BSc Zoology
Entry requirements
A level: AAB including two of Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics (the Core Sciences)
About this course
BSc in Zoology, covering the complete spectrum of animal biology from behaviour to physiology. Core topics include Data Analysis, Fieldwork. Students attend field courses in Europe, Africa, Asia or Central America to study animals in natural habitats, and options exist for an integrated master's, industrial or professional experience, entrepreneurship, or a modern language.
Modules
- Academic Tutorials Year 1
- Molecular Biology
- Introduction to Laboratory Science
- Biodiversity
- Genes, Evolution and Development
- Writing and Referencing Skills (online unit)
- Health & Safety online course
- Biochemistry
- From Molecules to Cells
- History of Biology
- Introduction to Microbiology and Immunology
- Field Course in Marine Biology I
- 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
- Fundamentals of Chemistry
- Science & the Modern World
- Bodies in History: An introduction to the History of Medicine
- Ecology and Conservation
- Academic Tutorials Year 2
- Organismal Biology EDM
- Animal Diversity
- Animal Physiology
- Science Communication
- Animal Behaviour
- Island Biodiversity RSM Field Course
- Tropical Ecology & Conservation (RSM Field Course)
- Urban Biodiversity & Conservation RSM
- The Dynamic Cell
- Cell Metabolism & Metabolic Control
- `Omic Technologies & Resources
- Principles of Developmental Biology
- Principles of Infectious Disease
- Plants for the Future
- Fundamentals of Evolutionary Biology
- Immunology
- Parasitology
- Human Anatomy & Histology
- Membrane Excitability: Ion Channels & Transporters in Action
- Motor Systems
- Sensory Systems
- Organismal Genetics
- Disease in Nature
- Quantitative Biology
- Evolution and Palaeobiology
- Ecology and Conservation
- From Cholera to COVID-19: A Global History of Epidemics
- The Crisis of Nature: Issues in Environmental History
- Animals in History: An Introduction to human-animal relationships and why they matter
- Academic Tutorials Year 3
- Zoology - Essay Paper
- Zoology - Problem Paper
- Projects
- Life Sciences Enterprise Project
- Science Communication Project
- HSTM Project
- Post-Genome Biology
- Evolution of Genes, Genomes & Systems
- Advanced Behavioural and Evolutionary Ecology
- Conservation Biology
- Biotic Interactions
- Living with Climate Change
- Advanced Developmental Biology
- Clocks, Sleep & the Rhythms of Life
- Learning, Memory & Cognition
- Hormones & Behaviour
- MSci Bioinformatics Tools and Resources
- Computational Approaches to Biology
- MSci Reproducible Data Science
- Dinosaur Palaeobiology
- Primate Evolution and Human Origins
- Wildlife in the Anthropocene
- Fossils: Global Histories of Natural Heritage, Science and Empire
- Climate Change & Society