Awards
Ordinary Bachelor Degree
Mode of Delivery: Full Time
 
No. of Semesters : 6
NFQ Level: 7
Programme Credits: 180
Language of Instruction: English
Department: Science and Health
 

Semester Schedules

Stage 1 / Semester 1

Elective Regulation
1. Students must achieve a minimum grade (35%) in both the practical/CA and Final Examination in the following modules: Fundamental Biology, Chemistry 1, Physics 1. 2. Students must achieve a minimum grade (35%) in both the practical and CA in the following modules: Quantitative Methods 1
Mandatory
Module Code Module Title
ZBIO C1101 Fundamental Biology
ZCHE C1101 Chemistry 1
ZLAB C1101 Laboratory Science
ZPHY C1101 Physics 1
ZMTS C1101 Quantitative Methods 1
 

Stage 1 / Semester 2

Elective Regulation
1. Students must achieve a minimum grade (35%) in both the practical/CA and Final Examination in the following modules: Chemistry 2, Quantitative Methods 2, Animal and Human Biology. 2. Students must achieve a minimum grade (35%) in both the practical and CA in the following modules: Physics 2 3. Current concepts in Science is an elective. Brewing and Distilling students will do a comparable module (Introduction to Brewing Studies) and Science Students will do Science module(Introduction to Bioscience)
Mandatory
Module Code Module Title
ZCHE C1102 Chemistry 2
ZPHY C1102 Physics 2
ZMTS C1102 Quantitative Methods 2
ZBIO C1102 Animal and Human Biology
ZSCI C1101 Current Concepts in Science
 

Stage 2 / Semester 1

Elective Regulation
1. Students must achieve a minimum grade (35%) in both the practical/CA and Final Examination in the following modules: Instrumentation, Molecular Biology 1, Biochemistry- Biomolecules. 2. Students must achieve a minimum grade (35%) in both the practical and CA in the following modules: Quantitative Methods and Quality Control, Fundamentals of Microbiology 1.
Mandatory
Module Code Module Title
ZINS H2101 Instrumentation
ZMTS H2101 Quantitative Methods and Quality Control 1
SCIE C2603 Fundamentals of Microbiology 1
ZBIO H2102 Molecular Biology 1
ZCHE H2101 Biochemistry Biomolecules
 

Stage 2 / Semester 2

Elective Regulation
1. Students must achieve a minimum grade (35%) in both the practical/CA and Final Examination in the following modules: Fundamentals of Microbiology 2, Molecular Biology 2, Biochemistry Metabolism. 2. Students must achieve a minimum grade (35%) in both the practical and CA in the following modules: Analytical Techniques Pharmaceutical Science, Quantitative Methods and Quality Control 2. 3. Students may apply to EXIT from the programme with a Higher Certificate in Science in Applied Biology (Embedded Exit Award), provided they have achieved the required learning outcomes for the level 6 award and have accumulated 120 credits. IT Carlow academic regulations apply.
Mandatory
Module Code Module Title
ZANA H2101 Analytical Techniques Pharmaceutical Science
QUAL Quantitative Methods and Quality Control 2
SCIE C2604 Fundamentals of Microbiology 2
BIOL Molecular Biology 2
PHIO Biochemistry Metabolism
 

Stage 3 / Semester 1

Elective Regulation
1. Students must achieve a minimum grade (35%) in both the practical/CA and Final Examination in the following modules: Food Microbiology, Quality management, Experimental Design and Data Analysis, Manufacturing 2. Students must achieve a minimum grade (35%) in both the practical and CA in the following modules: Molecular Biology and Immunology 1 3. Students must achieve a minimum grade (35%) in the CA/project and practical in the following modules: Biochemistry 1
Mandatory
Module Code Module Title
MANU Manufacturing
ZANA H3102 Quality Management, Experimental Design and Data Analysis
SCIE Food Microbiology
ZCHE H3101 Biochemistry 1
BIOL C3601 Molecular Biology and Immunology 1
ZPRO H3101 Bioscience Project and Workplace Planning
 

Stage 3 / Semester 2

Elective Regulation
Bioscience Project and Workplace Planning is delivered year-long with the credits awarded at the end of Semester 6 1. Students must achieve a minimum grade (35%) in both the practical/CA and Final Examination in the following modules: Microbial Cell Factory, Biochemistry 2 2. Students must achieve a minimum grade (35%) in both the practical and Final Examination in the following modules: Molecular Biology and Immunology. 3. Students must achieve a minimum grade (35%) in bot the practical and Continuous Assessment in the following modules: Spectroscopy for Biosciences
Mandatory
Module Code Module Title
LABS Spectroscopy for Biosciences
SCIE Microbial Cell Factory
ZBIO Biochemistry 2
BIOL C3602 Molecular Biology and Immunology 2