Modules for course C10F | BSC/BF
BSc Biology
Year 0 Modules
The student must take 120 credits from
the modules in Year 1.
ICE-0101 Essential Mathematics
(20)
(Semester 1)
OSF-0101 Communication and IT Skills
(20)
(Semester 1)
SNS-0002 Foundation Year Chemistry
(20)
(Semester 2)
Year 1 Modules
The student must take 120 credits from
the modules in Year 2.
ENS-1401 Organismal Diversity 1
(20)
(Semester 1)
ENS-1400 Principles of Life
(20)
(Semester 1)
ENS-1001 Ecology & Evolution
(20)
(Semester 2)
ENS-1402 Organismal Diversity 2
(20)
(Semester 2)
Field & Lab Skills
The student must take 30 credits
from the modules in Field & Lab Skills.
ENC-1403 Sgiliau Ymarferol Maes a Labor
Cymraeg
(30)
(Full Term)
ENS-1403 Practical & Field Skills Bio
(30)
(Full Term)
Tutorials The student must take 10 credits from
the modules in Tutorials.
ENC-1000 Tiwtorial Blwyddyn 1
Cymraeg
(10)
(Full Term)
ENS-1000 Year 1 Tutorials
(10)
(Full Term)
Year 2 Modules
The student must take 120 credits from
the modules in Year 3.
BSX-2019 Principles of Life 2
(20)
(Semester 1)
BNS-2002 / BNC-2002
The student must take 20 credits
from the modules in BNS-2002 / BNC-2002.
BNC-2002 Esblygiad a Geneteg
Cymraeg
(20)
(Semester 1)
BNS-2002 Evolution & Genetics
(20)
(Semester 1)
BSX-2021 / BSC-2021
The student must take 20 credits
from the modules in BSX-2021 / BSC-2021.
BSC-2021 Medrau Bio-Wyddoniaeth
Cymraeg
(20)
(Full Term)
BSX-2021 BioScience Skills
(20)
(Full Term)
Optional Modules BSX-2018 is a pre-requisite for BNS-3004
& BSX-3164. BSX-2030 is a pre-requisite for BSX-3145.
BSX-2041 is a pre-requisite for BSX-3166. MSE-2014 and
MSE-2019 must be taken together, and there is a possibility
that the module title/assessment will change this coming
year as SMS plan to merge these two modules into a single
20-credit one.
BSX-2035 Local Field Trip
(20)
(Full Term)
MSE-2014 Human Immunology
(10)
(Semester 1)
DXX-2003 Principles of Conservation
(20)
(Semester 1)
BSX-2022 Vertebrate Biology
(20)
(Semester 1)
BSX-2042 Introduction to Primatology
(20)
(Semester 1)
BSX-2017 Invertebrates
(20)
(Semester 2)
BSX-2018 Behavioural Ecology
(20)
(Semester 2)
DXX-2021 Plant Diversity & Conservation
(20)
(Semester 2)
BSX-2028 Introduction to Herpetology
(20)
(Semester 2)
BSX-2046 Microbiology
(20)
(Semester 2)
BSX-2041 Introduction to Ornithology
(20)
(Semester 2)
BSX-2030 Integrated Zoology
(20)
(Semester 2)
MSE-2019 / MSC-2019
The student must take a maximum of 10
credits from the modules in MSE-2019 / MSC-2019.
MSC-2019 Microbioleg Meddygol
Cymraeg
(10)
(Semester 2)
MSE-2019 Medical Microbiology
(10)
(Semester 2)
Year 3 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 1
- 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
Optional Modules
80 credits from:
- BNS-3003: Freshwater Ecosystems 2 (20) (Semester 1)
- BNS-3004: Advances in Behaviour (20) (Semester 1)
- MSE-3017: Medical Genetics (10) (Semester 1)
- MSE-3023: Genome Instability (10) (Semester 2)
- BSX-3139: Molecular Ecology & Evolution (20) (Semester 1)
- BSX-3142: Env. Microbiol. and Biotech. (20) (Semester 2)
- BSX-3145: Fish Physiology (20) (Semester 1)
- BSX-3148: Developmental Biology (20) (Semester 1)
- 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-3166: Advances in Ornithology (20) (Semester 1 + 2)
- BSX-3167: Insect Behaviour & Evolution (20) (Semester 2)
- DXX-3212: Forest Ecosystems (10) (Semester 2)
- DXX-3301: Forest Ecology (20) (Semester 1)
- You must try and select an even spread of modules across both semesters. BSX-2018 is a pre-requisite for BNS-3004 & BSX-3164. BSX-2030 is a pre-requisite for BSX-3145. BSX-2041 is a pre-requisite to BSX-3166