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UCAS CODE C431
Our BSc Medical Genetics course will give you a broad understanding of genetics with an emphasis on topics of medical relevance, allowing you to understand how genetic information can be used and its role in future medicine before putting your skills and knowledge into practice in the lab. Youll study the structure and expression of genes, inheritance and mutations, and learn about the latest molecular techniques for modifying genes, including CRISPR. Well introduce you to how modern genetics
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Our BSc Medical Genetics course will give you a broad understanding of genetics with an emphasis on topics of medical relevance, allowing you to understand how genetic information can be used and its role in future medicine before putting your skills and knowledge into practice in the lab. You'll study the structure and expression of genes, inheritance and mutations, and learn about the latest molecular techniques for modifying genes, including CRISPR. We'll introduce you to how modern genetics is enabling us to understand and treat a range of diseases such as cancer, and help us to tackle global challenges like food sustainability and security.All of our students take compulsory modules designed to give you specialist knowledge of genetics, whilst also introducing you to biochemistry, microbiology and molecular biology. As you progress through your degree and discover what you’re passionate about, optional modules will allow you to explore your chosen subject in greater depth, specialise in one area, keep your interests broad, or even switch to another degree programme within the molecular biosciences.In your first year you’ll spend six hours in the lab each week learning the practical skills and knowledge that every bioscientist needs including how to establish bacterial cultures, assess bioenergetics and perform gene cloning. Analysis classes will equip you with the skills you’ll use outside the lab from interacting with your data to interpreting your findings. Your lectures will give you a broad understanding of the molecular biosciences, allowing you to explore what you’re most interested in.In your second year you’ll begin learning more advanced scientific techniques both in the lab and in lectures with topics including experimental design, genome editing using CRISPR/Cas9 and protein purification. You’ll continue to take analysis classes to develop your data handling skills further and you can choose to study modules like “Molecules to Market”, allowing you to work in teams to come up with pioneering science enterprise ideas to launch a virtual business. In your third year you’ll complete an extended research project in an area of molecular bioscience that interests you either in the lab or in wider society, alongside your chosen specialist modules. Depending on your interests and career goals you can choose a project from: experimental science, clinical diagnostics, industrial biotechnology, molecular systems and computing, science communication or education and outreach.Genetics graduates are well equipped for jobs in universities, research institutes, businesses, the NHS, the pharmaceutical industry and the growing biotechnology industry in order to begin their scientific careers. The expanding field of genomics is another popular route for our graduates, entering roles in genetic counselling and diagnostics. With a variety of key transferrable skills that employers are looking for, including teamwork skills, critical thinking, and how to present effectively, graduates are also well equipped to pursue roles outside of bioscience, from IT and business management, to finance and accounting, to events management and teaching.If you want to study medical genetics, but don't meet the entry requirements to go straight into the first year, our Biosciences with Foundation Year could be for you. After successfully completing the one-year programme, you'll progress onto the first year of your chosen degree.
Grades / Points required
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Grades / Points required
34
Grades / Points required
H2,H2,H2,H2,H2,H3
Grades / Points required
DD
Grades / Points required
DDD
Grades / Points required
B
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including two Science subjects
plus AB including two Science subjects
60 credits overall with Distinctions in 36 Level 3 credits, including Chemistry and Biology units, plus Merits in 9 Level 3 credits. Applicants are also interviewed
plus grades ABB including two Science subjectsThe Extended Project should be in a relevant subject.
GCSE English at grade C of grade 4 and GCSE Mathematics at grade B or grade 6
with 6,5 in two Higher Level science subjects
including two Science subjects
in Applied Science plus A Level grade A in a science subject (Biology, Chemistry, Human Biology, Physics, Mathematics and Further Mathematics)+ interview
in Applied Science including modules in Applications of Inorganic Chemistry, Applications of Organic Chemistry and Practical Chemical Analysis and no more than one of the following: Forensic Evidence Collection & analysis ,Forensic Fire Investigation or Forensic Traffic Collision investigation plus Interview
plus AA at A Level including two Science subjects
Previous study
Previous study
The most common A-levels taken by students who end up studying this subject at uni.
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£9,250
per year
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£9,250
per year
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This is the fee you pay if you live within Scotland.
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£9,250
per year
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£9,250
per year
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£24,450
per year
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