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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2024/2025

Timetable information in the Course Catalogue may be subject to change.

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Year 1 Academic year: 2024/25, Starting in: September

Notes:
Guidance giving details of required and recommended courses will be available for students to facilitate planning. Students must take 120 credits in total for Year 1. This includes 80 credits of compulsory Biological Sciences courses that MUST be taken and passed.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Biological Chemistry Courses - Level 8

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

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

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

Year 2 Academic year: 2024/25, Starting in: August

Notes:
Guidance giving details of required and recommended courses will be available for students to facilitate planning. Students must take 120 credits in total for Year 2. This includes 60 credits of compulsory Biological Sciences courses that MUST be taken and passed.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 60 credits in this group.

Biological Sciences Year 2 courses (20) - Level 8

Select between 0 and 60 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Recommended optional courses for Ecology Honours are: Principles of Ecology; Field Ecology; Animal Biology 2; The Green Planet 2; Soil, Water and Atmospheric Processes.
AND

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

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

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

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

Year 3 Academic year: 2024/25, Starting in: August

Notes:
Guidance giving details of required and recommended courses will be available for students to facilitate planning. Students should ensure that they choose 60 credits for each semester. Occasionally a course will be suspended or cancelled.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 60 credits in this group.

Biological Sciences Year 3 Specific Courses

Select between 20 and 60 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Recommended courses for Ecology Honours are: Behavioural Ecology 3, Evolution and Ecology of Plants 3, Evolutionary and Ecological Genetics 3.
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 course make be taken, eg. where a School does not offer level 9 courses, as long as prerequisites have been satisfied.

Year 4 Academic year: 2024/25, Starting in: August

Notes:
Guidance giving details of required and recommended courses will be available for students to facilitate planning. Occasionally electives may be suspended or cancelled.
Note that Ecology Field Course (ECLG10007) Ecology trip takes place prior to Semester 1 starting.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Biological Sciences (Ecology) recommended list

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
These courses are recommended for the Ecology Honours programme. Students must take at least TWO courses based in Biological Sciences.
Refer to the Senior Honours Guide provided by the School, which gives details of course options, including restrictions and recommendations.
AND

Level 10 courses in the School of Biological Sciences

Select between 0 and 40 credits from Level 10 courses in the School of Biological Sciences
Notes:
Refer to the Senior Honours Guide provided by the School, which gives details of course options, including restrictions and recommendations.
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:
Refer to the Senior Honours Guide provided by the School, which gives details of course options, including restrictions and recommendations.

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