Swansea University 2023 Undergraduate Prospectus

RD OVERALL SATISFACTION (National Student Survey 2021) IN THE UK 1 ST

BIOLOGY AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES SINGLETON PARK CAMPUS

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. This three-year biology degree gives you the flexibility to explore natural life wherever your interests lie.

Foundation Year available – see pages 58-63 for full details Global Opportunities available †  Work Placement or Internship Opportunities available International Students foundation programme available Welsh Scholarships/Bursaries available

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

TYPICAL MODULES INCLUDE: Year 1 • Animal Diversity and Behaviour • Botany and Ecology • Cellular and Microbial Biology, Ecology and Animal Behaviour • Core Skills for Biological Sciences • Evolution and Genetics • Life in the Oceans Year 2 • Animal Behaviour in Conservation and Welfare • Animal Diversity and Behaviour • Ecological Microbiology and the Cycles of Life • Ichthyology • Marine Invertebrates • Parasitology Year 3 • Biodiversity • Biological Control of Invertebrate Pests • Epidemiology of Zoonotic Diseases • Physics for Biologists • Plant Conservation and Ecology

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

Detailed entry requirements and course features available on the Course Reference Grid (page 160) †

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) Environmental Science and the Climate Emergency – see page 99 Marine Biology – see page 121 Zoology – see page 158 ▲ 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:

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