Programme of B2
The second year curriculum for the Bachelor’s programme in Molecular Life Sciences is shown in the tables below.
Quarters 1 and 2 consist of compulsory courses. The differentiation phase starts in the third quarter (see second table), in which you choose combinations of courses that lead to your desired specialization in molecular life sciences. You can choose to specialize in a medical biological direction or in a bio-molecular direction.
| 1st Quarter: 12 EC |
2nd Quarter: 18 EC |
| NWI-MOL027 DNA-technology (3 EC) |
NWI-MOL032 Crystal Structure (3 EC) |
| NWI-MOL158 Biomolecules at work (6EC) | NWI-MOL152 DATA: Structural Bioinformatics (3EC) |
| NWI-MOL161 Organic Chemistry 2 (3EC) | NWI-MOL122 Chemical Analysis 2 (3EC) |
| NWI-MOL172 Inorganic Chemistry in Biological Systems (3EC) | |
| NWI-MOL150 DATA: programming and statistics (6EC) | |
| NWI-MOL086 Academic skills | |
The differentiation phase specifically prepares you for either a medical biology masters programme or a molecular sciences masters programme.
When choosing your combination of courses, make sure you check the admission criteria for your future master's programme. Even though both specialization trajectories are designed in such a way that you should not encounter problems.
These are the recommended courses in Q7 and Q8 of the MLS programme (in brackets the codes for relevant master specialisations are given). 6 EC courses are given on Mo-Tue, or on Thur-Fri. 3 EC courses are given on Wednesdays.
NWI-MOL170A is a compulsory course. As an alternative you can follow NWI-MOL170B in the fourth quarter, together with chemistry students.
| Chemical Specializations | Biological Specializations |
| NWI-MOL170A Panorama Science & Society 1 (6EC) | NWI-MOL170A Panorama Science & Society 1 (6EC) |
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NWI-FCEM02B Writing about Science (3EC) OR |
NWI-FCEM02B Writing about Science (3EC) OR |
| NWI-MOL054 Toxicology (6EC) | NWI-MOL167 Comparative Physiology (6EC) (HB/FG/NS) OR NWI-BB019B Immunology (6EC) (FG optionally in Y3, max 135 places) OR NWI-MOL054 Toxicology (6EC) |
| Chemical Specializations |
Biological Specializations |
| NWI-BB017C Advanced Molecular Biology (6EC) |
NWI-BB017C Advanced Molecular Biology (6EC) (HB/FG) OR |
| 3 EC Elective OR NWI-FFIL100 Philosophy I (3EC) |
3 EC Elective OR NWI-FFIL100 Philosophy I (3EC) |
| NWI-MOL163 Synthesis Lab 2 (6EC) |
NWI-BB047C Medical Embryology (6EC) (HB/FG/NS) OR |
At some time during your second or third year you should take the writing about science course and a philosophy course:
Writing skills and Philosophy
- NWI-FCEM02B Writing about Science can be taken in any quarter but the second.
- NWI-FFIL101 Philosophy is scheduled in the first (Q1) and second (Q2) period
Q1: aimed at physics topics, in Dutch
Q2: aimed at molecular topics, in English - NWI-FFIL100 Philosophy is scheduled in the fourth period (Q4) and treats topics from biology, in English