Swansea University 2021 UNDERGRADUATE prospectus English

BIOLOGY AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES SINGLETON PARK CAMPUS

BIOSCIENCES 6 TEACHING QUALITY (Times & Sunday Times University Guide 2020) TH

IN THE UK

A deep academic understanding of life on Earth is now more important than ever. Studying living organisms in all their epic variety helps us to identify critical threats and major opportunities, from the smallest scale to the biggest. You will have flexibility to explore natural life wherever your interests lie.

Foundation Year available Global Opportunities available International Students

Local, residential and international field courses allow you to work in varied habitats. You can explore the spectacular marine coastal ecosystems, freshwater/wetland environments and terrestrial habitats of the Gower Peninsula on our doorstep. You will benefit from excellent teaching facilities for ecological, physiological and molecular studies. These include the Centre for Sustainable Aquatic

AREAS STUDIED TYPICALLY INCLUDE: Year 1 • Animal diversity • Cellular and microbial biology ecology and animal behaviour • Form and function • Molecular and evolutionary biology • Plants and algae – diversity, form and function Year 2 • Animal physiology • Cell and immunobiology • Coastal marine ecology • Ecological microbiology and the cycles of life • Ichthyology Year 3 • Biodiversity • Biological control of invertebrate pests • Epidemiology of infectious diseases • Physics for biologists • Plant conservation and ecology

foundation programme available Welsh Scholarships/Bursaries available Full details available on the Course Reference Grid (page 134)

TYPICAL OFFER: ABB-BBB (to include Biology or Human Biology)

Detailed entry requirements and course features available on the Course Reference Grid (page 134)

Research, a zoology museum, a custom-designed 18-metre

catamaran-class survey vessel, and a unique visualisation suite that displays multi-dimensional information from animal tracking data. In your final year you will complete a research project which may be field-based, laboratory-based or purely analytical.

BSc Single Honours ▲ Biology ♦ Biology

(with Year in Industry/Abroad) ♦ Biology (with Foundation Year) ▲ Biological Sciences (deferred choice of specialisation) ♦ Biological Sciences (with Year Abroad and deferred choice of specialisation)

Marine Biology – see page 94 Zoology – see page 132

▲ 3 YEAR ♦ 4 YEAR For individual UCAS course codes please visit the course web page

FUTURE CAREERS: • Biotechnologist • Conservationist • Environmental Management • Postgraduate Research • Teaching

ACCREDITATIONS INCLUDE:

For more detailed course content, including a full module list, visit: swansea.ac.uk/undergraduate/courses

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