Awards
Target Award
Award Description:Bachelor of Science with Honours (Fnd) - BSHF
Alternative Exit
Alternative Exit
Recruitable Target
Alternative Exit
Alternative Exit
Alternative Exit
Programme Offerings
Full-Time
F2F-JMU-SEP
Sandwich Year Out
F2F-JMU-SEP
Educational Aims of the Course
To provide graduates with a wide knowledge and understanding of core subject matter which enables the student to pursue a career in Biochemistry/Molecular Bioscience related employment. To enable students to acquire the personal transferable skills needed by science graduates, including research skills to enable them to undertake postgraduate study. To develop study, communication and information technology skills sufficiently to allow graduates to engage in life long learning and to enable students to enter non-subject specific employment at graduate level. To provide students from a wide variety of educational backgrounds with a high quality learning experience in a supportive environment. The syllabus of the Biochemistry programme conforms to the QAA Biosciences benchmark statement (2019) and offers the possibility of a sandwich route or Erasmus placement to further enhance transferable and laboratory skills, and thus graduate employability. In addition to the aims for the main target award, the sandwich programme aim is to provide students with an extended period of work experience at an approved partner that will complement their programme of study at LJMU. This will give the students the opportunity to develop professional skills relevant to their programme of study, as well as attitude and behaviours necessary for employment in a diverse and changing environment.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Appreciate fundamental concepts and principles of Molecular Bioscience/Biochemistry as given in the QAA Subject Benchmark Statement.
2.
Recognise the moral and ethical issues of investigations and appreciate the need for ethical standards and professional codes of conduct.
3.
Demonstrate competence and progressive development in the basic and core experimental skills
4.
Design, plan, conduct and report on investigations which may involve primary or secondary data.
5.
Obtain, record, collate and analyse data using appropriate techniques working either individually or within a group.
6.
Comply with health and safety policies, Good Laboratory Practice (GLP), risk and Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) assessments and recognise the importance of quality control and quality assurances.
7.
Use and interpret a variety of sources of information: textual, numerical, verbal and graphical within the laboratory setting.
8.
Understand the need when undertaking sample selection to ensure validity, accuracy, calibration, precision, reproducibility and the need to highlight uncertainty and potential sources of bias during data collection.
9.
Prepare, process, interpret and present data using appropriate qualitative and quantitative techniques, statistical programmes, spreadsheets and programmes for presenting data visually.
10.
Communicate effectively by discussion, written materials, use of images and oral presentations.
11.
Use information technology to prepare, process and present information
12.
Demonstrate competence in core experimental skills, data analysis and interpretation of results with a critical understanding of the appropriate contexts for their use through the study of texts, original papers and reports.
13.
Identify targets and follow schedules to meet targets.
14.
Demonstrate team working skills.
15.
Engage with the essential facts, major concepts, principles and theories associated with Biochemistry and current developments in the Biosciences, including the philosophical and ethical issues involved.
16.
Analyse, synthesise and summarise information critically from a variety of sources including published research or reports.
17.
Recognise and apply subject specific theories, paradigms, concepts or principles, for example the relationship between genes and proteins.
18.
Construct grammatically correct documents in an appropriate academic style and format, using and referencing relevant ideas and evidence.
19.
Understand the importance of academic and research integrity.
20.
Obtain and integrate several lines of subject specific evidence to formulate and test hypotheses
21.
Apply subject knowledge and understanding to address familiar and unfamiliar problems.
Teaching, Learning and Assessment
Lectures, practicals, small group tutorials, seminars, workshops, individual project work, problem-based learning scenarios, self-directed study and student led group symposia. Cognitive skills are assessed via many methods such as, but not exclusively, written examinations (short answer questions, essay style and MCQ),laboratory reports, research project report, data handling tests, oral presentations and group poster sessions. It should be noted that if it is felt that a student is in need of key skill enhancement the Programme team is quick to direct students to the many study support sessions that the University provides. The learning, teaching and assessment strategy of the Biochemistry programme is designed to encourage within the student a progressive acquisition of subject knowledge and skills by moving from level 4 where there is a greater degree of support and assistance to level 6 where there is a greater degree of independence and self-direction especially within the Research Project. The integration and cross-referencing of material between different modules should ensure that the student sees the Biochemistry field as a whole rather than discrete sub-units, allowing student responsibility of their own learning across disciplines as they enter the final level of their degree programme and subsequently on to their professional career.
Programme Structure
Programme Structure Description
Study Abroad Students will be offered the opportunity of study abroad at Level 5. Students can choose either Option A or Option B unless they undertake the Sandwich Year, in which case Option B is not available: Option A: replacement of 60 credits of Level 5 with appropriate study abroad. … For more content click the Read More button below.
Structure
Level 3
Level 4
Level 5
Level 6
Entry Requirements
A levels
Alternative qualifications considered
BTECs
International Baccalaureate
Other international requirements
HECoS Code(s)
(CAH03-01) biosciences