BSc Microbiology C500
Bachelor's degree
In Reading
Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Location
Reading
Full Time: 3 Years
Expand your knowledge of some of the planet's most dominant life forms, and take part in research projects with a global impact.
As part of the UK's oldest microbiology department you can develop laboratory skills in purpose-built microbiology facilities and be taught by world-leading experts, with particular strengths in virology and bacteriology. Furthermore, you will benefit from membership of the Society for General Microbiology and strong links with industry.
Through the course, you will learn about the fundamental properties, genetics and physiology of diverse microbes. Options will then allow you to focus on areas that most interest you, including medical, environmental or food microbiology. You will also have the chance to carry out a year-long industrial placement or a paid vacation studentship in order to gain valuable work and research experience.
BSc Microbiology has a strong practical basis, and you will learn a wide variety of techniques such as microbial genetics, biochemistry and propagation. During your final year you will have the chance to spend three months working on an original research project of your choice. Recent projects have included the molecular engineering of viruses, and the mechanisms of bacterial pathogenicity and host colonisation.
In your final year you will also have the opportunity to take part in our unique Arctic microbiology field course in Iceland. There you will be able to examine the unusual microbes that inhabit extreme environments and learn field-based sampling techniques.
Placement
You will have the opportunity to carry out a year-long industrial placement between your second and final year. Student in previous years have worked at Public Health England’s Porton Down and Colindale laboratories, GlaxoSmithKline, AstraZeneca and Covance. You can also choose to spend a year abroad, typically carrying out research in an academic laboratory.
You will be able to undertake paid vacation...
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Subjects
- Microbiology
- Genetics
- Medical
- Medical training
- Physiology
- Project
- Food Microbiology
- Biochemistry
Course programme
- Year 1
- Year 2
- Year 3
- Fundamentals of biomedicine
- Bacteriology and virology
- Building blocks of life
- Key skills in microbiology 1
- Fundamental concepts in chemistry
- Laboratory and study skills
- Pathology and histology
- Human physiology
- Laboratory and study skills
- Plant diversity
- Digestion and nutrition
- Molecular studies for the life sciences
- Biochemistry
- Summer placement
- Fundamentals of organic chemistry
- Institution-wide Language Programme
- Key skills in microbiology 2
- Cells and immunity
- Microbiology
- Professional career development
- Microbial hazards in food
- Microbiology: a medical perspective
- Molecular genetics
- Animal, plant and microbial development
- Clinical biomedicine
- Soil ecology and function
- Endocrinology
- Introduction to bioinformatics
- Research project
- Mechanisms for microbial function
- Use and abuse of the microbial world
- Bacterial pathogens
- Viral pathogens
- Medical genetics
- Applied and environmental microbiology
- Bioavailability, diet and gut health
- Cardiovascular disease
- Cancer and cell communication
- Neurobiology
- Extreme environment microbiology field trip
- Seminars in biology
- Systems biology
- Wildlife and diseases
BSc Microbiology C500