BSc Biological Sciences
Entry requirements
A level: ABB IB: 32 points overall with no score less than 4 including 6 in Higher Level Biology and 5 in Higher Level Chemistry (or second science) or pass the IB Diploma plus 6,5,5 in 3 HL subjects including 6 in Higher Level Biology and 5 in Higher Level Chemistry (or second science). BTEC: D*DD in Applied Science with a selection of preferred units in Biology and Chemistry, to include Distinction in Units 1 or 5 (Principles and Applications of Science I and II).
About this course
BSc (Hons) in Biological Sciences, focusing on the study of living systems and their interactions with the environment. Core topics include Research Methods and Fieldwork. Students complete a compulsory research project in the final year.
Modules
- BIOLOGY CORE CONCEPTS
- ORIGINS, SPECIALISATIONS, CHALLENGES AND THERAPEUTICS
- INTRODUCTORY PRACTICAL SKILLS IN BIOSCIENCES I
- FROM INDIVIDUALS TO ECOSYSTEM
- STUDY AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS TUTORIALS
- INTRODUCTORY PRACTICAL SKILLS IN BIOSCIENCES 2
- GENETICS & IMMUNOLOGY FOR BIOSCIENCES
- INTERMEDIARY PRACTICAL SKILLS IN BIOSCIENCES
- ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL SKILLS TUTORIALS
- ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR
- CELLULAR BASIS OF HEALTH AND DISEASE
- CELLULAR AND SYSTEMS PHYSIOLOGY
- ADVANCED PRACTICAL SKILLS IN BIOMOLECULAR AND DRUG INTERACTIONS
- ADVANCED PRACTICAL SKILLS IN MICROBIOLOGY, INFECTION & DISEASE
- ADVANCED PRACTICAL SKILLS IN EVOLUTION, ECOLOGY, AND BEHAVIOUR
- METABOLISM
- DRUG DISCOVERY AND DEVELOPMENT
- MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY AND THERAPEUTICS
- ANIMAL ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY AND HUSBANDRY
- ANIMAL ECOPHYSIOLOGY
- GLOBAL FIELDWORK
- MARINE ECOPHYSIOLOGY, ECOLOGY AND EXPLOITATION
- RESEARCH PROJECT
- INTRODUCTION TO THE WORLD OF WORK
- RESEARCH METHODS
- APPLIED BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
- MOLECULAR, CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL CANCER
- MOLECULAR SYSTEMS BIOLOGY
- EMERGING THERAPEUTIC MODALITIES
- GENOMICS AND EVOLUTION OF MICROBES
- VETERINARY INFECTION BIOLOGY: RESEARCH AND TRANSLATION
- ECOLOGY FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE
- EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
- ZOOLOGY FIELD COURSE
- IMMUNOLOGY AND VETERINARY PATHOLOGY
- CONSERVING THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT