Biological Sciences with Management with a Year in Industry/Research
Bachelor's degree
In London
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Bachelor's degree
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London
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Different dates available
This course focuses on the understanding of the behaviour of living systems, from the level of cells up to whole organisms and ecosystems.You have the excellent opportunity to study all of our three-year BSc Biological Sciences degree, undertake training in business and marketing, and spend a year at a leading institution abroad, or in research.
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About this course
Our five-year BSc Biological Sciences with Management with a Year in Industry/Research course aims to understand the behaviour of living systems, from the level of cells up to whole organisms and ecosystems, as well as enable students to receive training from the Business School, and undertake an industrial placement, or conduct research abroad. The first year covers the basic core areas of biology as well as classes in key scientific skills such as: Information retrieval Literature...
Home and EU students 2016 entry: £9,000 per year Year in Industry/Research: Erasmus placement: £ 1,350 Non-Erasmus placement: £ 1,800 Research Abroad year: £1,350 Please note the tuition fee you pay may increase slightly each year in line with inflation and subject to UK government regulations. If you have applied for a Tuition...
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Subjects
- IT
- Biology
- IT Management
- Management
- Systems
- Ecology
- Project
- Industry
- Marketing
Course programme
Modules shown are for the current academic year, and are subject to change depending on your year of entry.
Year 1All students take the following four modules:
- Biological Chemistry and Microbiology
- Biology of Organisms
- Cell Biology and Genetics
- Ecology and Evolution
In your second year you will study a combination of core and optional modules.
Core modules- Applied Molecular Biology
- Genetics
- Tutored Dissertation
You will choose four optional modules, one from each group below.
Group 1- Bacterial Physiology
- Cell and Developmental Biology
- Resource Management
- Behavioural Ecology
- Virology
- Ecology
- Immunology
- Parasitology
- Imperial Horizons
- Business for Professional Engineers and Scientists
The third year is spent either completing an industrial work placement or conducting research abroad.
Year 4In the fourth year you choose one module from each group below, in addition to completing Science Communication and either a laboratory-based research project or a literature-based dissertation.
You can specialise by selecting modules and a research topic that fit your interests and future career ideas.
Core modules- Science Communication
- Laboratory-based research project/literature-based dissertation
- Plant Biotechnology and Development
- Damage and Repair in Biological Systems
- Macromolecules in Three Dimensions
- Medical Microbiology
- Stem Cells, Regeneration and Ageing
- Neuroscience Research
- African Biology Field Course
- Population and Community Ecology
- Advanced Topics in Immunity and Infection
- Symbiosis, Plant Immunity and Disease
- Biodiversity and Conservation Biology
- Advanced Topics in Parasitology and Vector Biology
- Evolutionary Biology
- Integrative Systems Biology
- Mechanisms of Gene Expression
- Metabolic and Network Engineering
- Cancer
- Epidemiology
- Synthetic Biology
- Biodiversity Genomics
- Molecular Basis of Bacterial Infection
- Biotechnology Applications of Proteins
- Global Change Biology
- Bioinformatics
- Medical Glycobiology
- Systems Neuroscience
In your fifth year you undertake modules with the Business School, to ensure that you can apply your knowledge of Biological Sciences to real-world situations.
Core modules- Accounting
- Accounting Primer
- Business Economics
- Business Strategy
- Entrepreneurship
- Finance and Financial Management
- Global Business Management
- Group Project
- Innovation Management
- Marketing
- Organisational Behaviour and Human Resource Management
- Plagiarism Awareness
- Pre-Programme Maths
- Study Skills
- Sustainable Business Development
Biological Sciences with Management with a Year in Industry/Research