Chemistry with Biological and Medicinal Chemistry MChem
Bachelor's degree
In Sheffield
Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Location
Sheffield
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Duration
4 Years
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Our Chemistry with Biological and Medicinal Chemistry degree is a specialist course. It's designed to give you the knowledge and skills you'll need to succeed in the healthcare and pharmaceuticals sectors. Employers in these areas need chemists who can work with complex genome datasets and tackle challenges such as antibiotic resistance.
You'll study core chemistry topics, as well as areas of biology and medicine that are at the heart of cutting-edge scientific research and potential medical treatments. As the degree progresses, you'll investigate concepts such as computer-aided drug discovery and how medicines progress to market.
In year one, alongside chemistry lectures and labs, you get lectures in biochemistry and physiology with pharmacology. You'll also take maths classes so that you have the core maths skills needed for this degree. If you have A Level Maths but not A Level Physics (or equivalent), you'll take both our Physical Principles in Chemistry and Mathematics for Chemists modules.
The course will give you lots of practical experience, building up to your extended final-year project, where you'll work in a professional research lab on a project at the cutting edge of science. We'll give you a laboratory resource pack - which includes a lab coat, safety glasses and safety gloves - so that you can do practical work right from the start of your degree. In your third year you'll carry out a month-long group research project in chemical biology. By then, you'll be able to handle sensitive chemicals and conduct experiments over multiple days.
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Our graduates work all over the world in the pharmaceutical, fine chemical, material and bioscience industries. They work for top employers like GlaxoSmithKline, Unilever, Reckitt Benckiser and BP.
Our graduates also choose careers in fields as diverse as teaching, financial services, IT and management. The problem-solving, analytical and numeracy skills you'll develop on your degree will be in high demand across a variety of sectors.
According to the Destination of Leavers from Higher Education survey 2016, 91% of our graduates are in employment or further study within six months of graduating.
We have projects and career days to help you develop your employability skills. For example, in the third year you'll take part in the Skills for Success project. This project will help you develop skills you'll need on your path through life and will prepare you for the challenges of further study and professional life.
There are regular guest lectures and seminars from industry professionals, which will give you an insight into future career paths.
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Subjects
- Pharmacology
- Market
- Biology
- Mathematics
- Biochemistry
- Project
- Physiology
- Chemistry
- Organic Chemistry
- Research
Course programme
Core modules:
- Biochemistry
- Fundamentals of Chemistry 1
- Fundamentals of Chemistry 2
- Physiology with Pharmacology
- Further Laboratory Chemistry
- General Laboratory Chemistry
- Mathematics (Chemical)
- Mathematics for Chemists
- Mathematics for Chemistry 1
- Mathematics for Chemistry 2
- Mathematics for Chemists
- Physical Principles in Chemistry
Core modules:
- Chemistry Laboratory
- Organic Chemistry
- Inorganic Chemistry
- Physical Chemistry
- Introduction to Computer-Aided Drug Design
- Molecules to Market
Core modules:
- Biological Chemistry Projects
- Further Inorganic Chemistry
- Further Organic Chemistry
- Further Physical Chemistry
Core modules:
- Chemistry Research Project
- Advanced Topics in Biological Chemistry
- Advanced Biochemistry Data Handling
- Advanced Research Topics
In the event of any change we'll consult and inform students in good time and take reasonable steps to minimise disruption.
Chemistry with Biological and Medicinal Chemistry MChem