Biochemistry
Education objectives
The Biochemistry Bachelor Programme prepares the students to immediately integrate the European biochemistry / chemistry-related market, or to access a 2nd cycle of studies if their option is a major specialization.
The Biochemistry Bachelor Programme curriculum organization and contents provide the following general objectives: a) A solid background in Biochemistry and Chemistry; b) a recognised equivalence with other Cycles from European institutions that offer the same degree; c) an immediate access to other training degrees from National or European institutions; d) acquisition of the generic competences and basic knowledge in Biochemistry/Chemistry that enables the new bachelor graduate to enter the European biochemistry/chemistry-related market, including industrial and government laboratories.
Specific Goals of the Programme
- To develop capacities for independent learning and generic competences that allow the new bachelor graduate to have access to a 2nd cycle of studies.
- To provide a broad university-level education in biochemistry / chemistry, with a good background in mathematics, statistics, physics and genetics.
- To acquire familiarity with the scientific method and develop the capacity to apply it and innovate, to have the capacity to do a previous evaluation, analysis and to solve biochemical/chemical problems, to achieve the competence for the treatment of experimental data, and to learn how to present reports.
- To acquire competences for the use of equipment and laboratory material, individually or in team work, planning and performing tasks with deadlines.
- To acquire competences in the utilization of informatics software in general, as well as in specific bioinformatic applications.
- To acquire competences in science communication, both orally and in a written form.
- To acquire competences to autonomously obtain documentation, bibliographic information about laboratory sessions and lectures, and specific information in key-areas of biochemistry/chemistry.
General characterization
DGES code
1116
Cicle
Bachelor (1st Cycle)
Degree
Licenciado
Access to other programs
Access to 2nd cycle
Coordinator
Maria Cristina Oliveira Costa
Opening date
September
Vacancies
80
Fees
Portuguese students: 697 €/year
Foreign students: 7000 €/year
Schedule
Daytime
Teaching language
Available soon
Degree pre-requisites
Duration: 3 years
Credits: 180 ECTS
| Scientific Area | Acronym | ECTS | |
| Mandatory | Optional | ||
| Biochemistry | Bq | 48 | 0 |
| Chemistry | Q | 45 | 0 |
| Biology | B | 24 | 0 |
| Mathematics | M | 12 | 0 |
| Social Sciences and Humanities | CHS | 3 | 0 |
| Physics | F | 6 | 0 |
| Transferable Skills | CC | 3 | 0 |
| Biology or Biochemistry or Chemistry or Chemical Engineering or Social Sciences and Humanities | B / Bq / Q / EQ / CHS | 12 | 21 |
| Any Scientific Area | QAC | 0 | 6 (a) |
| TOTAL | 153 | 27 | |
(a) 6 ECTS in courses chosen by the student on a list approved annually by the Scientific Council of NOVA FCT, which includes the unity of all scientific areas of NOVA FCT.
Conditions of admittance
A) National higher education application system, at the end of secondary education (12 years of schooling):
Specific exams:
One of following groups:
02 Biology and Geology
07 Physics and Chemistry
07 Physics and Chemistry + 16 Mathematics
Minimum grade of the specific(s) exam(s): 95
Minimum grade of the application: 95
Admission formula:
60% of the final grade obtained in secondary school
40% of the final grade of the specific(s) exam(s)
B) Special Access Applications for Admission to Higher Education:
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Tests specially designed to assess the capacity for Higher Education of applicants aged over 23;
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Special application for holders of higher education degrees, intermediate courses or holders of a technological specialization diploma.
C) Applications for Change or Transfer of Degree Program
Evaluation rules
The evaluation of all UCs is continuous for all the components that integrate it, and it must be completed by the last day of the school term of the academic semester.
The continuous evaluation of a UC must include a minimum of two elements in the set of evaluation components, on dates adequately spaced throughout the period of classes.
All UCs with a theoretical-practical evaluation component must provide, in addition, a form of evaluation of this component by exam, to be carried out after the period of classes (Examination of Appeal).
All requirements and conditions related to the evaluation of the UC, namely the minimum weights and classifications, if any, of each component, as well as the Frequency conditions, are defined a priori and, mandatorily, published in the Discipline Form.
For each UC, combinations of three evaluation components are allowed: (i) Theoretical-practical evaluation; (ii) Laboratory or project evaluation; (iii) Summative assessment.
Regulamento de Avaliação de Conhecimentos (Licenciaturas, Mestrados Integrados e Mestrados.)
Structure
| 1.º Semester | ||
|---|---|---|
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| 7122 | Cell Biology C | 6.0 |
| 10352 | Soft Skills for Science and Technology | 3.0 |
| 10693 | Introduction to Biochemistry | 6.0 |
| 10692 | General Mathematics | 6.0 |
| 10713 | General Chemistry | 6.0 |
| 10824 | Laboratory Techniques | 3.0 |
| 2.º Semester | ||
|---|---|---|
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| 10694 | Bioinorganic Chemistry | 6.0 |
| 10697 | Biochemistry | 6.0 |
| 11832 | Introduction to Biophysics B | 6.0 |
| 10696 | Physical Chemistry | 6.0 |
| 10695 | Organic Chemistry | 6.0 |
| 3.º Semester | ||
|---|---|---|
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| 10714 | Enzymology | 6.0 |
| 10699 | Mechanisms of Organic and Biological Reactions | 6.0 |
| 8791 | Metabolism and Regulation | 6.0 |
| 12791 | Probabilities and Statistics A | 6.0 |
| 10698 | Analytical Chemistry | 6.0 |
| 4.º Semester | ||
|---|---|---|
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| 1116 | Molecular Biology B | 6.0 |
| 13012 | Physiology | 6.0 |
| 7102 | Separation Methods | 6.0 |
| 3804 | Microbiology B | 6.0 |
| 12512 | Society, Sustainability and Digital Transformation | 3.0 |
| 4.º Semester - Opção A | ||
|---|---|---|
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| Options | ||
| 10719 | Environmental Biochemistry | 3.0 |
| 10720 | Nutritional Biochemistry | 3.0 |
| 11324 | Qualitative Analytical Chemistry | 3.0 |
| 10716 | Chemoinformatics | 3.0 | O aluno deverá obter 3.0 créditos nesta opção. |
| 5.º Semester | ||
|---|---|---|
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| 7300 | Analytical Biochemistry | 6.0 |
| 10721 | Spectroscopy in Biochemistry | 6.0 |
| 7104 | Molecular Genetics B | 6.0 |
| 5.º Semester - Opção B | ||
|---|---|---|
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| Options | ||
| 10718 | Pharmaceutical Biochemistry | 6.0 |
| 10701 | Biosynthesis of Natural Products | 6.0 |
| 13321 | Introduction to Biomolecular Simulation | 6.0 |
| 11822 | Cellular and Molecular Toxicology | 6.0 | O aluno deverá obter 6.0 créditos nesta opção. |
| 5.º Semester - Unidade Curricular do Bloco Livre | ||
|---|---|---|
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| Options | ||
| 11066 | Unrestricted Electives | 6.0 | O aluno deverá obter 6.0 créditos nesta opção. |
| 6.º Semester | ||
|---|---|---|
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| 10702 | Fundamentals of Structural Biochemistry | 6.0 |
| 10700 | Biochemistry Project | 12.0 |
| 6.º Semester - Opção C | ||
|---|---|---|
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| Options | ||
| 10703 | Bioelectrochemistry | 6.0 |
| 7112 | Genetic Engineering | 6.0 |
| 7916 | Forensic Chemistry | 6.0 |
| 10704 | Organic Synthesis | 6.0 |
| 10688 | Enzyme Technology | 6.0 | O aluno deverá obter 6.0 créditos nesta opção. |
| 6.º Semester - Opção D | ||
|---|---|---|
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| Options | ||
| 13319 | Biochemistry of Sports and Exercise | 3.0 |
| 10717 | Genomics and Molecular Evolution | 3.0 |
| 10423 | Business Management | 3.0 |
| 13320 | Neuron and Glial Cell Metabolism | 3.0 |
| 10748 | Processes, Development and Monitoring | 3.0 |
| 10705 | Computational Chemistry | 3.0 | O aluno deverá obter 3.0 créditos nesta opção. |
| 6.º Semester - Opção PIIC/PIPP | ||
|---|---|---|
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| Options | ||
| 10874 | Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program | 3.0 |
| 12898 | Undergraduate Practice Opportunities Program | 3.0 | O aluno deverá obter 3.0 créditos nesta opção. |