan Structure

For a MAJOR in Molecular Biology, successful completion of the following courses is required.

Stage 1
  • CHEM1011 Fundamentals of Chemistry 1A (6 UOC) or CHEM1031 Higher Chemistry 1C (6 UOC)
  • CHEM1021 Fundamentals of Chemistry 1B (6 UOC) or CHEM1041 Higher Chemistry 1D (6 UOC)
  • MATH1031 Mathematics for Life Sciences (6 UOC) or MATH1041 Statistics for Life and Social Sciences (6 UOC)

Stage 2

Stage 3
  • MICR3021 Microbial Genetics (6UOC) or MICR3621 Microbial Genetics - Advanced (6UOC)
  • BIOC3121 Molecular Biology of Nucleic Acids (6UOC) or BIOC3621 Molecular Biol of Nucleic Acids - Advanced (6UOC)
  • BIOC3281 Recombinant DNA Techniques... (6UOC)
Plus 6 units of credit from:

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