Degree Programmes offered
The unit, in concordance with other departments, contributes to the following degree programmes:
- BSc degree with Genetics and Molecular Biology as a subject
- BSc Honours degree in Genetics and Molecular Biology
- BSc Honours degree in Applied Sciences (Genetics and Molecular Biology)
The duration of the BSc degree programme is three years, while the BSc Honours degree programmes span the course of four years. All students follow Genetics and Molecular Biology, Biology and Chemistry subject combinations during the first two years. At the end of the second year, students have the opportunity to follow the Honours degree programmes in GMB, Biology or Chemistry on a merit basis. The students pursuing the BSc Honours degree in Genetics and Molecular Biology will follow sixty level 6 credits over the course of the final two years, of which eight credits will be allocated for the research project conducted during the final year. For successful completion of the degree, these students are required to submit and defend their thesis at a viva voce examination upon the culmination of the study programme.
Students following the BSc degree programme (three years) will continue to take five level 5 credits from each of the above three subject combinations during their third year. For successful completion of the degree, these students should complete ninety credits, thirty each from the above subject combinations.
At the end of the third year, students have the opportunity to follow a BSc Honours in Applied Sciences degree programme offered by each of the above subject combinations. The students pursuing this study programme offered by the Genetics and Molecular Biology Unit will follow thirty credits during their fourth year. Eight of these credits will be offered by the GMB Unit and twelve from the faculty. These students will complete a project worth ten credits in an industrial setting in the final semester of the study programme. For successful completion of the degree, these students are required to submit and defend their thesis at a viva voce examination upon the culmination of the study programme.
