Modules for course C334 | MZOOL/ZR
MZool Zoology with Ornithology
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.
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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
Semester 1
Semester 2
Optional Modules
60 credits from:
- DXX-2003: Principles of Conservation (20) (Semester 1)
- DXX-2009: Conservation Practice (20) (Semester 2)
- BSX-2017: Invertebrates (20) (Semester 2)
- BSX-2018: Behavioural Ecology (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-2042: Introduction to Primatology (20) (Semester 1)
- BSX2018 is a prerequiste for BNS3004 and BSX3164. BSX2022 is a pre-requisite for BSX3144. BSX-2036 is in November 2022, BSX-2034 is in March 2023.
Year 3 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 1
- BSX-3070: Dissertation in Biological Sci (30)
- BSX-3072: Science Communication Skills (10)
- BSX-3166: Advances in Ornithology (20) Core
Semester 2
- BSX-3070: Dissertation in Biological Sci
- BSX-3072: Science Communication Skills
- BSX-3166: Advances in Ornithology
Optional Modules
60 credits from:
- BNS-3000: Wildlife Ecol & Conservation (20) (Semester 1)
- BNS-3003: Freshwater Ecosystems 2 (20) (Semester 1)
- BNS-3004: Advances in Behaviour (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-3164: Animal Management (20) (Semester 2)
- BSX-3167: Insect Behaviour & Evolution (20) (Semester 2)
- BSX2018 is a prerequiste for BNS3004 and BSX-3164 BSX2022 is a prerequisite for BSX3144.