Biological Sciences
Bachelor's degree
In London
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Bachelor's degree
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Location
London
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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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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 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
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
- 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
Biological Sciences