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BT3502: BIO-BUSINESS (2023-2024)

Last modified: 23 Jul 2024 10:43


Course Overview

  • In the world of biomedicine and biotechnology, it is the individual who sees opportunities where others see challenges who drives innovation…and goes on to change the world

  • When you make that discovery or invention, will you be prepared to seize the opportunity and change the world?

  • In the world of biomedicine and biotechnology, it is the small, nimble, dynamic, entrepreneurial companies who drive innovation…and go on to change the world

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    When you go to work for that dynamic start-up company, will you have the right mindset and skills to ensure that the product reaches the patient or the customer?

  • BT3502 can be taken either as a stand-alone course or as part of the “with Biobusiness” degree option. It aims to be both fun and “different” – allowing many students to explore an area they have not come across elsewhere, and to discover, develop and apply skills not previously required in the degree programme.

Course Details

Study Type Undergraduate Level 3
Term Second Term Credit Points 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus Aberdeen Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr I.R. Greig

Qualification Prerequisites

  • Programme Level 3

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

  • Programme Level 3
  • Any Undergraduate Programme
  • One of Anatomy (AN) (Studied) or Biochemistry (BC) (Studied) or Biomedical Sciences (BM) (Studied) or Biotechnology (BT) (Studied) or Developmental Biology (DB) (Studied) or Genetics (GN) (Studied) or Immunology (IM) (Studied) or Molecular Biology (MB) (Studied) or Microbiology (MC) (Studied) or Pharmacology (PA) (Studied) or Physiology (PY) (Studied) or Sports Science (SR) (Studied)

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

BT3502 can be taken either as a stand-alone course or as part of the “with Biobusiness” degree option. It aims to be “different” – allowing many students to explore an area they have not come across previously, and to discover and develop skills not required elsewhere in the degree programme. The focus is on creativity, inventiveness, ideas, innovation and entrepreneurship (and not on facts!)

…but mostly it is about allowing you either to gently push the boundaries of your comfort zone, or indeed to confidently kick down the walls and find a whole new world you never knew existed, and a version of yourself with a palate of skills and expertise that you never knew you had.


Contact Teaching Time

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Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

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Resit Assessments

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