MSci Biological Sciences with Professional Placement
Entry requirements
A Level: AAA including Biology / Human Biology + 1 from Chemistry / Physics / Maths / Further Maths / Statistics / Geology / Geography / Psychology. IB: 6,6,6 including Biology / Human Biology + 1 from Chemistry / Physics / Maths: Analysis and Approaches / Maths: Applications and Interpretation/ Statistics / Geology / Geography / Psychology. 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
Master in Science in Biological Sciences with Professional Placement, a biology degree encompassing organismal systems, molecular mechanisms, and environmental interactions. Core topics include Data Analysis, Research Methods, and Fieldwork. Students undertake a professional placement year involving a work-based literature review, project design, and research project. The first year covers fundamental concepts through Cell Biology & Physiology, Discovering Biosciences Skills and Enterprise, Molecular Biosciences and Microbiology, and Ecological Concepts and Plant Sciences. The second year expands into specialized areas with Genetic Engineering and Data Science, Animal Biology: Principles and Mechanisms, Field Course: Adaptations to Aquatic Environments, and Microbiology: Medicine, Environment, and Industry. The third year consists of a professional placement incorporating a Work Based Literature Review and Project Design alongside a Work Based Research Project. The final fourth year offers advanced study and specialization through modules such as Funding Science, Conservation Practice: Genes to Ecosystems, Cancer Biology, and Omics for Biomedical Research.
Modules
- Cell Biology & Physiology
- Discovering Biosciences Skills and Enterprise
- Introduction to Evolution and Animal Biology
- Molecular Biosciences and Microbiology
- Ecological Concepts and Plant Sciences
- Genetics I
- 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
- Work Based Literature Review and Project Design
- Work Based Research Project
- Research Project (PP)
- Funding Science
- Conservation Practice: Genes to Ecosystems
- Conservation: theory into practice
- Evolution of Vertebrates
- Cancer Biology
- Eukaryotic Gene Expression
- Current developments and advances in Eukaryotic Genetics
- Bacterial Gene Regulation
- 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