The Degree Committee for Engineering gives notice that the modules available for study for the M.Phil. in Bioscience Enterprise in the academical year 2005-06 and the form of examination for each module will be as follows.
The M.Phil. in Bioscience Enterprise will comprise five science and technology modules, with linked but independently assessed science to business studies, five business modules, four transitionary modules, and a company internship. Assessment methods for individual modules are shown below. Class work may include a timed examination. Students may also be required to be examined by viva voce.
MODULES | Mode of Examination |
Science and Technology (ST) | |
ST1. Treating disease | Written/Class work |
ST2. Drug discovery, Michaelmas 2005 | Written/Class work |
ST3. Biopharmaceuticals and cell therapies, Michaelmas 2005 | Written/Class work |
ST4. Diagnostics and devices, Lent 2006 | Written/Class work |
ST5. Agri-industrial biotechnology, Lent 2006 | Written/Class work |
Business (B) | |
B1-3. Management of technology and innovation. All six sub-modules within the MOTI framework will be compulsory, equivalent to three modules | Written/Course-work |
B4. Health care economics, Michaelmas 2005 | Written/Class work |
B5. Law and intellectual property, Lent 2006 | Written/Class work |
Transitionary (T) | |
T1. Analytics of biotechnology businesses, Michaelmas 2005 | Course-work |
T2. Analytics of biotechnology businesses, Lent 2006 | Course-work |
T3. Building a bioscience business I, Lent 2006 | Course-work |
T4. Building a bioscience business II, Lent 2006 | Essay/Course-work |
Business Internships (E), Easter 2006 | Essay/Course-work |
E1. During the Easter Term students will be placed for four to six weeks in a relevant commercial environment. Students will have a Company Supervisor during the placement period. The project title for the placement will be finalized and agreed between the student, the Academic Director, and the Company Supervisor. The student will prepare a presentation to the Company and write a summary report for the Company. The placement will be subject to standard agreements on confidentiality.
E2. Dissertation of a maximum of 10,000 words on a topic normally linked to the subject of the Internship project.