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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2020/2021

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Degree Programme Table: Biological Sciences (Zoology) (BSc Hons) (UTBSZOO)

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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
Origin and Diversity of Life 1

Must be passed

BILG08001 20 credits
Molecules, Genes and Cells 1

Must be passed

BILG08015 20 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 80 credits in this group.

Biological Sciences Year 1 recommended courses

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
Biology, Ecology and Environment 1
BILG08017 20 credits
Quantitative Skills for Biologists 1
BILG08019 20 credits
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 levels 7 and 8 chosen in schedules A to Q, T and W
Biological Chemistry 1A
CHEM08022 20 credits
Biological Chemistry 1B
CHEM08023 20 credits
AND

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

Select between 0 and 80 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.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Animal Biology 2

Must be passed

BILG08011 20 credits
Evolution in Action 2

Must be passed

BILG08005 20 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 80 credits in this group.

Biological Sciences (Zoology) alternative courses - Level 8

Select between 20 and 80 credits of the following courses
Genes and Gene Action 2
BILG08003 20 credits
The Dynamic Cell 2
BILG08009 20 credits
The Green Planet 2
BILG08016 20 credits
The Microbial World 2
BILG08018 20 credits
Cells to Organisms 2
BIME08011 20 credits
Microorganisms, Infection and Immunity 2
BIME08012 20 credits
Biological Chemistry 2
CHEM08030 20 credits
Principles of Ecology
ECSC08006 20 credits
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
AND

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

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

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
Field Zoology 3

Must be passed

BILG09017 20 credits
Behavioural Ecology 3

Must be passed

BILG09006 20 credits
Animal Diversity and Evolution 3

Must be passed

BILG09019 20 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 60 credits in this group.

Biological Sciences Year 3 Specific Courses

Select between 0 and 60 credits of the following courses
Molecular Cell Biology 3
BILG09001 20 credits
Molecular Genetics 3
BILG09002 20 credits
Evolutionary and Ecological Genetics 3
BILG09004 20 credits
Genomes and Genomics 3
BILG09005 20 credits
Behavioural Ecology 3
BILG09006 20 credits
Immunology 3
BILG09007 20 credits
Population and Community Ecology 3
BILG09009 20 credits
Developmental Biology 3
BILG09010 20 credits
Evolution and Ecology of Plants 3
BILG09011 20 credits
Molecular Microbiology 3
BILG09013 20 credits
Biotechnology 3
BILG09014 20 credits
Structures and Functions of Proteins 3
BILG09015 20 credits
Field Zoology 3
BILG09017 20 credits
Animal Diversity and Evolution 3
BILG09019 20 credits
Molecular and Synthetic Plant Biology 3
BILG09021 20 credits
Medical Microbiology 3
BIME09002 20 credits
Reproductive Biology 3
BIME09006 20 credits
Clinical Immunology & Haematology 3B
MSBM09004 20 credits
AND

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

Select between 0 and 40 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.

Year 4 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.
Occasionally electives might not run in a particular year.
Please note that the electives ZLGY10015 Parasitic Diseases of Public Health Importance and ZLGY10029 Evolution and Ecology of Ageing will not run in 2020/21.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Zoology Synoptic Examination

Must be taken during Semester 2

ZLGY10012 10 credits
Zoology Research Project

Must be taken during Full Year

ZLGY10028 60 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 50 credits in this group.

Level 10 courses in the School of Biological Sciences

Select between 0 and 50 credits from Level 10 courses in the School of Biological Sciences
AND

Level 10 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W

Select between 0 and 20 credits from Level 10 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W
Notes:
Please refer to the Senior Honours Guide which will give details, as well as restrictions and recommendations on choices of courses available.
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