Bioscience with Entrepreneurship (Placement Year) : BSc Hons : C1N3

Lancaster University

Bachelor's degree

In Lancaster

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Lancaster

  • Duration

    4 Years

  • Start date

    Different dates available

ur BSc Bioscience with Entrepreneurship (Placement Year) has been specially designed for those with an interest in a range of Bioscience topics and who are looking to understand the opportunities and challenges of entrepreneurship and innovation. This four-year degree is ideal if you wish to gain work experience as part of your degree. No prior study of Business or Entrepreneurship is required for entry onto this degree.
Biosciences are fundamental to our understanding of many of the key issues facing human society today, from the development of new treatments for diseases to the need to produce sufficient food to feed the increasing global population. Bioscience is a fast-paced, innovative environment that increasingly requires graduates who are not only leading scientists, but those who also have an entrepreneurial mind-set.
The world is continually changing and every business, small or large, needs people with entrepreneurial skills and behaviours. Entrepreneurship is about being equipped to identify new opportunities, knowing how to act on them, and making a difference – it is not just about business start-up, but is applicable within a range of different contexts.
The degree offers a broad range of Bioscience and Entrepreneurship modules for you to choose from, so you can tailor your degree to suit your own interests and career aspirations, especially in your second and fourth years. You will take a Placement Preparation module and a ‘work-based learning’ module designed to provide guidance and support as you apply for nationally advertised placements and help you gain the most from your placement year (the third year of the course).
Although you will be supported by professional careers staff in preparing your industrial placement application, due to the competitive nature of these placements it is possible that not all students will be successful in securing these nationally-advertised opportunities.

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Lancaster (Lancashire)
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Lancaster University, LA1 4YW

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About this course

During your degree and placement you will gain practical skills such as laboratory competence and experimental design; numerical skills such as statistical analysis and data recording and presentation; and interpersonal skills such as team working, communication and negotiation. The transferable skills and analytical training you will gain during your degree will allow you to enter science or diverse fields such as management, marketing and finance. You will also study an employability skills module to help you manage your professional development and prepare for the job market.

After studying Bioscience with Entrepreneurship at Lancaster University, you can look forward to a promising career in areas such as industrial and medical research, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology or forensic science. Alternatively, the course is an ideal base from which to continue on to postgraduate study in Biosciences or Business and Entrepreneurship-related subjects.
The Entrepreneurship element of this degree will provide you with valuable understanding of innovation and global business, therefore making you particularly attractive to Bioscience business employers who often operate in innovative context. You may wish to start your own business or explore innovation opportunities using the entrepreneurial understanding gained during this degree.
Your placement year is an excellent opportunity to gain work experience, boost your employability and build connections with a desired company. Graduate employers are increasingly using placement schemes as a way to identify suitable candidates for subsequent graduate employment.

A Level AAB

Required Subjects 2 science subjects from Biology, Chemistry, Computing, Environmental Science, Geography, Geology, Human Biology, Mathematics, Physics or Psychology.

GCSE Mathematics grade B or 5, English Language grade C or 4

IELTS 6.5 overall with at least 6.0 in each component.

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Subjects

  • Entrepreneurship
  • Biology
  • Physiology
  • Global
  • Bioscience
  • Data analysis
  • Biomedical
  • Life Sciences
  • Tissue Structure
  • Ecology

Course programme

Many of Lancaster's degree programmes are flexible, offering students the opportunity to cover a wide selection of subject areas to complement their main specialism. You will be able to study a range of modules, some examples of which are listed below.

Year 1

Core

    • Entrepreneurship: Key Debates and Concepts
    • Experimental Design and Data Analysis
    • Placement Preparation
    • Skills in Biomedical and Life Sciences

Optional

    • Anatomy and Tissue Structure
    • Aquatic Ecology
    • Biodiversity and Conservation
    • Biomedical Science in Practice
    • Biomedicine and Society
    • Biotechnology
    • Cell Structure and Function
    • Developmental Biology
    • Evolutionary Biology
    • Genetics
    • Global Change Biology
    • Hormones and Development
    • Human Physiology
    • Impact of Microbes
    • Infection and Immunity
    • Introduction to Epidemiology
    • Molecules of Life
    • Protein Biochemistry
    • Zoology
Year 2

Core

    • Employability Skills

Optional

    • Biochemical Techniques
    • Biochemistry
    • Cell Biology
    • Cell Biology Techniques
    • DNA Technology
    • Environmental Physiology
    • Evolution
    • Experimental Design and Analysis
    • Genetics
    • Medical Microbiology
    • Microbiological Techniques
    • Populations to Ecosystems
    • Practical Physiology
    • Principles of Biodiversity Conservation
    • Vertebrate Biology
Year 3

Optional

    • Animal Behaviour
    • Biology of Ageing
    • Cancer
    • Cell Cycle and Stem Cells
    • Cell Signalling 1
    • Cell Signalling, Transport and Disease
    • Clinical Immunology
    • Conservation in Practice
    • Environmental Pathogens
    • Environmental Plant Biology
    • Ethics in Biomedicine
    • Family Business
    • Franchising
    • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
    • Genetics
    • Global Change Biology: Challenges and Solutions
    • Host-Parasite Interactions
    • Issues in Conservation Biology
    • Medical Genetics
    • Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology
    • Neurobiology
    • New Venture Planning
    • Proteins: Structure, Function & Evolution
    • Social Contexts of Entrepreneurship
    • Sustainable Agriculture
    • Tropical Diseases

Lancaster University offers a range of programmes, some of which follow a structured study programme, and others which offer the chance for you to devise a more flexible programme. We divide academic study into two sections - Part 1 (Year 1) and Part 2 (Year 2, 3 and sometimes 4). For most programmes Part 1 requires you to study 120 credits spread over at least three modules which, depending upon your programme, will be drawn from one, two or three different academic subjects. A higher degree of specialisation then develops in subsequent years.

Information contained on the website with respect to modules is correct at the time of publication, but changes may be necessary, for example as a result of student feedback, Professional Statutory and Regulatory Bodies' (PSRB) requirements, staff changes, and new research.

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