Keele University Prospectus Undergraduate | 2017 | Page 160

Undergraduate Prospectus 2017 | Dual Honours

Biology and Biochemistry
Key Information
Why study this course?

Keele’s dual honours programme in Biochemistry and Biology
will give you a comprehensive background in the varying
perspectives of the science of life, from cellular and molecular
levels to the whole organism.
We will equip you with the skills to tackle increasingly problematic
and complex issues surrounding our ever growing and ageing human
population, our medical problems and the impacts our actions have
on each other and on life on Earth. You’ll also have the opportunity
to participate in field courses, undertake research projects and apply
for placements. A four year version of the programme provides the
opportunity to take an industrial placement in the third year and the
possibility of completing a placement at one of a number of research
institutes in Europe, including the prestigious Pasteur Institute in Paris,
home to a number of Nobel Prize winners.

Indicative modules

First year
• Nature’s Tools: Proteins
and Enzymes
• Metabolism: Major
Metabolic Pathways
• Information and Inheritance
• Cells and Organelles:
Biochemical Aspects
of Cell Biology
• Diversity of Life
• Cell and Molecular Biology
• Genetics and Evolution
Second Year
• Gene and Protein Engineering
• Molecular, Cellular
and Structural Immunology
• Metabolism in Health
and Disease
• Endocrinology
and Cell Signalling
• Life at the Extremes
• Research and Analytical Skills
Third Year
• Life Sciences
Experimental Project
• Clinical Pathology
• Structural Biology and
Macromolecular Function
• Acquisition, Analysis
and Communication
of Information
• Conservation Biology
• Human Parasitology

What will this mean
for my future?

A degree in Biochemistry
and Biology is the first step
towards a broad variety of
careers. These can include the
pharmaceutical, biotechnology
and food industries, the NHS and
environmental health sector, and
research within the biological,
environmental and medical
sectors. The applied nature of
the programme will equip you
with a range of transferable
employability skills of relevance
to careers in the Biosciences, as
well as in other graduate careers
where numeracy and an objective
scientific approach to problem
solving are valued.

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Course type
Dual honours

For information on dual
honours combinations
please visit www.keele.
ac.uk/ugcourses

Course duration

Three years or four years
with an Applied Life Science
Placement

Indicative entry
requirements
ABB to BBB

For further information on
entry requirements please
visit www.keele.ac.uk/
entryrequirements

Study abroad
Yes

Angela Abraham
Biochemistry and Biology,
Second Year

Some of the modules share
similar content but under
different contexts, which means
you get a well-rounded view of
the subject. We are encouraged
to apply and relate what we
learn to real life and current
scientific methods as opposed
to just regurgitating theories.