BSc Plant Biology
Entry requirements
A level: BBB-BCC with B in Biology IB: 30-28 with 5 points in Biology at Higher Level
About this course
BSc in Biological Sciences, specialising in plant biology, crop production and horticulture. Core topics include research methods. The programme includes a final-year research project, and a terrestrial ecology fieldcourse provides fieldwork in local habitats. The Phyte Club meets weekly for botanical activities at university gardens and in the field.
Modules
- Cell Biology
- Crop, grassland, soil and agricultural land management
- Genetics, Evolution and Diversity
- Microbial and Plant Diversity
- Skills for Biologists
- Agronomy and Crop Improvement
- Climate Change: Plants, Animals and Ecosystems
- Controlled Environment Crop Production and Horticulture
- Research Methods
- Applied Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics
- Aquatic Botany
- Introduction to Geographic Information Systems and Landscape Ecology
- Wildlife Surveying
- Frontiers in Plant Science
- Microbial Pathogenesis
- Research Project
- Advances in Crop and Grassland Production
- Bioinformatics and Functional Genomics
- Sustainable Land Management
- Terrestrial Ecology Fieldcourse