Biotechnology with French for Science

Modules shown are for the current academic year, and are subject to change depending on your year of entry.

You will take the following five core modules, run in parallel, which provide the fundamental building blocks:

• Molecular Biology
• Proteins and Enzymes
• Biological Chemistry
• Cell Biology
• French for Science (Level 4)

In the second you will take the following core modules:

• Genes and Genomics
• Integrative Cell Biology
• Fundamentals of Molecular Biochemistry
• Protein Science
• Tutored Dissertation
• Topics in Biotechnology
• French for Science (Level 5)
• French History and Politics

Your third year consists of an excellent opportunity to complete a year abroad at a leading partner institution.

In the fourth year you choose one module from each group below, in addition to completing Science Communication and either a laboratory-based research project or a literature-based dissertation.

You can specialise by selecting modules and a research topic that fit your interests and career plans.

• Science Communication
• Laboratory based research project/literature based dissertation
• French Scientific and Technical Translation with the use of Translation Technology

• Plant Biotechnology and Development
• Damage and Repair in Biological Systems
• Macromolecules in Three Dimensions
• Medical Microbiology
• Stem Cells, Regeneration and Ageing
• Neuroscience Research

• Symbiosis, Plant Immunity and Disease
• Integrative Systems Biology
• Mechanisms of Gene Expression
• Metabolic and Network Engineering

• Advanced Topics in Immunity and Infection
• Advanced Topics in Parasitology and Vector Biology
• Cancer
• Synthetic Biology
• Biodiversity Genomics
• Molecular Basis of Bacterial Infection
• Biotechnology Applications of Proteins
• Bioinformatics
• Medical Glycobiology
• Systems Neuroscience