Course descriptionCOURSE INFORMATION
The MResMedical Biosciences programme at Northumbria University has been designed to help you develop your knowledge and understanding of the laboratory investigation of disease and apply that in a postgraduate research setting. It will be particularly applicable to you if you are working in the hospital pathology service and wish to pursue a research career in a particular discipline.
The flexible structure of the course will enable you to select modules and, in discussion with your tutor, select a project of relevance to the subject area and your own interests. Great care is taken to ensure that the programme provides knowledge and skills, and uses tools, techniques and methods which are immediately useful to employers, both in the UK and overseas. You will develop transferable skills during the course with the emphasis on personal time management, problem solving abilities and life-long independent learning.
You will study a number of optional modules in addition to the following core modules.
Graduate Science Research Methods
This module will provide you with an opportunity to develop your skills in the use of literature and quantitative methods. You will learn how to evaluate and contribute to scientific literature and to interpret and disseminate scientific information as well as assessing scientific data and tests of hypotheses. You will appreciate the desirable properties of research design, will be able to select an experimental design appropriate to a given system and create the design matrix. You will be able to select, apply, and interpret the output from statistical methods of data analysis and evaluate the results of statistical analyses as applied to a given data set.
Subject Exploration
This module is designed to provide you with an opportunity for advanced exploration into a subject area of interest so that you can develop a critical appreciation of primary research within a relevant field and apply your pre-existing scientific/technical knowledge. It will also enable you to further develop your key skills including information retrieval, evaluative, analytical, and problem solving skills, together with group-based written and oral communication skills.
Research Proposal
This module is designed to help you to understand a specific research area. You will identify an individually tailored program with your academic supervisor. Directed reading, guided and independent study will be used to enable you to gain a more sophisticated awareness of your chosen area.
MRes Project
This project is a research-based dissertation which may encompass a wet-laboratory based, computer-based or theoretically-based project. All projects will include development of research skills and discussion of results as well as an opportunity to compose a written dissertation.
Further details about these core modules and all optional modules are available via the Module Information link.
MODULE INFORMATION
Year 1 Modules
CH0591 Clinical Biochemistry A (OPTION, 20 Credits)
CH0592 Clinical Biochemistry B (OPTION, 20 Credits)
CH0595 Haematology A (OPTION, 20 Credits)
CH0596 Haematology B (OPTION, 20 Credits)
CH0597 Cellular Pathology A (OPTION, 20 Credits)
CH0598 Cellular Pathology B (OPTION, 20 Credits)
CH0909 PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY (OPTION, 20 Credits)
CH0910 BIOINFORMATICS (OPTION, 20 Credits)
CH0911 SUBJECT EXPLORATION (CORE, 20 Credits)
CH0912 CASE STUDIES IN BIOTECHNOLOGY (OPTION, 20 Credits)
CH0916 MRes Project (CORE, 90 Credits)
CH0919 Research Proposal (CORE, 10 Credits)
CH0923 Graduate Science Research Methods (CORE, 20 Credits)
CH0926 Molecular Biology (OPTION, 20 Credits)
CH0591 Clinical Biochemistry A (OPTION, 20 Credits)
CH0592 Clinical Biochemistry B (OPTION, 20 Credits)
COURSEWORK AND ASSESSMENT
The modules are assessed by combinations of coursework, laboratory reports and/or examination including viva voce.
CAREERS
Upon successful completion of the programme, there will be a range of exciting careers open to you. Many of our graduates have taken up employment in education, industry, consultancy or research.