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Degree Programme Table: Ecological Science (Ecology) (BSc Hons) (UTECOSE)

Year 1, Academic year 2011/12, Starting month: September

  • Notes: Before selecting your outside courses, please ensure you have met your
    Director of Studies.


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 2 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    BILG08001 Origin and Diversity of Life 1 Semester 1 20
    BILG08007 Environmental and Community Biology 1 Semester 2 20




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 1 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select exactly 80 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W, as available

    Notes:A booklet giving details of appropriate course combinations will be given to students to facilitate advance planning. Earth Modelling and Prediction is recommended for students with D grade at A-level Maths, or C grade at Higher Maths.
     


    Year 2, Academic year 2011/12, Starting month: August


    COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 2 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    ECSC08006 Principles of Ecology Semester 1 20
    ECSC08004 Field Biology Semester 1 20




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 3 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select exactly 20 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    ECSC08003    Soil, Water and Atmospheric Processes   20  
    BILG08011    Animal Biology 2   20  
    BILG08005    Evolution in Action 2   20  
    BILG08016    The Green Planet 2   20  

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 20 credits from Level 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W, as available

    Notes:A booklet giving details of appropriate course combinations will be given to students to facilitate advance planning.
     
    AND   

    Select exactly 40 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W, as available

    Notes:A booklet giving details of appropriate course combinations will be given to students to facilitate advance planning.
     


    Year 3, Academic year 2011/12, Starting month: August


    COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 4 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    BILG09009 Population and Community Ecology 3 Semester 1 20
    ECSC09001 Applied Ecology and Environmental Management Semester 2 20
    ECSC09004 Ecological Measurement Semester 2 20
    BILG09018 Scientific Enquiry in Biology and the Environmental Sciences Semester 1 20




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 1 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select exactly 40 credits from Level 9 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W, as available

    Notes:A booklet giving details of appropriate course combinations will be given to students to facilitate advance planning.
     


    Year 4, Academic year 2011/12, Starting month: August


    COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 4 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    ECSC10017 Professional Skills in Ecological Science Semester 1 10
    ECSC10010 Ecological Science Synoptic Paper As available 10
    ECSC10001 Dissertation in Ecology As available 40
    ECSC10029 Ecological Science Field Course As available 20




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 2 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select exactly 20 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    ZLGY10007    Molecular Ecology   10  
    ZLGY10017    Biodiversity   10  
    ECSC10027    Current Issues in Ecology   10  

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 20 credits from Level 10 and 11 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W, as available

    Notes:A booklet giving details of appropriate course combinations will be given to students to facilitate advance planning.
     


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