BSc Biology with Industrial/Professional Experience
Entry requirements
A level: AAB including two of Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics (the Core Sciences)
About this course
BSc in Biology, focusing on the study of living organisms and biological systems. Core topics include Data Analysis and Fieldwork. Students complete a third-year work placement with partner organisations in the UK or overseas. The programme holds Advanced Accreditation from the Royal Society of Biology.
Modules
- Academic Tutorials Year 1
- Biochemistry
- Molecular Biology
- From Molecules to Cells
- Introduction to Laboratory Science
- Biodiversity
- Genes, Evolution and Development
- Writing and Referencing Skills (online unit)
- Health & Safety online course
- History of Biology
- Introduction to Experimental Biology - Molecular & Cellular Biology
- Introduction to Microbiology and Immunology
- Field Course in Marine Biology I
- Field Course in Mediterranean Biodiversity and Conservation
- Field Course in Animal Behaviour and Diversity
- Non-Residential Field Course in Ecology & Behaviour
- Body Systems
- Drugs: From Molecules to Man
- Excitable Cells: the Foundations of Neuroscience
- Chemistry for Bioscientists 1
- Chemistry for Bioscientists 2
- Fundamentals of Chemistry
- Science & the Modern World
- Bodies in History: An introduction to the History of Medicine
- Academic Tutorials Year 2
- Organismal Biology EDM
- Science Communication
- Island Biodiversity RSM Field Course
- Science & Society RSM
- Biochemistry RSM
- Cellular Biochemistry RSM
- Genetics RSM
- Microbiology RSM
- Molecular Biology RSM
- Tropical Ecology & Conservation (RSM Field Course)
- Urban Biodiversity & Conservation RSM
- Clinical Sciences RSM
- Anatomy RSM
- Pharmacology RSM
- Physiology RSM
- Immunology RSM
- Developmental Biology RSM
- Genome Maintenance & Regulation
- Proteins
- The Dynamic Cell
- Cell Metabolism & Metabolic Control
- Cell Membrane Structure & Function
- `Omic Technologies & Resources
- Principles of Developmental Biology
- Fundamentals of Bacteriology
- Principles of Infectious Disease
- Plants for the Future
- Animal Diversity
- Fundamentals of Evolutionary Biology
- Immunology
- Parasitology
- Endocrinology
- Body Systems 2
- Animal Physiology
- Human Anatomy & Histology
- Clinical Drug Development
- Drugs & the Brain
- Membrane Excitability: Ion Channels & Transporters in Action
- Motor Systems
- Sensory Systems
- Molecules and Cells in Human Disease
- Haematology
- Organismal Genetics
- Introduction to Virology
- Animal Behaviour
- Disease in Nature
- How to Make a Brain
- Quantitative Biology
- Introduction to Cancer
- Bioethics: Contemporary Issues in Science & Biomedicine
- Chemistry of Biomolecules
- Environmental Microbiology
- Evolution and Palaeobiology
- Ecology and Conservation
- Academic Tutorials Year 3
- Biology - Essay Paper
- Biology - Problem Paper
- Projects
- Life Sciences Enterprise Project
- Science Communication Project
- HSTM Project
- Post-Genome Biology
- Structural Biology
- Glycobiology: Glycan Function in Health & Disease
- Biochemical Basis of Disease
- Current Topics in Microbiology
- Advanced Immunology
- Gene Regulation & Disease
- Evolution of Genes, Genomes & Systems
- Human Genetics & Evolution
- Protein Sorting
- Cell Signalling
- Advanced Behavioural and Evolutionary Ecology
- Conservation Biology
- Green Biotechnology
- Biotic Interactions
- Bioethics: Contemporary Issues in Science & Biomedicine
- Living with Climate Change
- Human Reproductive Biology
- Advanced Endocrinology
- Cardiovascular Systems
- Toxins, Toxicants & Toxicity
- Neuroinflammation in Health & Disease
- Membrane Transport and Signalling in Health & Disease
- Advanced Developmental Biology
- Neuropharmacology of Human Health
- Clocks, Sleep & the Rhythms of Life
- Learning, Memory & Cognition
- Hormones & Behaviour
- Molecular Biology of Cancer
- Stem Cells
- Cell Adhesion
- Advanced Parasitology
- Immune Response & Disease
- Role of Diagnostics in Medicine
- Introduction to Nanomedicine
- Cutting-edge Methods in Biomedical Sciences
- MSci Bioinformatics Tools and Resources
- Computational Approaches to Biology
- MSci Reproducible Data Science
- Chemistry of Biological Processes (E)
- Dinosaur Palaeobiology
- Primate Evolution and Human Origins