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

Even though we cannot see them we are always surrounded, even inhabited, by microorganisms such as bacteria, fungi and viruses, the study of which is encompassed in microbiology. Their role in infectious diseases of humans, other animals and plants, (e.g. E. coli food poisoning, Legionnaires disease, tuberculosis) and in the production of antibiotics is well known. They contribute to the maintenance of soil fertility (e.g. bacteria in nitrogen cycling) and have applications in bioremediation. Spoilage of food and other materials by their activities, together with their use in the brewing, food and biotechnology industries all contribute to making them some of the most versatile organisms known. Not only do they affect the welfare of mankind directly by their beneficial and harmful activities, but often they have also proved to be the best experimental subjects with which to study basic biological phenomena common to all organisms.

Microbiology overlaps with many other areas of biology, such as genetics, zoology, marine and freshwater biology and molecular biology. As a result, microbiologists can be found working in many different places, not just the obvious ones like hospital laboratories. The aim of the Microbiology degree at Aberystwyth is to provide our graduates with an understanding of the key concepts and principles of modern microbiology and their applications in medicine and industry (including the food and pharmaceutical industries), diagnostic laboratories and in the field (including environmental monitoring). To achieve this, we offer a degree scheme that deals with the molecular, genetic and physiological aspects of microbes in combination with ecological and environmental aspects of their activities.

After completing the first year of this degree, during which you will have developed a firm grounding in biological sciences, you will take a mixture of core and optional modules covering areas such as bacteriology, microbes and disease, applied microbiology, microbial physiology, microbial genetics and virology. Through the optional modules and your final year research project you are able to develop your own interests in microbiology. The project also provides you with an opportunity to develop further your practical and planning skills in a microbiological research area of your choice.

Additional information

Contact person: Dr John Gee & Dr John Scullion

BSc Microbiology

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