Program Overview

Genetics (with integrated year in industry)

Course Overview

Genetics (with integrated year in industry) is a four-year undergraduate degree that capitalizes on the Department of Life Sciences' long-established strengths in genetics research. The course covers the fundamentals of evolution to the frontiers of modern genetics, including medical genomics and bioinformatics.

Key Facts

• UCAS Tariff: 120 - 104
• Course duration: 4 years
• Available for September start 2025

Course Content

The course content ranges from the fundamentals of evolution to the frontiers of modern genetics, including medical genomics and bioinformatics. Students will study:

• Cell biology
• Proteins and enzymes
• Chromosome genetics
• Gene expression and development
• Evolution and population genetics
• Biotechnology

Modules

Year 1

• Cell Biology *
• Ecology and Conservation *
• Genetics, Evolution and Diversity
• Microbial and Plant Diversity *
• Skills for Biologists *

Year 2

• Applied Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics
• Cell and Cancer Biology
• Chromosome Dynamics
• Evolution and Molecular Systematics
• Research Methods *

Year 3

• Integrated Year in Industry

Year 4

• Bioinformatics and Functional Genomics
• Biotechnology
• Molecular Biology of Development
• Research Project *

Careers

Employability is embedded across all of our teaching. Our Genetics degree will provide you with plenty of hands-on lab work, and thus the skills to take up a professional career in genetics within healthcare, industry or universities. Potential opportunities include clinical genetics, biomedical genetics, biotechnology, forensic research, genetic counselling, conservation genetics and plant breeding.

Teaching & Learning

The taught component of the Genetics with integrated year in industry degree is identical to the standard three-year BSc Genetics degree (C400). The year in industry is taken in your third year in the UK or overseas, is supervised and assessed, and will count towards your degree grade.

Typical Entry Requirements

• UCAS Tariff: 120 - 104
• A Levels: BBB-BCC with B in Biology or Human Biology
• GCSE requirements (minimum grade C/4): English or Welsh, Mathematics and a Science subject

English Language Requirements

See our Undergraduate English Language Requirements for this course. Pre-sessional English Programmes are also available for students who do not meet our English Language Requirements.