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Molecular and Cell Biology - BIOCL13944

Stream Summary

Faculty: SCI - Faculty of Science

School: School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Science

Contact: http://www.babs.unsw.edu.au/

Program: 3944 - Adv Science (Hons)/Fine Arts

Award(s):

Bachelor of Advanced Science (Honours) (Major)

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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 in Advanced Science programs is comprised of 78 uints of credit of courses as follow:

BABS1201 Molecules, Cells and Genes (6 UOC)
BABS1202 Applied Biomolecular Sciences (6 UOC)

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:

BABS2202 Molecular Cell Biology 1 (6 UOC)
BIOC2101 Principles of Biochem (Adv) (6 UOC)
BIOC2201 Principles of Mol. Biol (Adv) (6 UOC)

Plus 6 UOC from:

BABS2264 Genetics (Advanced Level) (6 UOC)
MICR2011 Microbiology 1 (6 UOC)

Stage 3:

BIOC3261 Human Biochemistry (6 UOC)
BIOC3671 Molecular Cell Biology 2 (Adv) (6 UOC)

Plus 6 UOC from:

BABS3281 Molecular Genomics (6 UOC)
BIOC3111 Molecular Biology of Proteins (6 UOC)

Recommended electives for students interested in Biochemistry (these courses are not required but are recommended as good complementary courses for this major):

CHEM2021 Organic Chem: Mech & Biomol (6 UOC)
CHEM2041 Analytical Chem:Essential Meth (6 UOC)

CHEM3021 Organic Chem: Strats for Synth (6 UOC)
CHEM6041 Analytical Chem: Frontier Tech (6 UOC)
MICR3621 Microbial Genetics (Advanced) (6 UOC)

Recommended electives for students interested in Genetics (these courses are not required but are recommended as good complementary courses for this major):