📖Program Curriculum
You will study the following set compulsory modules and select from a choice of optional modules over the course of your degree. In your final year you will take a ten-week 30-credit biosciences research project module which can be field-based in the UK or overseas, laboratory-based or purely analytical.
BSc 3 Year Full-time
Year 1 (Level 4)
FHEQ 4 Undergraduate / HECert
Compulsory Modules
Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code
Cellular & Microbial Biology September-January 20 BIO104
Core Skills for Biological Sciences September-January 20 BIO109
Botany and Ecology September-January 20 BIO111
Evolution and Genetics January-June 20 BIO108
Life in the Oceans January-June 20 BIO112
Animal Diversity and Behaviour January-June 20 BIO114
Year 2 (Level 5)
FHEQ 5 Undergraduate / HEDip
Students choose 120 credits from the following:
Compulsory Modules
Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code
Marine Invertebrates September-January 15 BIO237
Boat Based Marine Biology September-January 15 BIO245
Ecological Data Analysis September-January 15 BIO252
Marine Biology Field Course September-January 15 BIO260
Ichthyology January-June 15 BIO224
Year 2 Biological Sciences Literature Review January-June 15 BIO231
Oceanography January-June 15 BIO262
Optional Modules
Marine Biology Optional
Choose Exactly 15 credits from the following Modules:
NOTE : 75 credits possible in TB1
Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
Molecular Ecology September-January 15 BIO235
Ecological Microbiology and the Cycles of Life January-June 15 BIO239
Animal Physiology January-June 15 BIO258
Population and Community Ecology January-June 15 BIO261
