BSc Biology
Royal Holloway, University of London
Entry requirements
A level: ABB-BBB (Required subjects: A-level Biology, plus a pass in the practical element We require English Language and Mathematics GCSE at grade 4(C)) IB: 6,5,5 at Higher Level or a minimum of 32 points overall including Higher Level Biology
About this course
BSc in Biology, covering the structure, function, evolution and diversity of living organisms. Core topics include Data Analysis, Statistics, Laboratory Techniques, Research Methods, Fieldwork, and Clinical Skills. The course includes laboratory and field-based practicals in the first and second years, with an individual research project in the final year that may draw on biomedical, environmental, microbial or plant sciences.
Modules
- Becoming a Bioscientist
- Green Planet: Plants and Our Future
- Cell Biology and the Origin of Life
- Genetics
- Academic Integrity
- Introductory Animal Physiology
- Chemistry of Life
- Ecology and Conservation
- Fundamental Biochemistry
- Protein Biochemistry and Enzymology
- Introduction to Human Physiology
- Biology in a Changing World
- Vertebrate Evolution and Diversity
- Biomes and Ecosystems
- Biological Data Analysis and Interpretation
- Evolution
- Professional Skills and Employability
- Invertebrate Biology: Structure, Behaviour and Evolution
- Microbiology
- Food Security, Sustainability and Green Biotechnology
- Cell Dynamics: Division and Movement
- Human Physiology in Health and Disease
- Developmental Biology
- Plant Biotic Interactions and Ecological Networks
- Practical Field Ecology
- Animal Behaviour
- Applications of Molecular Genetics in Biology
- Marine Biology
- Bioenergetics and Metabolism
- Molecular Biology
- Immunology
- Neuronal and Cellular Signalling
- Natural Product Biochemistry and Sustainability
- Dissertation - Extended Essay
- Individual Research Project
- Climate Change - Plants and the Environment
- Biology of Parasitic Diseases
- Conservation Science
- Tropical Rainforest Expedition
- Population and Community Ecology
- Marine Ecology and Biodiversity
- Evolutionary Ecology of Vertebrates
- Extreme Animal Physiology
- Circadian Biology
- Evolutionary Medicine
- Biotechnology in a Changing World
- Nutrition and Medical Biochemistry
- Molecular and Medical Microbiology
- Seed Biology: From Molecular & Conservation Biology to Industrial Applications
- Applications of Genetic Engineering in Health and Disease
- Cell and Molecular Biology of Cancer
- Functional Genomics, Proteomics and Bioformatics
- Human Embryology
- Cell and Molecular Neuroscience
- Molecular Basis of Inherited Disease