Modules for course C511 | BSC/BIOT
BSc Biology with Biotechnology
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
The student must take 120 credits from
the modules in Year 2.
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-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.
MSE-2025
Molecular Biology & Biochem
(20)
(Full Term)
MSE-2020
Cell Biology
(20)
(Full Term)
MSE-2014
Human Immunology
(10)
(Semester 1)
BSX-2042
Introduction to Primatology
(20)
(Semester 1)
BSX-2022
Vertebrate Biology
(20)
(Semester 1)
BSX-2041
Introduction to Ornithology
(20)
(Semester 2)
BSX-2017
Invertebrates
(20)
(Semester 2)
BSX-2030
Integrated Zoology
(20)
(Semester 2)
BSX-2046
Microbiology
(20)
(Semester 2)
DXX-2021
Plant Diversity & Conservation
(20)
(Semester 2)
BSX-2028
Introduction to Herpetology
(20)
(Semester 2)
MSE-2019 / MSC-2019 The student must take a maximum of 10 credits from the modules in MSE-2019 / MSC-2019.
BSX-2035 / BSC-2035 The student must take a maximum of 20 credits from the modules in BSX-2035 / BSC-2035.
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 - BSX-3142: Env. Microbiol. and Biotech. (20) Core
Optional Modules
40 to 60 credits from:
- BNS-3003: Freshwater Ecosystems 2 (20) (Semester 1)
- BSX-3139: Molecular Ecology & Evolution (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-3167: Insect Behaviour & Evolution (20) (Semester 2)
- DXX-3212: Forest Ecosystems (10) (Semester 2)
- DXX-3301: Forest Ecology (20) (Semester 1)
0 to 20 credits from:
- MSE-3017: Medical Genetics (10) (Semester 1)
- MSE-3023: Genome Instability (10) (Semester 2)
- You can either take 0 credits OR 20 credits worth of MSE modules.