MSci Biology
Entry requirements
A level: AAB or ABB IB: 34 points
About this course
MSci in Biology, offering an integrated Master's structure over four years full time. Core topics include Programming, Laboratory Techniques, Research Methods, and Fieldwork. Students complete a semester working on an individual research project within a biology research team, alongside practical experience in laboratories and the field from the first year.
Modules
- Cells, Organisms and Systems
- Physiology and Disease
- Skills, Ethics and Society
- Biodiversity & Ecology
- Cell and Molecular Biology
- Research Methods for Biology, Ecology and Zoology
- Biochemistry and Metabolism
- Coastal Ecology Field Course
- Neuroscience and Behaviour
- Evolutionary Biology
- Animals in Their World: From Physiology to Behaviour
- Conservation Biology
- Human Genetics and Genomics
- Immunology & Infectious Disease
- Marine Biology
- Principles of Neuronal Function
- Research and Professional Skills I: Biomedicine
- Research and Professional Skills I: Zoology & Ecology
- Structural Basis of Biological Function
- Cell Regulation and Pharmacology
- Conservation Ecology Field Course
- Developmental Biology
- Neural Circuits
- Population & Community Ecology
- Research and Professional Skills II: Genetics & Biochemistry
- Research and Professional Skills II: Zoology & Ecology
- Third Year Bioscience Research Project
- Advanced Topics in Conservation
- Animal-Plant Interactions
- Behavioural Ecology
- Cell Signalling and Therapeutics
- Communicating STEM
- Drug Discovery & Chemical Enterprise
- Immunology in Health and Disease
- Intelligence in Animals and Machines
- Programming for Life Sciences
- Regulating Gene Expression
- Structure and Function of the Brain
- Tropical Rainforest Science Field Trip
- African Zoology Field Course
- Animals in the Anthropocene
- Conservation in Practice
- Genome Instability in Disease and Cancer
- Genomics and Bioinformatics
- Innovation in Bioscience and Medicine
- Mediterranean Ecology Field Course
- Molecular Neuropharmacology
- Neurobiology of Brain Disorders
- Palaeozoology
- Structural Basis of Protein Mechanism
- Life Sciences MSci research project
- Advanced Methods in Molecular Research
- Advanced Techniques in Neuroscience
- Current Topics in Evolution, Behaviour and Conservation
- Fundamentals of Cancer Cell Biology
- Masters Tropical Rainforest Field Course
- Practical Techniques in Cancer Cell Biology
- Practical Techniques in Cell and Molecular Biology
- Quantitative Skills in Ecology
- Research Foundations
- Rewilding and Ecosystem Services
- Skills for Research Bioscientists