Programme requirements (2020/2021) | Bachelor of Science (Honours) Biology and Philosophy

Bachelor of Science (Honours) Biology and Philosophy

BSc (Hons) Biology and Philosophy (Biology Element): First year BIOPHIJJ1_2021
	Code	Module name	Credits
		Biology 1	20	AND
		Biology 2	20	AND
	Remaining credits from Level 1000 options
Further requirements Choose 120 credits in the academic year

BSc (Hons) Philosophy (Joint Honours): First year PHIPHIJJ1S_2021
	Code	Module name	Credits
		Reasoning	20	AND
	Hide list View list	Between 0 and 60 credits from Module List: PY1000 - PY1999		AND
		Mind and World	20
		Moral and Political Controversies	20
		Reasoning	20
		The Enlightenment	20
	PY1801	Ethical Issues (by Distance Learning)	20
	PY1802	Reasoning and Knowledge (by Distance Learning)	20
		Morality and Human Nature	20
	Note: - Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester - Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them For further details, see the entry for each individual module above
	Remaining credits from Level 1000 options
Further requirements Choose 120 credits in the academic year First and Second Year Philosophy (BSc Joint Honours) Programme Requirements: 20 credits: PY1012; 20 credits: PY2010 and/or PY2012; 20 further credits: 1000- or 2000-Level PY modules; Please balance your choices across the academic year.

BSc (Hons) Biology and Philosophy (Biology Element): Second year BIOPHIJJ2_2021
		Code	Module name	Credits
	^	Hide list View list	60 credits from Module List: BL2300 - BL2399
			Research Methods in Biology	15
			Cell Biology	15
			Molecular Biology	15
			Evolutionary Biology	15
			Invertebrate Zoology	15
			Cell Systems	15
			Biochemistry	15
			Ecology	15
			Vertebrate Zoology	15
			Applied Molecular Biology	15
			Comparative Physiology	15
			The Oceans	15
		Note: - Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester - Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them For further details, see the entry for each individual module above
Further requirements Choose 120 credits in the academic year Choose a minimum of 80 Level 2000 credits Automatic entry to Honours requires pass and have an average grade 11 or better in modules marked ^

BSc (Hons) Philosophy (Joint Honours): Second year PHIPHIJJ2S_2021
		Code	Module name	Credits
	*	Hide list View list	Between 20 and 40 credits from Module List: PY2010, PY2012		AND
			Intermediate Logic	20
			Meaning and Knowing	20
		Note: - Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester - Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them For further details, see the entry for each individual module above
		Hide list View list	Between 0 and 40 credits from Module List: PY1000 - PY1999, PY2000 - PY2999 (excluding Distance Learning and Evening Language Modules)		AND
			Mind and World	20
			Moral and Political Controversies	20
			Reasoning	20
			The Enlightenment	20
			Intermediate Logic	20
			Foundations of Western Philosophy	20
			Meaning and Knowing	20
			Moral and Aesthetic Value	20
		Note: - Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester - Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them For further details, see the entry for each individual module above
		Remaining credits from Levels 1000 and 2000 options
Further requirements Choose 120 credits in the academic year Choose a minimum of 80 Level 2000 credits First and Second Year Philosophy (BSc Joint Honours) Programme Requirements: 20 credits: PY1012; 20 credits: PY2010 and/or PY2012; 20 further credits: 1000- or 2000-Level PY modules; Please balance your choices across the academic year. Automatic entry to Honours requires pass at grade 11 or better in at least 1 of the modules marked *

Entry to Honours

Students who meet the requirements specified above, and who meet all other programme requirements, will be given automatic entry into Honours programmes.

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BSc Honours

The general requirements are 480 credits over a period of normally four years (and not more than five years) or part-time equivalent, of which the final two years form an approved Honours programme of 240 credits, of which 90 credits are at 4000 level and at least a further 120 credits at 3000 and/or 4000 levels.

BSc (Hons) Biology and Philosophy (Biology Element): Third year BIOPHIJJ3_2021
	Code	Module name	Credits
		Statistical and Quantitative Skills for Biologists	10		AND
(		Field Course	10		OR
	PN3321	Advanced Critical Analysis Reading Party Not running in 2020-2021	10		OR
		Basic Biochemistry Laboratory	10	)	AND
	Hide list View list	40 credits from Module List: BL3301 - BL3319, BL3323-BL3324, PN3312 - PN3313
		Protein Structure and Function	20
		Gene Regulation	20
		Membranes and Cell Communication	20
		Evolution	20
		Aquatic Ecology	20
		Ecosystems and Conservation	20
	BL3310	Bioenergetics	20
		Infection and Disease	20
		Developmental Biology	20
		Co-evolution: living together	20
		Biology of Marine Organisms	20
		Animal Behaviour: A Quantitative Approach	20
		Terrestrial Zoology	20
		Advanced Biochemistry	20
		Neuropharmacology	20
		Neuroscience	20
	Note: - Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester - Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them For further details, see the entry for each individual module above
Further requirements Choose 120 credits in academic year

BSc (Hons) Philosophy (Joint Honours): Third year PHIPHIJJ3S_2021
	Code	Module name	Credits
		Reading Philosophy 1: Texts in Language, Logic, Mind, Epistemology, Metaphysics and Science	30	AND
	Hide list View list	At least 30 credits from Module List: PY3200, PY4000 - PY4689, CL4500 - CL4520, ID4801, ID4859
		Reading Philosophy 2: Texts in Ethics, Metaethics, Religion, Aesthetics and Political Philosophy	30
	PY4601	Paradoxes	30
	PY4604	Political Philosophy	30
	PY4606	Contemporary Epistemology	30
	PY4607	Continental European Philosophy from Descartes to Leibniz	30
		Political Philosophy in the Age of Revolutions	30
		Philosophical Methodology	30
	PY4610	Philosophy of Perception	30
	PY4611	Classical Philosophy	30
	PY4612	Advanced Logic	30
	PY4614	Philosophy of Mind	30
	PY4615	Metaphysics	30
	PY4618	Animals, Minds and Language	30
	PY4619	Social Philosophy	30
	PY4622	Kant's Critical Philosophy	30
	PY4624	Philosophy of Art	30
	PY4625	Philosophy and Public Affairs: Global Justice	30
	PY4626	Life and Death	30
	PY4632	Contemporary Philosophy of Language	30
	PY4633	Philosophy of Mathematics	30
		Philosophy of Logic	30
	PY4635	Contemporary Moral Theory	30
	PY4638	Philosophy of Religion	30
		Philosophy of Creativity	30
	PY4640	Medieval Philosophy	30
	PY4642	Trust, Knowledge and Society	30
		Philosophy of Law	30
	PY4644	Rousseau on Human Nature, Society, and Freedom	30
	PY4645	Philosophy and Literature	30
		Reasons for Action and Belief	30
		Humans, Animals, and Nature	30
	PY4648	Conceptual Engineering and its Role in Philosophy	30
	PY4649	Core Works in Continental Philosophy	30
		Philosophy, Feminism and Gender	30
	PY4651	Effective Altruism	30
		The Philosophy of Human Rights	30
		Toleration in the Early Modern Period	30
	PY4654	Responsibility, Praise, and Blame	30
	PY4655	Advanced Metaethics	30
	PY4656	The Philosophy of Love and Sex	30
	PY4657	Philosophy of Economics	30
	PY4658	Timely Topics in Political Philosophy	30
	PY4659	Why Does The World Exist?	30
	PY4660	Work, Entitlement, and Welfare	30
		The Philosophy of the Climate Crisis	30
	PY4662	Critical Theory	30
		Artificial Intelligence and Philosophy	30
	CL4500	Pleasure, Goodness and Happiness: Hellenistic Ethics	30
	CL4504	Justice, politics and the good life: Plato's Republic and its critics in the ancient world	30
	ID4801	Human Rights, Poverty and Security	30
	Note: - Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester - Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them For further details, see the entry for each individual module above
Further requirements Choose 120 credits in academic year Third and Fourth Year Philosophy (BSc Joint Honours) Programme Requirements: 30 credits: PY3100 60 - 90* credits - PY3200, PY4000 - PY4689, (PY4698 or PY4699 or PY4794 - in Fourth Year only), CL4500 - CL4520), ID4801, ID4859, (PY4701 with ID4002 - in Fourth Year only) *Across the two Honours years up to 30 PY Honours credits may be substituted for credits from another subject area and/or level (dip-across or dip-down), provided that permission is obtained from the relevant Head of School. A minimum of 90 PY credits must be achieved across the two Honours years. In total over both subjects, 210 credits must be achieved at 3000 and 4000 level, including at least 90 credits at 4000-level.

BSc (Hons) Biology and Philosophy (Biology Element): Fourth year BIOPHIJJ4_2021
	Code	Module name	Credits
	Hide list View list	Between 30 and 60 credits from Module List: BL4200 - BL4201, PY4698 - PY4699		AND
		Literature-based Research Project	30
		Experimental Research Project	60
		Dissertation (Whole Year)	30
		Dissertation in Philosophy	30
	Note: - Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester - Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them For further details, see the entry for each individual module above
	Hide list View list	Between 30 and 60 credits from Module List: BL4210 - BL4301, ID4001, PN4230 - PN4235
		Practical Skills for Molecular Biology and Biochemistry	15
		Antimicrobials - Mode of Action and Resistance	15
		How Enzymes Work	15
		Molecular Virology	15
		Bacterial Virulence Factors	15
		Structure-based Drug Discovery	15
	BL4220	Geomicrobiology - from Gold Mines to Global Warming, how Microbes influence our Planet	15
		Metabolic and Clinical Biochemistry	15
		Molecular and cell biology of eukaryotic DNA replication	15
		Molecular Mechanisms of Membrane Trafficking	15
		Advanced Microscopy and Image Analysis - Seeing is Believing	15
		Chromatin and Genome Stability	15
	BL4230	Neurodegeneration and Aging	15
	BL4231	Neuromodulation	15
	BL4232	Neuroethology	15
	BL4234	Synaptic Transmission	15
	BL4235	Motoneurons: From Physiology to Pathology	15
	BL4248	Human Physiology of Diving	15
	BL4249	Scientific Diving	15
		Tropical Marine Biology	15
		Fisheries Research	15
	BL4255	Marine and Environmental Biotechnology	15
		Marine Bioacoustics	15
		Foraging in Marine Mammals	15
		Marine Mammals and Man	15
		Biological Oceanography	15
		Environmental Drivers of Marine Habitats	15
		The Question of Culture in Animals	15
		Conservation Research Methods	15
		Science Communication of Biodiversity and Conservation	15
		Plant-environment Interactions	15
		Computational Genomics	15
		Evolutionary Developmental Biology	15
		Evolution in Action	15
		Biology of Dinosaurs and Other Extinct Vertebrates	15
		The CRISPR system for Antiviral Defence and Genome Engineering	15
		Evolution and Human Behaviour	15
		Animal Communication and Cognition	15
		Biology and Behaviour of Social Insects	15
	BL4284	Breeding Systems and Sexual Conflict	15
		Complex Systems in Animal Behaviour	15
		Advanced Topics in Evolution	15
		Major Review Paper in Evolutionary Biology	15
		Animal Cognition	15
		Biomolecular Sciences Public Engagement	15
		Polar Ecology: A field course in Antarctica	15
	ID4001	Communication and Teaching in Science	15
		Maladaptive Changes in the Nervous System	15
		Neuromodulation	15
		Neuroethology	15
		Synaptic Transmission	15
		Motoneurons: From Physiology to Pathology	15
	Note: - Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester - Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them For further details, see the entry for each individual module above
Further requirements Choose 120 credits in academic year

BSc (Hons) Philosophy (Joint Honours): Fourth year PHIPHIJJ4S_2021
	Code	Module name	Credits
	Hide list View list	Credits from Module List: PY3200, PY4000 - PY4689, CL4500 - CL4520, ID4801, ID4859, PY4698, - PY4699, PY4794, (PY4701 and ID4002)
		Reading Philosophy 2: Texts in Ethics, Metaethics, Religion, Aesthetics and Political Philosophy	30
	PY4601	Paradoxes	30
	PY4604	Political Philosophy	30
	PY4606	Contemporary Epistemology	30
	PY4607	Continental European Philosophy from Descartes to Leibniz	30
		Political Philosophy in the Age of Revolutions	30
		Philosophical Methodology	30
	PY4610	Philosophy of Perception	30
	PY4611	Classical Philosophy	30
	PY4612	Advanced Logic	30
	PY4614	Philosophy of Mind	30
	PY4615	Metaphysics	30
	PY4618	Animals, Minds and Language	30
	PY4619	Social Philosophy	30
	PY4622	Kant's Critical Philosophy	30
	PY4624	Philosophy of Art	30
	PY4625	Philosophy and Public Affairs: Global Justice	30
	PY4626	Life and Death	30
	PY4632	Contemporary Philosophy of Language	30
	PY4633	Philosophy of Mathematics	30
		Philosophy of Logic	30
	PY4635	Contemporary Moral Theory	30
	PY4638	Philosophy of Religion	30
		Philosophy of Creativity	30
	PY4640	Medieval Philosophy	30
	PY4642	Trust, Knowledge and Society	30
		Philosophy of Law	30
	PY4644	Rousseau on Human Nature, Society, and Freedom	30
	PY4645	Philosophy and Literature	30
		Reasons for Action and Belief	30
		Humans, Animals, and Nature	30
	PY4648	Conceptual Engineering and its Role in Philosophy	30
	PY4649	Core Works in Continental Philosophy	30
		Philosophy, Feminism and Gender	30
	PY4651	Effective Altruism	30
		The Philosophy of Human Rights	30
		Toleration in the Early Modern Period	30
	PY4654	Responsibility, Praise, and Blame	30
	PY4655	Advanced Metaethics	30
	PY4656	The Philosophy of Love and Sex	30
	PY4657	Philosophy of Economics	30
	PY4658	Timely Topics in Political Philosophy	30
	PY4659	Why Does The World Exist?	30
	PY4660	Work, Entitlement, and Welfare	30
		The Philosophy of the Climate Crisis	30
	PY4662	Critical Theory	30
		Artificial Intelligence and Philosophy	30
		Dissertation (Whole Year)	30
		Dissertation in Philosophy	30
		Joint Dissertation (30cr)	30
	CL4500	Pleasure, Goodness and Happiness: Hellenistic Ethics	30
	CL4504	Justice, politics and the good life: Plato's Republic and its critics in the ancient world	30
	ID4801	Human Rights, Poverty and Security	30
	PY4701	Philosophy and Pedagogy	15
	ID4002	Communication and Teaching in Arts and Humanities	15
	Note: - Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester - Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them For further details, see the entry for each individual module above
Further requirements Choose 120 credits in academic year Third and Fourth Year Philosophy (BSc Joint Honours) Programme Requirements: 30 credits: PY3100 60 - 90* credits - PY3200, PY4000 - PY4689, (PY4698 or PY4699 or PY4794 - in Fourth Year only), CL4500 - CL4520), ID4801, ID4859, (PY4701 with ID4002 - in Fourth Year only) *Across the two Honours years up to 30 PY Honours credits may be substituted for credits from another subject area and/or level (dip-across or dip-down), provided that permission is obtained from the relevant Head of School. A minimum of 90 PY credits must be achieved across the two Honours years. In total over both subjects, 210 credits must be achieved at 3000 and 4000 level, including at least 90 credits at 4000-level.

Other information

With the permission of the Director of Teaching up to 20 credits per programme may be taken in a module outwith the specified modules in all School of Biology Programmes. Where there are choices between modules in the programmes, some options may have pre-requisites therefore the 1000- and 2000-level modules taken may limit choices. The availability of 4000-level modules in the School of Biology will be dependent on sufficient student demand.

Study abroad

In the case of students who spend part of the Honours programme on a recognised Study Abroad scheme, the Programme Requirements will be amended to take into account overseas courses which are approved by the relevant 91果冻视频 School in the Learning Agreement (see ).

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