General Information

   Introduction

   First Year Courses

   Second Year Courses

   Third & Fourth Year Courses

   Undergraduate Admissions

Course Information

First Year Courses
   Molecules in Medical Science (MIMS)
   Biology of Cells
   Evolution and Behaviour
   Elementary Mathematics for Biologists

Second Year Courses
   Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (BMB)
   Cell and Developmental Biology (CDB)

Third & Fourth Year Courses
   Part II and Part III Biochemistry

Introduction

The teaching programmes of the Biochemistry Department embody a fundamental approach to the chemistry of life and convey the strongly unifying contribution of molecular biology to other scientific disciplines. We teach students in four undergraduate years, in both the Natural Sciences Tripos (NST) and the Medical & Veterinary Sciences Tripos (MVST). Courses in the Faculty of Biology increasingly flow across departmental boundaries, where there is scientific common ground, in terms of personnel and planning. The subject area Molecular Biosciences, which includes all of our courses, was awarded top marks of 24/24 in an assessment of teaching quality by the Quality Assurance Agency.

In the NST first year (Part IA) we teach a quarter of the Biology of Cells course, which leads naturally to our second year course. Also, we lecture on "early events in evolution" in the Evolution and Behaviour course and participate in Elementary Mathematics for Biologists, for students without A-level Maths.

The Department also provides the Molecules in Medical Science course in MVST Part IA,  for students studying Medicine and Veterinary Medicine.

In the NST second year (Part IB) we run the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology IB course and contribute to the Cell and Developmental Biology IB course. Either or both of these courses leads in the NST third year to more advanced study of Biochemistry in Part II (prospective students, current students)

In the fourth year Part III Biochemistry (prospective students, current students) caters for students who expect to continue with post-graduate research, and leads to a Master of Natural Science Degree (M.Sci.) as well as the usual B.A. to which all Cambridge undergraduate science courses lead.