Programme Requirements for 2023/24 Session


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B.Sc. Biological Sciences Full-time

Year: 3
2023/24 Session

Specialist labels:

Students who complete 100 credits in Zoology can be awarded BSc Biological Sciences (Zoology). This must include:

  • LC Introduction to Evolution and Animal Biology;
  • LI Animal Biology: Principles and Mechanisms;
  • LH Animal Behaviour: From Theory to Application. 

Students who complete 100 credits in Genetics can be awarded BSc Biological Sciences (Genetics). This must include:

  • LC Genetics I;
  • LI Genetics II. 

Students who complete 100 credits in Conservation Biology can be awarded BSc Biological Sciences (Conservation Biology). This must include:

  • LI Critical Issues for 21st Century Ecosystems;
  • EITHER LH Biodiversity and Conservation Management OR LH Conservation Practice: Genes to Ecosystems. 

Students who complete 100 credits in Food Security and Sustainability can be awarded BSc Biological Science (Food Security and Sustainability). This must include:

  • LC Ecological Concepts and Plant Sciences;
  • LI Plant Sciences: from Cells to the Environment. 

Students who complete 100 credits in Human Health and Disease can be awarded BSc Biological Sciences (Human Health and Disease). This must include:

  • LC Cell Biology and Physiology;
  • LI Human Structure and Function. 

Students who complete 100 credits in Microbiology and Infection can be awarded BSc Biological Sciences (Microbiology and Infection). This must include:

  • LC Introduction to Microbiology;
  • LI Microbiology: Medicine, Environment and Industry;
  • EITHER LI Genetics II or LI Plant Sciences: From Cells to the Environment
  • LH Microbial Pathogenicity and Disease. 

Specialist labels can be added to all variants of the degree including ‘Year in Continental Europe’, ‘International Year’ and ‘Year in Computer Science’.

Choose 40 credits from the following project modules:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Evidence-based literature review and critical analysis informed project proposal 03 36116 40 Full Term
LH Introduction to Teaching Biosciences in Schools with Evidence-Based Literature Review 03 36115 40 Full Term
LH Practical Project 03 36142 40 Full Term

Choose 80 credits from the following:

Modules that contribute to the Zoology specialism:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Animal Behaviour: From theory to application 03 36076 20 Semester 1
LH Conservation Practice: Genes to Ecosystems 03 27876 20 Semester 1
LH Evolution of Vertebrates 03 10820 20 Semester 2

Modules that contribute to the Genetics specialism:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Bacterial Gene Regulation 03 25343 20 Semester 2
LH Cancer Biology 03 21893 20 Semester 1
LH Current developments and advances in Eukaryotic Genetics 03 30790 20 Semester 2
LH Eukaryotic Gene Expression 03 11221 20 Semester 1
LH Omics for Biomedical Research 03 30948 20 Semester 2

Modules that contribute to the Conservation Biology specialism:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Animal Behaviour: From theory to application 03 36076 20 Semester 1
LH Conservation Practice: Genes to Ecosystems 03 27876 20 Semester 1
LH Responses to Global Environmental Change 03 36118 20 Semester 2

Modules that contribute to the Food Security and Sustainability specialism:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Conservation Practice: Genes to Ecosystems 03 27876 20 Semester 1
LH Microbial Pathogenicity and Disease 03 38878 20 Semester 2
LH Molecular and Cellular Immunology 03 21894 20 Semester 2
LH Omics for Biomedical Research 03 30948 20 Semester 2
LH Responses to Global Environmental Change 03 36118 20 Semester 2

Modules that contribute to the Human Health and Disease specialism:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Cancer Biology 03 21893 20 Semester 1
LH Cellular Neurobiology 03 14675 20 Semester 1
LH Molecular and Cellular Immunology 03 21894 20 Semester 2
LH Omics for Biomedical Research 03 30948 20 Semester 2
LH Structures of Destruction: the structural biology of pathogenicity 03 15851 20 Semester 2

Modules that contribute to the Microbiology and Infection specialism:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Bacterial Gene Regulation 03 25343 20 Semester 2
LH Microbial Pathogenicity and Disease 03 38878 20 Semester 2
LH Molecular and Cellular Immunology 03 21894 20 Semester 2
LH Omics for Biomedical Research 03 30948 20 Semester 2
LH Structures of Destruction: the structural biology of pathogenicity 03 15851 20 Semester 2

General Optional Modules