# DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2025/2026

**Source**: https://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/cx_sb_pgbi.htm
**Parent**: https://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/cx_subindex.htm

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| *Click on a course code to view course details* Postgraduate    SCQF Level 11 (69 courses)  | Code | Availability | | Course Name | Period | Credits |
| PGBI11084 | SS1 | [Animal Genetic Improvement](https://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/cxpgbi11084.htm) | Semester 2 | 10 |
| PGBI11029 |  | [Applicable Mathematics for MSc Drug Discovery and Translational Biology](https://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/cxpgbi11029.htm) | Not delivered this year | 10 |
| PGBI11118 | SS1 | [Automation and Industry](https://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/cxpgbi11118.htm) | Semester 1 | 10 |
| PGBI11100 | SS1 | [Biochemistry A](https://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/cxpgbi11100.htm) | Semester 1 | 10 |
| PGBI11101 | SS1 | [Biochemistry B](https://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/cxpgbi11101.htm) | Semester 2 | 10 |
| PGBI11127 | SS1 | [Biodesign for Sustainability](https://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/cxpgbi11127.htm) | Semester 1 | 10 |
| ECLG11004 | SS1 | [Biodiversity Under Pressure](https://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/cxeclg11004.htm) | Semester 1 | 20 |
| PGBI11044 | SS1 | [Biodiversity of Angiosperms](https://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/cxpgbi11044.htm) | Full Year | 20 |
| PGBI11057 | SS1 | [Bioinformatics Algorithms](https://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/cxpgbi11057.htm) | Semester 2 | 10 |
| PGBI11095 | SS1 | [Bioinformatics Programming and System Management](https://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/cxpgbi11095.htm) | Semester 1 | 20 |
| PGBI11129 | SS1 | [Biological Databases](https://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/cxpgbi11129.htm) | Semester 1 | 10 |
| PGBI11130 | SS1 | [Biological Structure and Drug Function](https://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/cxpgbi11130.htm) | Semester 2 | 20 |
| PGBI11107 | SS1 | [Biophysical Chemistry for MSc Biochemistry](https://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/cxpgbi11107.htm) | Semester 1 | 10 |
| PGBI11049 | SS1 | [Commercial Aspects of Drug Discovery](https://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/cxpgbi11049.htm) | Semester 2 | 10 |
| PGBI11115 | SS1 | [Comparative and Evolutionary Genomics](https://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/cxpgbi11115.htm) | Semester 2 | 10 |
| PGBI11043 | SS1 | [Conservation and Sustainability](https://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/cxpgbi11043.htm) | Semester 2 | 10 |
| ECLG11001 | SS1 | [Dissertation (Ecology, Evolution and Biodiversity)](https://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/cxeclg11001.htm) | Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond | 60 |
| PGBI11135 | SS1 | [Dissertation (Quantitative Genetics)](https://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/cxpgbi11135.htm) | Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond | 60 |
| ECLG11005 | SS1 | [Eco-evolutionary Responses to Anthropogenic Change](https://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/cxeclg11005.htm) | Semester 2 | 20 |
| BITE11003 | SS1 | [Economics & Innovation in the Biotechnology Industry](https://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/cxbite11003.htm) | Semester 1 | 20 |
| PGBI11138 | SS1 | [Engineering Biology](https://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/cxpgbi11138.htm) | Semester 2 | 10 |
| PLSC11005 | SS1 | [Evolution & Biodiversity of Cryptogams](https://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/cxplsc11005.htm) | Full Year | 20 |
| PLSC11002 | SS1 | [Evolution of Plants](https://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/cxplsc11002.htm) | Block 1 (Sem 1) | 10 |
| PGBI11087 |  | [Evolutionary Quantitative Genetics](https://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/cxpgbi11087.htm) | Not delivered this year | 10 |
| PGBI11040 | SS1 | [Functional Genomic Technologies](https://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/cxpgbi11040.htm) | Semester 2 | 10 |
| PGBI11083 | SS1 | [Genetics of Human Complex Traits](https://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/cxpgbi11083.htm) | Semester 2 | 10 |
| PGBI11090 | SS1 | [Industry and Entrepreneurship in Biotechnology](https://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/cxpgbi11090.htm) | Semester 2 | 10 |
| PGBI11051 | SS1 | [Information Processing in Biological Cells](https://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/cxpgbi11051.htm) | Semester 1 | 10 |
| PGBI11137 | SS1 | [Introduction to Bioinformatics](https://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/cxpgbi11137.htm) | Semester 2 | 10 |
| PGBI11123 | SV1 | [Introduction to Python Programming for Data Science](https://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/cxpgbi11123.htm) | Semester 1 | 10 |
| PGBI11086 | SV1 | [Linkage and Association in Genome Analysis](https://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/cxpgbi11086.htm) | Semester 2 | 20 |
| PGBI11034 | SS1 | [MSc Dissertation (Bioinformatics)](https://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/cxpgbi11034.htm) | Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond | 60 |
| PGBI11133 | SS1 | [MSc Dissertation (Data Science for Biology)](https://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/cxpgbi11133.htm) | Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond | 60 |
| PGBI11102 | SS1 | [MSc Project and Dissertation (Biochemistry)](https://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/cxpgbi11102.htm) | Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond | 60 |
| PGBI11096 | SS1 | [MSc Project and Dissertation (Synthetic Biology & Biotechnology)](https://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/cxpgbi11096.htm) | Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond | 60 |
| BITE11004 | SS1 | [Metagenomics](https://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/cxbite11004.htm) | Semester 2 | 10 |
| PGBI11131 | SS1 | [Modelling and Measuring Drug/Protein Interactions](https://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/cxpgbi11131.htm) | Semester 1 | 20 |
| BILG11004 | SS1 | [Next Generation Genomics](https://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/cxbilg11004.htm) | Semester 2 | 10 |
| PLSC11003 | SS1 | [Phylogenetics and Population Genetics](https://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/cxplsc11003.htm) | Blocks 1-3 (Sem 1-2) | 20 |
| PLSC11004 | SS1 | [Plant Genome Diversity](https://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/cxplsc11004.htm) | Block 3 (Sem 2) | 10 |
| PGBI11012 | SS1 | [Plant Geography](https://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/cxpgbi11012.htm) | Semester 2 | 10 |
| PGBI11124 | SS1 | [Population Genetics](https://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/cxpgbi11124.htm) | Block 1 (Sem 1) | 20 |
| PGBI11126 | SS1 | [Population Genomic Analysis](https://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/cxpgbi11126.htm) | Block 3 (Sem 2) | 10 |
| BICH11009 | SS1 | [Practical Skills in Biochemistry A](https://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/cxbich11009.htm) | Semester 1 | 20 |
| PGBI11089 |  | [Practical Systems Biology](https://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/cxpgbi11089.htm) | Not delivered this year | 20 |
| PGBI11103 | SS1 | [Principles of Industrial Biotechnology](https://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/cxpgbi11103.htm) | Semester 1 | 10 |
| ECLG11003 | SS1 | [Professional Skills for Ecology and Evolution](https://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/cxeclg11003.htm) | Semester 1 | 20 |
| PGBI11020 | SS1 | [Project and Dissertation (Biodiversity and Taxonomy of Plants)](https://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/cxpgbi11020.htm) | Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond | 60 |
| PGBI11132 | SS1 | [Protein Production for Therapeutic Discovery](https://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/cxpgbi11132.htm) | Full Year | 20 |
| BICH11010 |  | [Protein Production for Therapeutic Discovery (Biochemistry)](https://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/cxbich11010.htm) | Not delivered this year | 10 |
| BICH11008 | SV1 | [Python Programming for the Life Sciences](https://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/cxbich11008.htm) | Semester 1 | 10 |
| PGBI11038 | SS1 | [Quantitating drug binding](https://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/cxpgbi11038.htm) | Semester 1 | 10 |
| PGBI11085 | SV1 | [Quantitative Genetic Models](https://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/cxpgbi11085.htm) | Block 3 (Sem 2) | 10 |
| PGBI11125 | SS1 | [Quantitative Genetics](https://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/cxpgbi11125.htm) | Block 2 (Sem 1) | 20 |
| PGBI11139 | SS1 | [Research Project Proposal (Biochemistry and Drug Discovery)](https://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/cxpgbi11139.htm) | Semester 2 | 10 |
| PGBI11105 | SS1 | [Research Project Proposal (Biotechnology)](https://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/cxpgbi11105.htm) | Semester 2 | 10 |
| PGBI11140 | SS1 | [Research Project Proposal (Genetics, Ecology & Evolution)](https://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/cxpgbi11140.htm) | Semester 2 | 10 |
| PGBI11027 | SS1 | [Research Project in MSc Drug Discovery and Translational Biology](https://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/cxpgbi11027.htm) | Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond | 60 |
| PGBI11065 | SS1 | [Research Project or Industrial Placement (MSc Biotechnology)](https://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/cxpgbi11065.htm) | Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond | 60 |
| PGBI11114 | SS1 | [Research Proposal (Bioinformatics)](https://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/cxpgbi11114.htm) | Semester 2 | 10 |
| PGBI11134 | SS1 | [Research Proposal (Data Science for Biology)](https://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/cxpgbi11134.htm) | Semester 2 | 20 |
| PGBI11003 | SV1 | [Statistics and Data Analysis](https://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/cxpgbi11003.htm) | Semester 1 | 20 |
| PGBI11120 |  | [Statistics for Computational Biologists](https://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/cxpgbi11120.htm) | Not delivered this year | 20 |
| PLSC11006 | SS1 | [Taxonomy & Plant Collections](https://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/cxplsc11006.htm) | Block 2 (Sem 1) | 10 |
| PGBI11116 | SS1 | [The Origins of Synthetic Biology](https://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/cxpgbi11116.htm) | Semester 1 | 10 |
| PGBI11128 | SS1 | [Tools for Synthetic Biology](https://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/cxpgbi11128.htm) | Semester 1 | 20 |
| PLSC11008 | SS1 | [Tropical Plant Identification Course](https://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/cxplsc11008.htm) | Semester 2 | 10 |
| PGBI11122 | SS1 | [Using R for Data Science](https://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/cxpgbi11122.htm) | Semester 1 | 10 |
| PGBI11108 | SS1 | [Vaccines and Molecular Therapies](https://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/cxpgbi11108.htm) | Semester 2 | 10 |