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NUI Galway, Department of Biochemistry

Fourth Year Course 2011-12

Course Director

Dr Lucy Byrnes
Biochemistry
Telephone: 091 492416 Ext: 2416
Email: lucy.byrnesnuigalway.ie

The first meeting with the 4^th Biochemistry class of 2011-12 will be held on Monday 5^th September, at 15:00 in the New Seminar room (Lower Aran Wing) Biochemistry. Attendance is compulsory.

Lecture Course Outline

The 4th year course consists of a number of elements, including lecture modules; a laboratory project for one term, including a seminar presentation in PowerPoint at the end of the project; and a literature review project in the other term. Departmental seminars (Fridays at 1 pm) by visiting experts in various topics are an integral part of the course, and students are expected to attend these, as they will form the basis of certain examination questions.

The distribution of marks for the elements of the 4th year Biochemistry course is as follows:

Module		ECTS
BI404	Experimental design	3
BI404	General knowledge and reasoning	3
BI412	Lab Practical Project and Report	12
BI414	Seminar	3
BI443	Literature review	6
BI434	'Biomolecules' Paper 1 (Christmas)	6
BI435	'Molecular Cellular Biology' Paper 2 (Summer)	6
BI441	'Advanced Technologies' Paper 3 (Summer)	6
BI442	'Research Paper Analysis' Paper 4 (Summer)	6
BI437	'Current Topics' Online report on seminars	2
BI437	'Current Topics' Paper 5 (Summer)	4
BI411	Oral examination	3

Total BI401		60

4th Biochemistry Timetable 2011-12

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
9-10	Biochemistry McMunn	Biochemistry Dunican (Semester 1) McMunn (Semester 2)	Advanced Techniques McMunn
10-11	Advanced Techniques AC204		Biochemistry McMunn	Biochemistry McMunn	Biochemistry McMunn
11-12	Biochemistry McMunn	Advanced Techniques AC203 (Semester 1) AC215 (Semester 2)
12-1
1-2					Biochemistry McMunn (Visiting speakers)

All course information will be provided on Blackboard.

Biochemistry, School of Natural Science.
National University of Ireland, Galway, University Road, Galway, Ireland.
Phone: +353 (0)91 492420
E-mail: Biochemistry
This page was last updated Monday, September 26, 2011