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         INSTITUTION   DURATION    UCAS CODE      CAMPUS
                                  (WITH PLACEMENT
                                      YEAR)
        MSci BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES



         The MSci in Biological Sciences is an                 The fourth year involves an extensive and in-depth research
         undergraduate integrated master’s degree,             project, together with training in advanced research methods.
         the aim of which is to prepare you for a PhD or       This will build on your knowledge gained from your first three
                                                               years and develop your scientific and transferable skills further,
         a career in an academic or industrial research        making you ‘work ready’ and able to realise your full potential
         environment, where you will endeavour to make         as soon as you embark on your chosen career path after
         advances in human and veterinary medicine or          graduating from the course.
         fundamental biological research.
                                                               The course will give you a clear and detailed understanding
                                                               of the physiology, cellular and molecular biology underpinning
         COURSE OVERVIEW                                       health and disease as well as an insight into disease
         This programme allows you to discover and explore all aspects   mechanisms and an appreciation of comparative and integrated
         of biological sciences. Modules are structured across the first   approaches to aid diagnosis and treatment. The course is
         three years of the course to build a broad base of knowledge,   particularly suitable for those considering a career in research,
         whilst also allowing the opportunity to specialise through   providing graduates with the skills and experience required for a
         optional module selections and research projects in your   successful career in the biosciences.
         second and third year.








                                                                                   4
        3            COMPULSORY MODULES             (co-requisite 30-credit       YEAR            Research Project
        YEAR
                                                                                                   • Research skills
                        • Research project (30 credits)
                                                                                                   • Extended
                                                                                                  (105 credits)
                     OPTIONAL MODULES
                                                     • Critical Review (30 credits)
                        • Advanced concepts
                                                    research project)
                       in bio-business
                        • Advanced concepts
                                                     • Development and disease
                       in reproduction               • Omics approach to biology
                        • Applied molecular microbiology    • Endocrine and
                        • Advanced skeletal pathobiology    metabolic syndromes
                        • Animal behaviour and cognition    • Epidemiology: the bigger picture
                        • Applied animal welfare     • Infection and immunity (30 credits)
                        • Comparative animal         • Parasitology of human and
                       locomotion (30 credits)      veterinary tropical diseases
                        • Comparative models of disease    • Practical investigative biology
                        • Comparative anatomy        • Science of animal welfare




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