Foundation Year
Modules
- Foundations of Biological Sciences
- Introduction to Medical Sciences
- Exploring Psychology
- Biological Sciences: Molecules to Systems
- You will also develop the core study skills necessary for successful university level study, including problem solving, team working, research techniques, report writing skills, presentation skills, information handling and IT skills.
Year 1
Modules
- The Molecules of Life: An Introduction to Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (double module)
- The Cell: An Introduction to Cell Biology and Microbiology (double module)
- From Individuals to Populations: An Introduction to Genetics
- Multicellular Organisation: An Introduction to Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience (double module)
- Biodiversity and Behaviour: An Introduction to Zoology
Year 2
Core module
Option modules
Choose three option modules from:
- Genomes
- Physiology and Pharmacology
- Physiology of Excitable Cells
- Principles of Microbiology
- Molecular Cell Biology
- Global Change Biology and Conservation
- Medical Microbiology
Then choose four option modules from:
- Contemporary Techniques in Biological Data Analysis
- Exercise Physiology and Pharmacology
- Genes, Development and Inheritance
- Immunology and Eukaryotic Microbiology
- Immunology and Eukaryotic Microbiology (with science enterprise trip)
- Bioinformatics
- Behavioural Neurobiology
- Neurobiology and Animal Behaviour
- A Field Guide to Evolution
- Biochemistry of Nucleic Acids
- Protein Control in Cellular Regulation
Year 3
Option modules
Choose two option modules from:
- Evolutionary Genetics
- Gene Expression: Molecular Basis and Medical Relevance
- Molecular and Cellular Immunology
- Human Genetics
- Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology
- Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience
- Comparative Neurobiology
- Microbial Biotechnology
- Structural Biology
- Subtropical Physiology and Ecology
Then choose one pair of option modules from:
- Experimental Research Project A plus Experimental Research Project B (double module)
- Education Research Project A plus Education Research Project B (double module)
- Field Research Project A (Operation Wallacea) plus Experimental Research Project B (double module)
- Analytical Research Project (double module) plus one additional option module from the list below
- Steered Research Project (double module) plus one additional option module from the list below
Finally, choose three option modules from:
- Cancer Cell and Molecular Biology
- Microbial Pathogenesis and Genomics
- Human and Environmental Microbiomics
- Neuroscience Futures
- Genes and Development
- Physiology, Pharmacology and Behaviour
- Cellular Physiology of the Cardiovascular System
- Current and Future Therapeutics
- Conservation and Ecological Genetics
- Behavioural Ecology