Overview
The course provides all of the practical skills needed for working in a laboratory, including preparing solutions, chemical handling and working with state-of-the-art laboratory instruments. You will also undertake nutritional, chemical and microbiological analysis of food, air, soil and water, and investigate chemical synthesis, gene cloning, protein analysis and other microbiological techniques.
You will study the key environmental and biological principles that govern the natural world, diseases, anatomy and physiology, and gain the enhanced research skills required for further study.
Course length:
Full-time: 2 years (2 days a week)Part-time: 3 years (1.5 days per week)
Start date:
13th September 2021
Location:
Knightstone Campus
Course codes:
Institution: W47
Course: BLS1
Campus: -
Awarding institution:
UWE Bristol
Come along to our next Open Day to find out how we could help you achieve your ambitions with higher education.
Course detail
The course has employability at its heart and will set you up for various roles within a laboratory setting. You will be taught in the laboratories and classrooms in our Knightstone Campus, and you will also be able to take advantage of all of everything on offer in our new University Centre in the redeveloped Winter Gardens.
Students on this course are also offered the opportunity to go on visits relevant to their studies at an additional expense. Students recently visited Hinkley Point and Thatchers Cider, for example.
Please click on the next tab to find out more about what you’ll learn on this programme and how it is delivered. The information below deal with our partnership with UWE Bristol and what is and isn’t included in the cost of tuition.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to get in touch with the course leader Dr Elena Borodina or UCW’s HEART student services team. It would also be great to meet you and show you around at our next Open Day.
This diverse course explores all aspects of biological life, from genes and cells to populations and ecosystems, and will prepare you for laboratory roles or further study on a research career pathway.
Delivered in partnership
This course is delivered in partnership with the University of the West of England (UWE).
