Modules for course C305 | BSC/ZABIE
BSc Zoology with Animal Behaviour (with International Exp)
Year 1 Modules
The student must take 120 credits from
the modules in Year 1.
BNS-1004
Principles of Life 1
(20)
(Full Term)
BSX-1030
Practical Skills 1
(20)
(Semester 1)
BNS-1002
Organismal Diversity
(20)
(Semester 1)
DNS-1003
Ecology & Evolution
(20)
(Semester 2)
BSX-1028 / BSC-1028
The student must take 20 credits
from the modules in BSX-1028 / BSC-1028.
BSX-1031 / BSC-1031
The student must take 20 credits
from the modules in BSX-1031 / BSC-1031.
Year 2 Modules
Compulsory Modules
0 to 30 credits from:
- BSS-2006: International Experience (15) (Semester 1 + 2) or
BSS-2007: International Experience (30) (Semester 1 + 2)
0 to 30 credits from:
- BSS-3006: International Experience (15) (Semester 1 + 2) or
BSS-3007: International Experience (30) (Semester 1 + 2)
Year 3 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 1
- BNS-2002: Evolution & Genetics (20) or
BNC-2002: Esblygiad a Geneteg (20) - BSX-2021: BioScience Skills (20) or
BSC-2021: Medrau Bio-Wyddoniaeth (20)
Semester 2
Optional Modules
40 to 60 credits from:
- BSX-2017: Invertebrates (20) (Semester 2)
- BSX-2019: Principles of Life 2 (20) (Semester 1)
- BSX-2022: Vertebrate Biology (20) (Semester 1)
- BSX-2028: Introduction to Herpetology (20) (Semester 2)
- BSX-2030: Integrated Zoology (20) (Semester 2)
- BSX-2031: Arizona Field Course (20) (Semester 1)
- BSX-2034: Florida 1 Field Course (20) (Semester 2)
- BSX-2035: Local Field Trip (20) (Semester 1 + 2) or
BSC-2035: Cwrs Maes Lleol (20) (Semester 1 + 2) - BSX-2036: Florida 2 Field Trip (20) (Semester 1)
- BSX-2037: Spain Field Course (20) (Semester 2)
- BSX-2041: Introduction to Ornithology (20) (Semester 2)
- BSX-2042: Introduction to Primatology (20) (Semester 1)
- BSX-2018 is a pre-requisite for BNS-3004 and BSX-3164. BSX-2022 is a pre-requisite for BSX-3144. BSX-2036 is in November 2022, BSX-2034 is in March 2023.
0 to 20 credits from:
- DXX-2003: Principles of Conservation (20) (Semester 1)
- DXX-2009: Conservation Practice (20) (Semester 2)
Year 4 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 1
- BNS-3004: Advances in Behaviour (20)
- BSX-3070: Dissertation in Biological Sci (30) or
BSC-3070: Traethawd Hir yn y Gwyddorau (30) - BSX-3072: Science Communication Skills (10) or
BSC-3072: Sgiliau CyfathrebuGwyddoniaeth (10)
Semester 2
- BSX-3070: Dissertation in Biological Sci or
BSC-3070: Traethawd Hir yn y Gwyddorau - BSX-3072: Science Communication Skills or
BSC-3072: Sgiliau CyfathrebuGwyddoniaeth - BSX-3149: Animal Ethics and Welfare (20) Core
Optional Modules
40 credits from:
- BNS-3003: Freshwater Ecosystems 2 (20) (Semester 1)
- BSX-3139: Molecular Ecology & Evolution (20) (Semester 1)
- BSX-3144: Animal Survival Strategies (20) (Semester 2)
- BSX-3150: Life in a Changing Climate (20) (Semester 2)
- BSX-3152: Life in Wetlands (20) (Semester 2)
- BSX-3154: Attack and Defence in Plants (20) (Semester 2)
- BSX-3159: Parasites & Pathogens (20) (Semester 1)
- BSX-3161: Human Evolutionary Biology (20) (Semester 2)
- BSX-3164: Animal Management (20) (Semester 2)
- BSX-3167: Insect Behaviour & Evolution (20) (Semester 2)
- BSX-2018 is a pre-requisite for BSX-3164 and BNS3004. BSX-2022 is a pre-requisite for BSX-3144.