Modules for course C305 | BSC/ZABIE
BSc Zoology with Animal Behaviour (with International Exp)
This is a provisional list of modules to be offered on this course in the 2022–23 academic year.
The list may not be complete, and the final course content may be different.
You can also view the modules offered in the year 2021–22.
Year 1 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 1
- BNS-1002: Organismal Diversity (20)
- BNS-1004: Principles of Life 1 (20)
- BSX-1028: Tutorials Year 1 (20) or
BSC-1028: Tiwtorialau Blwyddyn 1 (20) - BSX-1030: Practical Skills 1 (20)
Semester 2
Year 2 Modules
Compulsory Modules
0 to 30 credits from:
- BSS-2006: International Experience (15) (Semester 1 + 2)
0 to 30 credits from:
- BSS-3006: International Experience (15) (Semester 1 + 2)
Year 3 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 1
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)
- 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)
- BSX-3072: Science Communication Skills (10)
Semester 2
- BSX-3070: Dissertation in Biological Sci
- BSX-3072: Science Communication Skills
- 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 (Yr3) (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.