Biomedical Sciences and Synthetic Organic Chemistry

Biomedical Sciences and Synthetic Organic Chemistry#

The stream leaders for this combination are:

Biomedical Sciences	Dr Paola Vergani	p.vergani@ucl.ac.uk
Synthetic Organic Chemistry	Prof Alethea Tabor	a.b.tabor@ucl.ac.uk

Year 1

Term 1

Core modules


BIOS0019	Life Sciences Foundation	15 credits	T1
CHEM0005	Chemical Foundations	15 credits	T1~3
NSCI0010	Science and Society	0 credits	T1

Choose an NSCI module


NSCI0006	Mathematics for Natural Sciences B	15 credits	T1	[*]
NSCI0005	Mathematics for Natural Sciences A	15 credits	T1	[**]

[*] select if you will not be studying PHAS0011
[**] select if you will be studying PHAS0011

Choose an additional foundation module


GEOL0007	The Earth	15 credits	T1
HPSC0009	Introduction to History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science	15 credits	T1
PHAS0011	Modern Physics, Astronomy and Cosmology	15 credits	T1
STAT0002	Introduction to Probability and Statistics	15 credits	T1

Term 2

Core modules


CHEM0008	Basic Organic Chemistry	15 credits	T2
CELL0008	Introduction to Cell Biology	15 credits	T2
PHOL0002	Introductory Mammalian Physiology	15 credits	T2

Choose one module


CHEM0009	Basic Physical Chemistry	15 credits	T2
CHEM0013	Basic Inorganic Chemistry	15 credits	T2

Year 2

Choose one module


NSCI0036	Programming for Scientists	15 credits	T2
NSCI0039	Science Communication	15 credits	T1
NSCI0038	Science for All	15 credits	T2

(Biomedical Sciences)
Choose at least 45 credits

Core modules


PHAR0007	Introductory Pharmacology	15 credits	T1&2
PHOL0003	Animal and Human Physiology: Integrative Physiology	15 credits	T1
PHOL0005	Structure and Function of Nervous Systems	15 credits	T1

Further options


STAT0021	Introductory Statistical Methods and Computing	15 credits	T2	[*]
BIOC0006	Essential Protein Structure and Function	15 credits	T2	[*]
BIOL0008	Fundamentals of Molecular Biology	15 credits	T1	[*]
ANAT0003	Human Neuroanatomy	15 credits	T2
INIM0005	Immunology	15 credits	T2	[*]
MPHY0006	Introduction to Biophysics	15 credits	T2
BIOS0030	Introduction to Coding for Bioscience Research (Python)	15 credits	T2	[*]
BIOS0044	Research Skills for Biosciences	15 credits	T1&2

[*] highly recommended (note, STAT0021 cannot be selected if STAT0002 studied; BIOS0030 cannot be taken alongside NSCI0036)
Speak to the Stream Leader if you wish to discuss your module choices

(Synthetic Organic Chemistry)
Choose at least 45 credits

Core modules


CHEM0016	Organic Chemistry	30 credits	T1&2
CHEM0018	Organic Reaction Mechanisms	15 credits	T2

You can choose 1 module


CHEM0015	Inorganic Chemistry for Physical Science !Pre-requisites: CHEM0013	15 credits	T1&2
CHEM0012	Chemistry of Materials !Pre-requisites: CHEM0013	15 credits	T1
CHEM0020	Physical Chemistry for Life Sciences !Pre-requisites: CHEM0009	15 credits	T2

Year 3

Core modules


NSCI0004	Literature Project for Natural Sciences BSc/MSci Programme	15 credits	T1&2

(Biomedical Sciences) Major stream select 60-75 credits; Minor stream select 30-45 credits

Core modules


PHAR0011	Molecular Pharmacology	15 credits	T1

Option Modules


PHOL0008	Cell Signalling in Health and Disease	30 credits	T1&2	[*]
PHAR0012	Receptor Mechanisms	15 credits	T1	[*]
PHOL0006	Respiration in Health and Disease	15 credits	T2
PHOL0007	Heart and Circulation	30 credits	T1
INIM0006	Immunology in Health and Disease	15 credits	T1	[**]
PHAR0018	Synaptic Pharmacology	15 credits	T2
NEUR0020	Integrative Systems Neuroscience	15 credits	T1
PHAR0014	Drug Design and Development	15 credits	T1
PHAR0027	Drug Design and Development (extended)	30 credits	T1&2
BIOS0040	Advanced statistics and Machine Learning for Biosciences	15 credits	T1	[*]

(Synthetic Organic Chemistry)
Major stream select 60-75 credits; Minor stream select 30-45 credits

Core modules


CHEM0034	Advanced Topics in Organic Chemistry	15 credits	T1&2
CHEM0035	Organic Photochemistry Radicals and Heterocycles	15 credits	T2

Core module for major stream


CHEM0024	Synthesis and Characterisation Techniques in Chemistry	15 credits	T1&2

Option Modules

Major stream select 15-30 credits. Minor stream select 0-15 creditS


CHEM0033	Principles of Drug Design	15 credits	T2
CHEM0039	New Directions in Materials Chemistry !Pre-requisites: CHEM0013	15 credits	T1
CHEM0031	Inorganic Rings, Chains and Clusters	15 credits	T2	[*]

[*] CHEM0013 is a pre-requisite however it is fine to take this module without as long as you do some self-study

Year 4

Choose the relevant research project


BIOS0017	MSci Research Project in Life Sciences	60 credits	T1&2
CHEM0080	Advanced Chemical Research Project	75 credits	T1~3

(Biomedical Sciences) Major stream select 30-60 credits; Minor stream select 0-30 credits

Option Modules


PHAR0010	Neuropharmacology	15 credits	T1	[*]
CELL0018	Research Techniques in Cell Biology	15 credits	T1	[**]
PHAR0019	Pharmacology of Inflammation	15 credits	T2	[*]
ANAT0013	Pain	15 credits	T2
PHAR0013	Pharmacology of Inflammation (Extended)	30 credits	T2
NEUR0016	Neural Computation: Models of Brain Function !Pre-requisites: ANAT0003	15 credits	T1
NEUR0019	Foundations of Neuroinformatics	15 credits	T2
INIM0030	Immunodeficiency and Therapeutics	15 credits	T2	[†]
INIM0031	The Immune System, Cancer, and its Treatment	15 credits	T2	[‡]
CELL0027	Computational Cell Biophysics	15 credits	T1
BIOL0050	Advanced Computational Biology	15 credits	T2

(Synthetic Organic Chemistry)
Major stream select 15-45 credits; Minor stream select 0-30 credits

Option modules


CHEM0077	Topics in Modern Chemistry	15 credits	T1&2
CHEM0078	Topics in Modern Chemistry	30 credits	T1&2
CHEM0079	Topics in Modern Chemistry	45 credits	T1&2

Topics to be taught in term 1 and assessed by end of first week of term 2