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This programme involves a high proportion of practical work, including a five-day practical molecular biology workshop that brings together theory and practice, to equip you with the laboratory skills employers need. You will gain an understanding of how the body works, what goes wrong in disease and how drugs can be used to manage these diseased states.

Year 1
Chemistry, Cells and Biomolecules, Physiology 1 and 2, Core Skills in Biosciences 1.

Year 2
Introduction to Microbiology, Mechanisms of Cellular Regulation, Core Skills in Biosciences 2, Immunology, Pathophysiology, Fundamental Cell Biology, Practical Skills for Biomolecular Sciences.

Year 3
Molecular Diagnostics, Fundamentals of Drug Action, Systematic and Cellular Pathology, Cellular Signalling and Trafficking, Pharmacology of Chemical Mediators, Novel Therapies and Cell Technologies, Experimental Design and Analysis, Option: Placement.

Year 4
Biology of Disease, Pharmacology: Special Topics, Neuropharmacology, Pathophysiology and Therapeutics, Project and Workshops (double module).

Entry Requirements

2025 entry requirements

Standard entry: 4 Highers at BBBC including 2 science subjects.

Widening access entry: 4 Highers at BCCC including 2 science subjects.

A Foundation Apprenticeship is accepted as equivalent of a non-essential Higher at B.