BSc Ecology and Conservation with a Placement Year
Entry requirements
A level: BBB including Biology, Human Biology, Geography or Environmental Sciences
About this course
BSc (Hons) in Marine Biology, covering the ecology, evolution, and conservation of marine organisms. Core topics include Data Analysis and Research Methods. The programme includes a placement year in a professional or research setting and culminates in an Ecology Research Project. Fieldwork is integrated from the first year, and GIS skills for project work are developed through a dedicated module.
Modules
- PLACEMENT YEAR
- EVOLUTION, BEHAVIOUR AND ECOLOGY
- ISSUES AND APPROACHES IN ECOLOGY
- PROFESSIONAL SKILLS FOR BIOSCIENCES
- DIVERSITY OF LIFE
- SUSTAINABILITY CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS
- LIVING PLANET
- COMMUNITY, ECOSYSTEM AND MACRO-ECOLOGY
- POPULATION ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
- FIELD ECOLOGY
- BEHAVIOURAL ECOLOGY
- FURTHER PROFESSIONAL SKILLS FOR BIOSCIENCES
- ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY
- PLANT BIOLOGY
- CLIMATE CHANGE: SCIENCE AND POLICY
- EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
- GIS SKILLS FOR PROJECT WORK
- CONSERVATION, ECOLOGY AND BIODIVERSITY IN THE TROPICS (FIELDCOURSE)
- ECOLOGY RESEARCH PROJECT
- BIOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY AND MARINE ECOLOGY
- BIOLOGY OF AGEING: EVOLUTION, ECOLOGY AND HUMAN HEALTH
- BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION AND HUMAN SOCIETY
- SCIENCE COMMUNICATION
- ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS
- JUST TRANSFORMATIONS TO SUSTAINABILITY
- EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY AND CONSERVATION GENETICS
- SOCIAL EVOLUTION
- BIOLOGY IN SOCIETY
- THE ENGLISH LANDSCAPE 1066 TO 1600
- CONSERVATION, RESTORATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
- ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS AND POLICY MAKING
- DATA SCIENCE FOR BIOLOGISTS
- THE ORIGINS OF THE ENGLISH LANDSCAPE 4000BC TO 1066AD