Molecular and Cell Biology - BIOCM13529
Stream Summary
Faculty: SCI - Faculty of Science
School: School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Science
Contact: http://www.babs.unsw.edu.au/
Program: 3529 - Commerce/Science
Award(s):
Bachelor of Science (Major)
Information valid for students commencing 2013.
Students who commenced prior to 2013 should go to the Handbook's Previous Editions
Stream Outline
Recent advances in Molecular Cellular 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, and Cell Biology 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.
Stream Structure
A major in Molecular and Cell Biology is comprised of 78 uints of credit of courses as follow:
Stage 1
- CHEM1011 Chemistry A (6 UOC) or CHEM1031 Higher Chemistry A (6 UOC)
- CHEM1021 Chemistry B (6 UOC) or CHEM1041 Higher Chemistry B (6 UOC)
- MATH1031 Mathematics for Life Sciences (6 UOC) or MATH1131 Mathematics A (6 UOC) or MATH1141 Higher Mathematics 1A (6 UOC)
- MATH1041 Statistics for Life and Social Sciences (6 UOC) or MATH1231 Mathematics 1B (6 UOC) or MATH1241 Higher Mathematics 1B (6 UOC)
Stage 2
Plus 6 UOC from:
- MICR2011 Microbiology 1 (6 UOC)
- BIOS2021 Genetics (6 UOC) or BIOS2621 Genetics (Advanced Level) (6 UOC)
Stage 3
- BIOC3271 Molecular Cell Biology 2 (6 UOC) or BIOC3671 Molecular Cell Biology (Advanced) (6 UOC)
- BIOC3261 Human Biochemistry (6 UOC)
Plus 6 UOC from:
- BABS3281 Molecular Genomics (6 UOC)
- BIOC3111 Molecular Biology of Proteins (6 UOC)
- BABS3121 Molecular Biology of Nucleic Acids (6 UOC) or BABS3621 Molecular Biology of Nucleic Acids (Advanced) (6 UOC)
Recommended electives for students interested in Biochemistry (these courses are not required but are recommended as good complementary courses for this major):
- BABS3021 Microbial Genetics (6 UOC) or MICR3621 Microbial Genetics (Advanced) (6 UOC)
- CHEM3021 Organic Chem: Strats for Synth (6 UOC)
- CHEM6041 Analytical Chem: Frontier Tech (6 UOC)
Recommended electives for students interested in Genetics (these courses are not required but are recommended as good complementary courses for this major):
- BABS3021 Microbial Genetics (6 UOC) or MICR3621 Microbial Genetics (Advanced) (6 UOC)
- BINF3010 Bioinformatics Methods & Apps (6 UOC)
Honours
For further information on Honours in Molecular and Cell Biology, please see the Molecular and Cell Biology Honours entry in this Handbook.
For further information on Honours in Molecular and Cell Biology, please see the Molecular and Cell Biology Honours entry in this Handbook.
