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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2020/2021

Information in the Degree Programme Tables may still be subject to change in response to Covid-19

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Year 1 Academic year: 2020/21, Starting in: September

Notes:
Before finalising your courses, please ensure you have met your Personal Tutor. A guide giving details, as well as restrictions and recommendations on choices and courses, will be available for students entering the degree programme.
Due to the current health crisis and exclusion from our laboratory facilities, some of the preparation for the delivery of new courses has been halted. Existing year 1 courses will be adapted to include as many of the elements of our new curriculum as possible given the circumstances.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Biological Sciences Year 1 recommended courses

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
AND

Biological Chemistry Courses - Level 8

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Exceptionally, with the permission of the Personal Tutor, the courses; Biological Chemistry 1A and Biological Chemistry 1B may be replaced with any other courses at level 7 or 8 chosen in schedules A to Q, T and W.
AND

Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W

Select between 0 and 40 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W

Year 2 Academic year: 2020/21, Starting in: August

Notes:
A guide giving details, as well as restrictions and recommendations on choices of courses, will be available for students to facilitate advance planning.
In addition to the core courses, students must take an additional 20 credits from Biological Sciences specified courses.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Biological Sciences recommended courses - Level 8

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Evolution in Action 2 is recommended for Population Genetics.
AND

Biological Sciences (Genetics) alternative courses - level 8

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
AND

Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W

Select between 0 and 20 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W
AND

Group B

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Biological Sciences with Management - Level 8

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses

Year 3 Academic year: 2020/21, Starting in: August

Notes:
A guide giving details, as well as restrictions and recommendations on choices of courses, will be available for students to facilitate advance planning. Students should ensure that they choose 60 credits from each semester.
Occasionally a course will be suspended or cancelled. For 2020/21, an optional course, Parasite Biology 3, has been suspended.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Biological Sciences (Genetics) Recommended Courses - Level 9

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
AND

Biological Sciences Year 3 Specific Courses

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
AND

Level 9 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W

Select between 0 and 20 credits from Level 9 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W
Notes:
Exceptionally, a level 10 business or other College of Arts, Humanities and Social Science course may be taken.
AND

Group B

Select exactly 20 credits in this group.

Level 10 courses in Schedules H and W

Select exactly 20 credits from Level 10 courses in Schedules H and W
Notes:
Details of these courses can be found in a study guide available from the Schools of Business and Economics.

Year 4 Academic year: 2020/21, Starting in: August

Notes:
Please refer to the Senior Honours Guide which will give details, as well as restrictions and recommendations on choices of courses available.
Occasionally electives might not run in a particular year.
Please note that the elective GENE10004 Genetics of Host-Parasite Interactions will not run in 2020/21.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

Level 10 courses in Schedules H and W

Select exactly 20 credits from Level 10 courses in Schedules H and W

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