Modules for course C10F | BSC/BF
BSc Biology
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 0 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 1
- SNS-0001: Foundation Year Project (40) Core
- ICE-0101: Essential Mathematics (20) Core
- OSF-0101: Communication and IT Skills (20) Core
Semester 2
Year 1 Modules
Compulsory Modules
credits from:
- Year 1
- SNS-0001: Foundation Year Project (40) (Semester 1 + 2)
- SNS-0002: Foundation Year Chemistry (20) (Semester 2)
- SNS-0003: Essential Biology (20) (Semester 2)
- ICE-0101: Essential Mathematics (20) (Semester 1)
- OSF-0101: Communication and IT Skills (20) (Semester 1)
Year 2 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 1
- BNS-2002: Evolution & Genetics (20)
- BSX-2019: Principles of Life 2 (20)
- BSX-2021: BioScience Skills (20)
Semester 2
Optional Modules
60 credits from:
- DXX-2003: Principles of Conservation (20) (Semester 1)
- MSE-2014: Human Immunology (10) (Semester 1)
- BSX-2017: Invertebrates (20) (Semester 2)
- BSX-2018: Behavioural Ecology (20) (Semester 2)
- MSE-2019: Medical Microbiology (10) (Semester 2)
- DXX-2021: Plant Diversity & Conservation (20) (Semester 2)
- 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 & BSX-3164. BSX-2030 is a pre-requisite for BSX-3145. 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-2036 is in November 2022, BSX-2034 is in March 2023.
Year 3 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 1
Semester 2
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 (Yr3) (20) (Semester 1)
- BSX-3161: Human Evolutionary Biology (20) (Semester 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.