MSC Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine (BMST90) FT

2017 - 2018

Year 1

Core These are a compulsory part of your degree: you cannot change them. units (30 credits)

A student will take

Semester 1
BMS6054	Ethics and Public Awareness of Science	AUT SEM	15 credits
Full academic year
BMS6053	Critical Analysis of Current Science	ACAD YR	15 credits

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units (30 credits)

A student will take 30 credits from this group.

Semester 1
BMS6055	Modelling Human Disease	AUT SEM	15 credits
Semester 2
BMS6056 + Students taking this module will be expected to have a basic understanding of cell biology (e.g.the common signalling pathways and knowledge about transcription factor function). Students should not have previously taken BMS382 as an undergraduate module..	Stem Cell Biology	SPR SEM	15 credits
BMS6398	Tissue Engineering in Biomedical Science	SPR SEM	15 credits

AND

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units (30 credits)

A student will take 30 credits from this group.

Semester 1
BMS6082	Practical Cell Biology	AUT SEM	15 credits
Semester 2
BMS6081 + Restricted to 16 places..	Human Embryonic Stem Culture Techniques	SPR SEM	15 credits

Core These are a compulsory part of your degree: you cannot change them. units (30 credits)

A student will take

Semester 1
BMS6051 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: BMS6052 (when the module is running)	Literature Review	AUT SEM	30 credits

Core These are a compulsory part of your degree: you cannot change them. units (60 credits)

A student will take

Full academic year
BMS6052 ⇐PPre-requisites: BMS6051 + Good BSc in relevant biological discipline.	Laboratory Research Project	ACAD YR	60 credits

A student will (as part of the requirements for the Degree of PhD with Integrated Studies and unless exempt) take Research Training Programme units to the value of forty-five credits as prescribed by the Head of the Department following consultation with the student (in the case of a student who commenced the programme of study and research before September 2010), or will engage with the Doctoral Development Programme as prescribed in the Regulations for the Doctoral Development Programme (in the case of a student commencing the programme of study and research in or after September 2010).

	A student will (as part of the requirements for the Degree of PhD with Integrated Studies) complete satisfactorily the following:
(i)	ELT	Intensive English Language Training (optional)
(ii)	in the first year
	Y1.1	Induction Meeting
	Y1.2	Managing Research Time
(iii)	in the second year
	Y2.1	Speaking Skills for Research Purposes
	Y2.2	Masters Research Projects - Oral Presentations
(iv)	in the third year
	Y3.1	Research Poster Presentations
(v)	in the fourth year
	Y4.1	Thesis Writing and Viva Preparation
	Y4.2	Graduate Research Conference - Oral Presentations

A student will be expected to attend at least two Career Management Skills sessions during the four year programme.

A student who has been awarded one hundred and twenty credits in respect of units listed at 1A, B, C and D of BMST02 above and who does not complete the requirements for the Degree of MSc shall be eligible for the award of the Postgraduate Diploma in Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine.

A student who has been awarded sixty credits in respect of units listed at 1A and B and C of BMST02 above of which not more than fifteen credits are in respect of units listed at 1B and not more than fifteen credits are in respect of units listed at 1C and who does not complete the requirements for the Degree of MSc shall be eligible for the award of the Postgraduate Certificate in Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine.

The Examiners may recommend the award of a Postgraduate Masters with merit or distinction. Candidates are not allowed to progress to the Degree of PhD unless they gain at least a merit.

⇐P	-	This module has pre-requisite(s).
P⇒	-	This module is a pre-requisite for other modules.
C	-	This module has co-requisite(s).
X	-	Some modules cannot be studied in combination with this module.
+	-	Additional information about requirements for studying this module.

Please note that the regulations displayed on this page reflect provision in 2017/18 and may not reflect study undertaken in other academic sessions. To see regulations that applied in another academic session, please return to the Programme Regulations Finder home screen and select the appropriate session.