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CHEM3017 - Molecular Biology

Offering Academic Unit
Department of Chemistry
Credit Units
4
Course Duration
One Semester
Pre-requisite(s)
CHEM1200/BCH1200 (for normative 4-year students) or A Level Biology (for advance standing I students)
Pre-cursor(s)
CHEM2003/BCH2003, CHEM3012/BCH3012, CHEM2013/BCH2013
Equivalent Course(s)
BCH3017
Course Offering Term*:
Not offering in current academic year

* The offering term is subject to change without prior notice
 
Course Aims
In this course, students will:
• explore the relationship between genes and their activities at the molecular, biochemical and organismal level;
• develop an understanding of a range of advanced molecular genetic techniques and strategies, and their application to functional genomic studies
• identify the major differences between prokaryotic and eukaryotic genes/genomes, and diverse gene regulatory mechanisms 
• devise appropriate recombinant DNA experiments to address specific applied genetic problems 
• will learn how to clone and characterize genes in the final year project (BCH4036)

Assessment (Indicative only, please check the detailed course information)
Continuous Assessment: 40%
Examination: 60%
Examination Duration: 3 hours
 
Detailed Course Information
CHEM3017.pdf

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Department of Chemistry