BSc Biological Sciences with a Placement Year
Entry requirements
A level: BBB including Biology or Human Biology
About this course
BSc (Hons) in Biology, covering the study of life from molecular to ecosystem level. Core topics include Data Analysis and Research Methods. The programme includes a placement year in the third year and a final-year research project. The first year provides a broad foundation across core areas of biology before students select specialist modules.
Modules
- PLACEMENT YEAR
- DIVERSITY OF LIFE
- MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND GENETICS
- EVOLUTION, BEHAVIOUR AND ECOLOGY
- CELL BIOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGY
- PROFESSIONAL SKILLS FOR BIOSCIENCES
- BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
- FURTHER PROFESSIONAL SKILLS FOR BIOSCIENCES
- HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY
- BIOCHEMISTRY
- FIELD ECOLOGY
- BEHAVIOURAL ECOLOGY
- ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY
- PLANT BIOLOGY
- POPULATION ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
- GENETICS
- BIOLOGY IN SOCIETY
- EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
- MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY
- MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
- DATA SCIENCE FOR BIOLOGISTS
- COMMUNITY, ECOSYSTEM AND MACRO-ECOLOGY
- CONSERVATION, ECOLOGY AND BIODIVERSITY IN THE TROPICS (FIELDCOURSE)
- CELL BIOLOGY
- INTERMEDIATE FRENCH I - A2+ CEFR
- BEGINNERS' FRENCH I - A1 CEFR (SPRING START)
- INTERMEDIATE GERMAN I - A2 CEFR
- BEGINNERS' ARABIC II
- BEGINNERS' FRENCH II - A2 CEFR
- BEGINNERS' JAPANESE I
- BEGINNERS' ARABIC I
- BEGINNERS RUSSIAN I (SPRING START)
- BEGINNERS' ITALIAN II - A2 CEFR
- INTRODUCTION TO BRITISH SIGN LANGUAGE I
- BEGINNERS' SPANISH II - A2 CEFR
- BEGINNERS' CHINESE I
- BEGINNERS' FRENCH I - A1 CEFR
- BEGINNERS' RUSSIAN I - A1 CEFR
- BEGINNERS' GERMAN I - A1.1 CEFR
- BEGINNERS' GERMAN I (SPRING START) - A1 CEFR
- ADVANCED ENGLISH II - B2 CEFR
- BEGINNERS' JAPANESE II
- BEGINNERS' SPANISH I - A1 CEFR
- BEGINNERS' ARABIC I (SPRING START)
- BEGINNERS' RUSSIAN II - A2 CEFR
- INTRODUCTION TO BRITISH SIGN LANGUAGE II
- INTERMEDIATE GERMAN II - B1 CEFR
- BEGINNERS' JAPANESE I (SPRING START)
- INTERMEDIATE FRENCH II - B1 CEFR
- BEGINNERS' ITALIAN I - A1 CEFR
- INTRODUCTION TO BRITISH SIGN LANGUAGE I (SPRING START)
- BEGINNERS' SPANISH I - A1 CEFR (SPRING START)
- INTERMEDIATE SPANISH II B1 CEFR
- BEGINNERS' GERMAN II - A1.2 CEFR
- ADVANCED ENGLISH I
- BEGINNERS' CHINESE II
- INTERMEDIATE SPANISH I - A2+ CEFR
- ECOLOGY RESEARCH PROJECT
- RESEARCH PROJECT
- MICROBIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY
- BIOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY AND MARINE ECOLOGY
- EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT AND STEM CELL BIOLOGY
- EVOLUTION IN HEALTH AND DISEASE
- BIOLOGY OF AGEING: EVOLUTION, ECOLOGY AND HUMAN HEALTH
- BIOINFORMATICS AND GENOMICS
- MOLECULAR ENZYMOLOGY IN BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
- BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION AND HUMAN SOCIETY
- SCIENCE COMMUNICATION
- CANCER BIOLOGY
- PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR SUSTAINABLE FOOD PRODUCTION
- INFECTION AND IMMUNITY
- EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY AND CONSERVATION GENETICS
- TECHNIQUES AND ADVANCES IN MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY
- SOCIAL EVOLUTION
- BIOLOGY IN SOCIETY
- INTERMEDIATE FRENCH I - A2+ CEFR
- BEGINNERS' FRENCH I - A1 CEFR (SPRING START)
- INTERMEDIATE GERMAN I - A2 CEFR
- BEGINNERS' ARABIC II
- BEGINNERS' FRENCH II - A2 CEFR
- BEGINNERS' JAPANESE I
- BEGINNERS' ARABIC I
- BEGINNERS RUSSIAN I (SPRING START)
- FIELD ECOLOGY
- BEGINNERS' ITALIAN II - A2 CEFR
- INTRODUCTION TO BRITISH SIGN LANGUAGE I
- BEGINNERS' SPANISH II - A2 CEFR
- BEGINNERS' CHINESE I
- BEGINNERS' FRENCH I - A1 CEFR
- BEGINNERS' RUSSIAN I - A1 CEFR
- BEGINNERS' GERMAN I - A1.1 CEFR
- BEGINNERS' GERMAN I (SPRING START) - A1 CEFR
- DATA SCIENCE FOR BIOLOGISTS
- ADVANCED ENGLISH II - B2 CEFR
- BEGINNERS' JAPANESE II
- BEGINNERS' SPANISH I - A1 CEFR
- BEGINNERS' ARABIC I (SPRING START)
- BEGINNERS' RUSSIAN II - A2 CEFR
- INTRODUCTION TO BRITISH SIGN LANGUAGE II
- INTERMEDIATE GERMAN II - B1 CEFR
- BEGINNERS' JAPANESE I (SPRING START)
- INTERMEDIATE FRENCH II - B1 CEFR
- BEGINNERS' ITALIAN I - A1 CEFR
- INTRODUCTION TO BRITISH SIGN LANGUAGE I (SPRING START)
- BEGINNERS' SPANISH I - A1 CEFR (SPRING START)
- INTERMEDIATE SPANISH II B1 CEFR
- BEGINNERS' GERMAN II - A1.2 CEFR
- ADVANCED ENGLISH I
- BEGINNERS' CHINESE II
- INTERMEDIATE SPANISH I - A2+ CEFR