BSc Biological Sciences with a Year Abroad
Entry requirements
A level: BBB including Biology or Human Biology
About this course
BSc (Hons) in Biology, studying life from molecules to ecosystems. Core topics include Data Analysis and Research Methods. The first year provides a foundation across core areas before module choice allows specialisation in later years. The third year is spent studying abroad, and the final year includes a research project based in a university laboratory.
Modules
- YEAR ABROAD
- 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