BSc Biological Sciences with an International Year
Entry requirements
A Level: AAA to include Biology / Human Biology. IB: 6,6,6 to include Biology / Human Biology. BTEC: BTEC Extended Diploma, Diploma and Extended Certificate are accepted, but subjects are considered on a case-by-case basis. Please contact us for further guidance
About this course
Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences with an International Year, a biology degree centred on the study of living organisms and life processes. Core topics include Data Analysis, Fieldwork, and Critical & Analytical Thinking. Students spend their third year studying abroad at an international partner institution. The first year covers foundational concepts through compulsory modules such as Cell Biology & Physiology, Ecological Concepts and Plant Sciences, Genetics I, and Molecular Biosciences and Microbiology. The second year builds on this with options addressing areas like animal biology, genetics, and ecology, including modules such as LI Field Course: Adaptations to Aquatic Environments and LI Genetic Engineering and Data Science. The final fourth year provides advanced study options spanning conservation, microbiology, and molecular biosciences, alongside independent research through modules such as Practical Project and Evidence-based literature review and critical analysis informed project proposal.
Modules
- Cell Biology & Physiology
- Introduction to Evolution and Animal Biology
- Discovering Biosciences Skills and Enterprise
- Ecological Concepts and Plant Sciences
- Genetics I
- Molecular Biosciences and Microbiology
- Academic Communication Skills for Biosciences
- Essentials of Cell Biology & Physiology
- LI Communication and Enterprise
- LI Genetic Engineering and Data Science
- LI Animal Biology: Principles and Mechanisms
- LI Evolution of Humans and Other Animals
- LI Field Course: Adaptations to Aquatic Environments
- LI Genetics II
- LI Alpine and Glacial Ecology in Norway
- LI Critical Issues for 21st Century Ecosystems
- LI Plant Sciences: from cells to the environment
- LI Cell and Developmental Biology
- LI Human Structure and Function
- LI Microbiology: Medicine, Environment, and Industry
- LI Topics in Medical Biosciences
- International Year
- Evidence-based literature review and critical analysis informed project proposal
- Introduction to Teaching Biosciences in Schools with Evidence-Based Literature Review
- Practical Project
- Conservation Practice: Genes to Ecosystems
- Conservation: theory into practice
- Evolution of Vertebrates
- Bacterial Gene Regulation
- Cancer Biology
- Current developments and advances in Eukaryotic Genetics
- Eukaryotic Gene Expression
- Omics for Biomedical Research
- Responses to Global Environmental Change
- Microbial Pathogenicity and Disease
- Molecular and Cellular Immunology
- Cellular Neurobiology
- Structures of Destruction: the structural biology of pathogenicity
- Arctic Microbiology