This Medical Biochemistry degree provides a broad grounding in biochemistry and the other molecular biosciences, together with a range of advanced modules that focus on topics of medical relevance. In the first year, you'll take a broad-based programme that covers a range of areas in the molecular biosciences. At the end of the first year, before you specialise in years two and three, you're free to transfer between any of the courses in the department. You're not tied to the degree you originally registered for. In the second year, you'll study your chosen subjects in more depth and develop your practical skills. In the third year there is a practical project. This could involve laboratory research, business enterprise activities, science journalism or school teaching, depending on your career interests. You can graduate after three years with a BSc degree, or you can choose the optional fourth year, which leads to an MBiolSci qualification. The four-year course focuses on developing your laboratory skills and involves an extensive laboratory-based research project. You can transfer in either direction between the three and four-year course during years one to three. This course is one of a range of courses in the molecular biosciences offered by the Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology.