Typical A-level offer: AAA-ABB (including specific subjects)
Typical contextual A-level offer: AAB-ABC (including specific subjects).
Typical International Baccalaureate offer: 36-33 points overall with 6,6,6 to 6,5,5 at Higher Level including two sciences, normally Biology and Chemistry. For degrees with French, German, Spanish or Italian, 5 or 6 points in the language must be achieved at Higher Level. For degrees with Mandarin or Japanese, 5 points is required in a foreign language at Standard Level.
All applicants to the University (from the UK and Overseas) are required to show evidence of English Language proficiency.
The minimum English Language requirement for this course is either:
GCSE/iGCSE English Language grade C (or 4 in the newly reformed GCSEs in England)
IELTS 6.5 (with no less than 6.5 in any component)
An acceptable equivalent qualification
Improve your employability by learning a language while you study zoology, including a year-long research placement overseas.
Choose from French, German, Italian, Spanish, Japanese and Mandarin for the language component of this course.
Apply for membership of the Royal Society of Biology at Member (MRSB) level after just two years of practice instead of three thanks to our Advanced Accreditation status.
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Course units for year 1
Academic Tutorials Year 1
Molecular Biology
From Molecules to Cells
Introduction to Laboratory Science
Biodiversity
Genes, Evolution and Development
Writing and Referencing Skills (online unit)
Biochemistry
A History of Biology in 20 Objects
Microbes, Man and the Environment
Field Course in Marine Biology I
Field Course in Mediterranean Biodiversity and Conservation
Field Course in Animal Behaviour and Diversity
Non-Residential Field Course in Ecology & Behaviour
Body Systems
Drugs: From Molecules to Man
Excitable Cells: the Foundations of Neuroscience
Fundamentals of Chemistry
Introduction to Ecology
Science & the Modern World
Science and the Modern World (20 Credits)
Course units for year 2
Academic Tutorials Year 2
Organismal Biology EDM
Dissertation
Principles of Developmental Biology
Animal Diversity
Fundamentals of Evolutionary Biology
Animal Physiology
Animal Behaviour
Ecology and Conservation
Course units for year 3
Academic Tutorials Year 3
Projects
Project Literature Review
Post-Genome Biology (L)
Evolution of Genes, Genomes & Systems (E)
Comparative Developmental Biol (L)
Chemical Communication in Animals (L)
Advanced Behavioural and Evolutionary Ecology (E)
Conservation Biology (E)
Biotic Interactions (L)
Living with Climate Change (L)
Advanced Developmental Biology (E)
Clocks, Sleep & the Rhythms of Life (E)
Learning, Memory & Cognition (E)
Hormones & Behaviour
Course content for year 4
Final year topics reflect the current hotspots of bioscience endeavour and the research interests of our staff, and are constantly being updated.
You will undertake an independent in-depth research project that may involve supervised practical work in a laboratory, or you may choose to work on e-learning, educational, data analysis, bioinformatics or enterprise topics.
Graduates from modern language courses are extremely desirable to employers who require significant relevant work experience. In the growing field of international bioscience research collaborations, graduates with a good command of a foreign language are at a distinct advantage.
Many of our graduates secure jobs as researchers working in universities, pharmaceutical and bioscience companies, and institutes.
The transferable skills you will develop will also leave you well equipped for a wide range of careers outside the lab.
Many zoology students go on to work in conservation projects around the world. A number of graduates are now involved in such programmes in the UK and South Africa.
Other popular career choices include working in zoos and museums.
Find out more about how we help our students prepare for the workplace and the careers our graduates go into within and outside the lab.
IHS per year: GBP 500
