Bachelor's degree

In Aberystwyth

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Aberystwyth (Wales)

  • Duration

    3 Years

Facilities

Location

Start date

Aberystwyth (Ceredigion)
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Aberystwyth University, Penglais, SY23 3DA

Start date

On request

About this course

GCSE * (min grade C)
Mathematics and Chemistry or Dual Award Science ***

UCAS Tariff
280 points C in A level or B in AS level Biology or Human Biology

International Baccalaureate
26 with 5/7 in Biology at higher level

European Baccalaureate
65% with 75% in specified subject

* All schemes require grade C in GCSE English or Welsh or an acceptable equivalent.
*** Key Skills level 3 Application of Number acceptable in lieu of GCSE Maths.

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Course programme

Environmental Biology is the study of the way in which plants, animals and microbes interact with each other and their environment. This is an especially dynamic area of work given the influence of current and future climates on organisms and organism interactions.

The Institute is ideally situated for this Environmental Biology degree, with its ready access to a wide range of marine, freshwater and terrestrial habitats. It is within easy reach of many National Nature Reserves and Sites of Special Scientific Interest and of the Snowdonia, the Brecon Beacons and the Pembrokeshire National Parks. These all provide a wealth of interesting locations for you to become familiar with a diverse range of habitats and their associated plants and animals. The close co-operation with the nearby Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research, the National Botanic Garden of Wales, Countryside Council for Wales and the Centre for Alternative Technology, together with the recently built suite of tropical and temperate glasshouses, provide excellent facilities for teaching and research.

After your first year of study, the Environmental Biology degree scheme develops as an integrated course which treats selected aspects of this subject in more depth. Students have a chance to study a range of animal, plant, microbial and soil science topics in this broad-based, field-orientated degree programme. Aberystwyth is ideally located for field courses in marine biology and terrestrial ecology. More advanced plant and terrestrial ecology field courses are carried out in the spectacular Picos de Europa, Northern Spain and at the unique limestone pavements of the Burren in Ireland. There are also opportunities for some students to undertake vacation research placements in the Arctic.

Research and individual project work are key elements in the final year, with opportunities to take part in group work whilst studying aspects of climate change or ocean biology, within the context of Environmental Biology. The individual project in your final year in an area of your choice gives you further opportunity to develop field and laboratory skills.

Additional information

Career opportunities: Environmental Biology graduates are particularly well qualified for careers in conservation and environmental protection, as well as those careers previously mentioned in our introduction to the biological sciences.
Contact person: Dr John Gee & Dr John Scullion

BSc Environmental Biology

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