Modules for course C30F | BSC/ZF
BSc Zoology
Year 0 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 1
- SNS-0001: Foundation Year Project (40) Core or
SNC-0001: Project Blwyddyn Sylfaenol (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) Core or
SNC-0001: Project Blwyddyn Sylfaenol (40) (Semester 1 + 2) Core - SNS-0002: Foundation Year Chemistry (20) (Semester 2)
- SNS-0003: Essential Biology (20) (Semester 2) Core
- 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) or
BNC-2002: Esblygiad a Geneteg (20) - BSX-2021: BioScience Skills (20) or
BSC-2021: Medrau Bio-Wyddoniaeth (20) - BSX-2022: Vertebrate Biology (20)
Semester 2
Optional Modules
40 credits from:
- DXX-2003: Principles of Conservation (20) (Semester 1)
- BSX-2017: Invertebrates (20) (Semester 2)
- BSX-2018: Behavioural Ecology (20) (Semester 2)
- BSX-2019: Principles of Life 2 (20) (Semester 1)
- BSX-2028: Introduction to Herpetology (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) or
BSC-2035: Cwrs Maes Lleol (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-2022 is a pre-requsite for BSX-3144. BSX-2018 is a pre-requsite for BNS-3004 & BSX-3164. 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) 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)
- BSX-3139: Molecular Ecology & Evolution (20) (Semester 1)
- BSX-3144: Animal Survival Strategies (20) (Semester 2)
- 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-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-3164. BSX-2022 is a pre-requsite for BSX-3144.