Modules for course C350 | BSC/ZMZ
BSC Zoology with Marine Zoology
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
- OSX-2002: Marine Physiology & Behaviour (20)
- BSX-2021: BioScience Skills
- BSX-2030: Integrated Zoology (20)
Optional Modules
40 credits from:
- DXX-2003: Principles of Conservation (20) (Semester 1)
- 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-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-2022 is a pre-requsite for BSX-3144. 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-3145: Fish Physiology (20) Core
Semester 2
Optional Modules
60 credits from:
- OSX-3001: Marine Conservation & Exploit. (20) (Semester 2)
- BNS-3003: Freshwater Ecosystems 2 (20) (Semester 1)
- OSX-3023: Marine Mammal Science (20) (Semester 1)
- OSX-3025: Marine Geology & Applications (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-3167: Insect Behaviour & Evolution (20) (Semester 2)
- Please select an even spread of modules across both semesters. BSX-2022 is a pre-requsite for BSX-3144.