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Bachelor of Science (Honours) Biology and Sustainable Development


BSc (Hons) Biology (Joint Honours): First year
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) Sustainable Development (Joint Honours): First Year
Code Module name Credits
What is Sustainable Development? 20 AND
Sustainable Development Goals: Challenges & Opportunities 20 AND
Remaining credits from Level 1000 options
Please balance your choices across the academic year.

BSc (Hons) Biology (Joint Honours): Second year
Code Module name Credits
^ 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
The Oceans 15
Animal Behaviour 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 7 or better in modules marked ^
BSc (Hons) Sustainable Development (Joint Honours): Second Year
Code Module name Credits
~ Sustainable Development: Frameworks for Implementation 30 AND
~ Sustainable Development: Tools for Action 30 AND
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

Please balance your choices across the academic year.

Automatic entry to Honours requires

  • pass and have an average grade 7 or better in 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 (Joint Honours): Third year
Code Module name Credits
Statistical and Quantitative Skills for Biologists 10 AND
( Field Course 10 OR
Basic Biochemistry Laboratory 10 ) AND
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
Methods in Aquatic Biology 20
Ecosystems and Conservation 20
Infection and Disease 20
Genes, Cells and Development 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
Advanced Principles of 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) Sustainable Development (Joint Honours): Third Year
Code Module name Credits
Contesting sustainability 30 AND
View list At least 30 credits from Module List: SD3100, SD3111, SD4110 - SD4226
Methodologies for Sustainable Development 30
Home and Energy Geographies 30
SD4110 Transitioning to sustainability: community, nature and governance 30
Governance for Sustainability 30
SD4114 Society, Sustainable Consumption and Implementing Change 30
The Nature of Political Ecology 30
Building sustainable, inclusive and just cities 30
SD4117 The Blue Economy and Maritime Security Intersections and Interdependence 30
Extractive Environments 30
Nature4Climate: Hybridized green blue infrastructures in the Global South 30
Valuing Environments 30
Green Politics: theory and practice 30
SD4226 Global Health Disparities 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
Please balance your choices across the academic year.

BSc (Hons) Biology (Joint Honours): Fourth year
Code Module name Credits
View list At least 45 credits from Module List: BL4210 - BL4301, BL5124, ID4001, PN4230 - PN4235, PS4107 AND
Practical Skills for Molecular Biology and Biochemistry 15
Antimicrobials - Mode of Action and Resistance 15
How Enzymes Work 15
Molecular Virology 15
The Science of Race and Racism 15
Bacterial Virulence Factors 15
Structure-based Drug Discovery 15
Molecular Mechanisms of Degenerative Diseases 15
Forensic Biology 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
Scientific Diving 15
Tropical Marine Biology 15
Fisheries Research 15
BL4255 Marine and Environmental Biotechnology 15
BL4256 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
Natural History, Museums and the Public 15
Rewilding and Restoration Ecology 15
Computational Genomics 15
Evolutionary Developmental Biology 15
Biology of Dinosaurs and Other Extinct Vertebrates 15
The CRISPR system for Antiviral Defence and Genome Engineering 15
Animal Communication and Cognition 15
BL4282 Biology and Behaviour of Social Insects 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
BL4295 Applications of Mass Spectrometry 15
BL4296 Biology and Ecology of Antarctic Krill 15
Polar Ecology: Antarctica 15
Communication and Teaching in Science 15
PN4230 Maladaptive Changes in the Nervous System 15
Neuromodulation 15
Neuroethology 15
Synaptic Transmission in Health and Disease 15
PN4235 Motoneurons: From Physiology to Pathology 15
Evolution of Human Behaviour and Culture 15
Predator Ecology in Polar Ecosystems - Antarctica 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) Sustainable Development (Joint Honours): Fourth Year
Code Module name Credits
View list 60 credits from Module List: SD3111, SD4110-SD4299
Home and Energy Geographies 30
SD4110 Transitioning to sustainability: community, nature and governance 30
Governance for Sustainability 30
SD4114 Society, Sustainable Consumption and Implementing Change 30
The Nature of Political Ecology 30
Building sustainable, inclusive and just cities 30
SD4117 The Blue Economy and Maritime Security Intersections and Interdependence 30
Extractive Environments 30
Nature4Climate: Hybridized green blue infrastructures in the Global South 30
Valuing Environments 30
Green Politics: theory and practice 30
SD4226 Global Health Disparities 30
Dissertation in Sustainable Development 30
SD4299 Dissertation in Sustainable Development 60
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
Please balance your choices across the academic year.

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 91¹û¶³ÊÓÆµ School in the Learning Agreement (see ).