Biological Sciences

Bachelor's degree

In London

Price on request

Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    London

  • Start date

    Different dates available

Our three-year BSc Biological Sciences course focuses on the understanding of the behaviour of living systems, from the level of cells up to whole organisms and ecosystems.You can receive a broad programme of training by selecting modules from a wide range of areas, from cell biology through to whole-organism biology and ecology.

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Location

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London
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South Kensington Campus, SW7 2AZ

Start date

Different dates availableEnrolment now open

About this course

The BSc Biological Sciences course aims to understand the behaviour of living systems, from the level of cells up to whole organisms and ecosystems. The first year covers the basic core areas of biology, as well as key scientific skills such as: Information retrieval Literature referencing Statistics In the second and third years, we offer a range of modules for those who wish to study for the flexible, broadly-based suite of degrees in biology, as...

Home and EU students 2016 entry: £9,000 per year 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 Fee Loan (see below), your loan entitlement will automatically increase to reflect any changes; you will need to reapply for a loan each year at the new fee rate. Islands and overseas students 2016 entry: £26,500...

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Subjects

  • IT
  • Biology
  • Ecology
  • Systems
  • Cell Biology

Course programme

Modules shown are for the current academic year, and are subject to change depending on your year of entry.

Year 1

All students take the following four modules:

  • Biological Chemistry and Microbiology
  • Biology of Organisms
  • Cell Biology and Genetics
  • Ecology and Evolution
Year 2

In your second year you will study a combination of core and optional modules.

Core modules
  • Applied Molecular Biology
  • Genetics
  • Tutored Dissertation
Optional modules

You will choose four optional modules, one from each group below.

Group 1
  • Bacterial Physiology
  • Cell and Developmental Biology
  • Resource Management
Group 2
  • Behavioural Ecology
  • Virology
Group 3
  • Ecology
  • Immunology
  • Parasitology
Business and Humanities
  • Imperial Horizons
  • Business for Professional Engineers and Scientists
Year 3

In the third 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
Group 1
  • 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
Group 2
  • 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
Group 3
  • Epidemiology
  • Synthetic Biology
  • Biodiversity Genomics
  • Molecular Basis of Bacterial Infection
  • Biotechnology Applications of Proteins
  • Global Change Biology
  • Bioinformatics
  • Medical Glycobiology
  • Systems Neuroscience

Biological Sciences

Price on request