Human Bioscience

This full or part-time award consists of seven modules.

The full-time programme takes one calendar year to complete, whilst part-time students can choose to study one or two modules per trimester.

Masters level study of Human Bioscience enables students to evaluate and develop a professional scientific outlook and understanding. It introduces students to new concepts that can be applied directly to research and deepens students' professional identity and reasoning.

Click here for a detailed list of modules.

To be eligible for the award the student must undertake:

Five compulsory modules:

• Research Methods
• Infection Control and Microbiology
• Bio-molecular Basis of Health and Disease
• Epidemiology
• Dissertation

Two designated/optional modules from a wide professional choice including:

• Bioethics
• Bioinformatics
• Nutrition in a Global Context
• Managing Advanced Professional Practice
  

HLSM100 Bioethics

Beauchamp, T., and Childress, J. (2009). Principles of Biomedical Ethics. 7th Edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 

Ellen, R., Bulger, E., Heitman, S. and Reiser, J. (2002). The Ethical Dimensions of the Biological and Health Sciences. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

 Mason, J. and Laurie, G. (2009).  Mason and McCall Smith's Law and Medical Ethics. 8th Edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press.  

 Kuhse, H., and Singer, P. (Eds) (2006). Bioethics: an Anthology. Oxford: Blackwell.  

HLSM101 Biomolecular Basis of Health and Disease

Hancock, J.T. (2010). Cell Signalling. 3rd Ed. Oxford University Press.

 Latchman, D.S. (2010). Gene Control. 1st Ed. Garland Science.

 Morgan, D.O. (2007). The Cell Cycle; principles of control. New Science Press.

 Strachan, T. and Read, A. (2011). Human Molecular Genetics. 4th Ed. Garland Science.

HLSM102 Nutrition in a Global Context

Gibney, M.J. et al. (eds.) (2009) Introduction to human nutrition / edited on behalf of the Nutrition Society. - 2nd ed.. Chichester : Wiley-Blackwell

 Shils, M.E. et al. (eds.) (2005) Modern Nutrition in Health and Disease 10th ed. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins

 Zeisel, S.H. et al. (eds.) (2004) Nutrition in Medicine Series. Medeor interactive information

HLSM116 Epidemiology

Rothman, K.J. (2002). Epidemiology, An introduction. Oxford University Press

Kahn, H.A and Sempos, C.T. (1989). Statistical Methods in Epidemiology. Oxford University Press.

Field, A. (2009). Discovering Statistics using SPSS. 3rd Ed. Sage.

HLSM117 Bioinformatics

Lesk, A.M. (2008). Introduction to Bioinformatics. 3rd Ed. Oxford University Press.

Zvelebil, M. and Baum, J.O. (2008). Understanding Bioinformatics. Garland Science

HLSM118 Infection Control and Microbiology

Gould, D. and Brooker, C. (2008).  Infection prevention and control (Applied Microbiology for healthcare). 2nd Ed. Palgrave Macmillan.

 Strelkaukas, A., Strelkaukas, J. and Moszyk-Strelkaukas, D. (2010). Microbiology; a clinical approach. Garland Science.