Course Overview

This top-up year will build upon core skills and knowledge you will have acquired in your prior study, including the ability to understand and manipulate numerical data and carry out field or laboratory investigations of living systems responsibly, safely and ethically. You should know the structure and function of various types of cells in unicellular and multicellular organisms, the structure and function of cell membranes and cell differentiation.

You will also be able to express relevant biological reactions in chemical terms, along with explaining the chemistry and structure of the major biological macromolecules and how that determines their physical properties. You will also be able to describe cell metabolism, including the main anabolic and catabolic pathways, and the ability to describe protein structures and functions and their control mechanisms.

General Eligibility

The admissions process will be in conjunction with other courses in the Chemical Sciences suite. Entry will typically proceed through formal progression agreements with overseas partner institutions. For access, students should have been performing at a 1st class level (exact qualifying grades to be determined through liaison with departmental admissions tutors, International Office, and partner institution) in their prior undergraduate studies where credit equivalent to Diploma of Higher Education (DipHE) or Higher National Diploma (HND) (the equivalent of 120 F-level and 120 I-level credits).

Part Time Work Details

Twenty hours of work permit weekly for international students.

Language Requirement

• The minimum for IELTS is 6.5 overall with no element lower than 6.0, iGCSE English at grade B or equivalent.