Mathematics is calculus based and applicable to those students pursuing a major in a science discipline such as pharmacy, pharmacology, etc. This module provides the needed preparation in theory and the fundamental applied Math skills in these professions. It also aims to develop students' knowledge, abstract thinking ability, logic reasoning ability, spatial imagination ability and analysis ability. On completion of this module students will have applied their mathematics skills in solving problems and enhancing their scientific accomplishments.

As we present the chemical basis of life, this course examines the structure, function, and interactions of the principal biomolecules — proteins, nucleic acids, lipids, and carbohydrates — and the metabolic and regulatory networks through which they sustain living systems. Biochemical principles are connected throughout to their applications in medicine, pharmacy, and biotechnology — from inborn errors of metabolism to the mechanisms of action of statins, antibiotics, and modern therapeutic agents.

The chemistry module offers a rigorous grounding in the three core branches of the discipline — physical, inorganic, and organic — and the unifying principles that connect them. Students engage with atomic structure, bonding, and the periodic table; the laws governing chemical reactions, energetics, and equilibrium; and the behaviour and reactivity of the principal classes of organic compounds. Equal emphasis is given to scientific reasoning and laboratory practice.

Statistics and experimental design form the backbone of empirical research. They provide the logical framework for collecting, analysing, and interpreting data. A properly structured experiment minimises bias, isolates the variables being tested, and uses statistical methods to draw valid, reproducible conclusions.

Molecular biology is a central science in twenty-first-century biology and biotechnology, essential across microbiology, cell biology, immunology, and development. This module provides an advanced understanding of the core mechanisms of molecular biology, encompassing DNA replication and recombination, prokaryotic and eukaryotic gene expression, mobile elements, nuclear function, and epigenetics, alongside contemporary technologies including genome sequencing, metagenomics, and systems and synthetic biology.

This course focuses on state-of-the-art programs designed for sequence alignment, database searching, RNA structure prediction, microarray sequence analysis, gene prediction, repeat detection, and protein folding prediction. The algorithmic techniques discussed include dynamic programming, hidden Markov models, finite state automata, grammars, Karlin-Altschul statistics and Bayesian statistics.

This module enables students to understand the basic processes involved in maintaining health, how such processes may be disturbed, and the homeostatic mechanisms that normally counteract these disturbances. It considers standard tests used for assessing function and diagnosis, alongside the key experimental techniques that have contributed to our current understanding of human physiology and the anatomy needed to understand it.

This course provides comprehensive coverage of tropical medicine and infectious disease, covering a wide range of diseases caused by bacteria, viruses, fungi or parasites, and the health issues affecting tropical regions. It also addresses global health change, the impact of pandemics, and the rise of antimicrobial resistance.

Microorganisms represent the most diverse group of organisms on the planet, and microbial processes are central to the geochemical and ecosystem processes that sustain the biosphere. This course examines microbial products with environmental applications — hydrolytic enzymes, biocontrol agents and pollutant-degrading bacteria — and how microbial processes can be harnessed to facilitate a cleaner and healthier environment.

This module covers bacterial disease from first principles through to individual pathogens. It begins with bacterial physiology and molecular diagnostics, then covers innate and adaptive immunity to bacteria, bacterial evasion strategies, vaccines, and sterilisation/disinfection. A substantial part addresses bacterial growth, molecular genetics, virulence determinants, and gene expression regulation, followed by bacterial evolution, exotoxins, and normal flora. The module then moves through a three-part treatment of intracellular pathogens and a combined staphylococci/streptococci summary, before closing with organism-specific lectures on Pseudomonas, Neisseria, tuberculosis, Mycoplasma, Chlamydia, Vibrio, Bordetella, fungal pathogens, Campylobacter, H. pylori, and Bacillus.

Epidemiology is the basic science of public health. It aims to understand the distribution of diseases within populations, identify the factors influencing this distribution, and apply this knowledge to control or prevent disease. Key topics include measures of disease frequency and association, study design principles, errors in epidemiological studies, causal inference, and critical appraisal of epidemiological literature, with practical application to screening programmes and outbreak investigations.