Modules for course C303 | MZOOL/HERP
MZool Zoology with Herpetology
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-1031 / BSC-1031
The student must take 20 credits
from the modules in BSX-1031 / BSC-1031.
BSC-1031
Sgiliau Ymarferol 2
Cymraeg
(20)
(Semester 2)
BSX-1031
Practical Skills 2
(20)
(Semester 2)
BSX-1028 / BSC-1028
The student must take 20 credits
from the modules in BSX-1028 / BSC-1028.
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-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-requsite for BNS-3004. BSX-2022 is a pre-requisite for BSX-3144. You may choose EITHER DXX2003 OR DXX2009, but not both. BSX-2036 is in November 2022. BSX-2034 is in March 2023
Year 3 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 1
Semester 2
- BSX-3070: Dissertation in Biological Sci
- BSX-3072: Science Communication Skills
- BSX-3158: Advances in Herpetology (20) Core
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-3161: Human Evolutionary Biology (20) (Semester 2)
- BSX-3164: Animal Management (20) (Semester 2)
- BSX-3167: Insect Behaviour & Evolution (20) (Semester 2)
- Please select an even spread of modules across both semesters. BSX-2018 is a pre-requsite for BNS-3004. BSX-2022 is a pre-requisite for BSX-3144.