BSc Zoology (Placement Year)
Entry requirements
A level: ABB. This should include two science subjects from: Biology, Chemistry, Computing, Environmental Science, Geography, Geology, Mathematics, Physics or Psychology. IB: 32 points overall with 16 points from the best 3 HL subjects including two HL science subjects at grade 6
About this course
BSc Hons in Zoology (Placement Year), a zoology degree focusing on animal biology, ecology, and the natural world. Core topics include Programming, Data Analysis, Statistics, Laboratory Techniques, Research Methods, Fieldwork, Psychological Assessment, Environmental Analysis, Critical & Analytical Thinking, and Human Behaviour. Students complete an integrated professional placement year in industry during the third year, and undertake an independent dissertation research project in the final year. The first year establishes foundational knowledge through compulsory modules such as Biodiversity and Global Change, Ecology Field and Data Skills, Evolutionary Biology, and Foundation Skills for LEC, alongside optional choices. The second year advances core scientific competence via Biological Research Design and Delivery, Ecology Field Skills, Evolution, and Vertebrate Biology, complemented by further optional subjects. In the third year, students undertake a full-time professional placement in a graduate-level role. The final year centres on an independent Dissertation, alongside optional modules covering specialist areas like Animal Behaviour, Bioinformatics, Coral Reef Ecology, and Tropical Ecology and Conservation Field Course.
Modules
- Biodiversity and Global Change
- Ecology Field and Data Skills
- Evolutionary Biology
- Foundation Skills for LEC
- Ecology
- Genetics and Biotechnology
- Microbes, Pathogens and Immunity
- Molecules to Cells
- Biological Research Design and Delivery
- Ecology Field Skills
- Evolution
- Vertebrate Biology
- Biochemistry of Cellular Metabolism
- Cell and Developmental Biology
- Ecology and Conservation
- Environmental Data Analysis and Visualisation
- Fundamentals of Neuroscience
- Geographical Data Science
- Microbiology and Immunology
- Molecular Genetics
- Placement
- Dissertation
- Advanced Neuroscience - Circuits and Systems
- Animal Behaviour
- Bioinformatics
- Biology of Ageing
- Cell Signalling in Health and Disease
- Coral Reef Ecology
- Interdisciplinary Conservation Science
- Marine Ecology Field Course
- Spatial Data Analysis
- Sustainable Agriculture
- Teaching, Outreach and Public Engagement
- Tropical Ecology and Conservation Field Course