Biology (Foundation Entry)
UCAS Code: C10C
Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)
Entry requirements
72 UCAS points including Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science or Applied Science. Pass in Science Practical if applicable.
72 UCAS points including 15 level 3 credits in Biology or Chemistry
GCSE/National 4/National 5
5 GCSEs at Grade C/4 or above including Maths and English or equivalent. Equivalent qualifications are Functional Skills Level 2 in Maths and English or Level 3 Key Skills in Maths and Communication.
Pass IB Diploma including 72 UCAS points from Higher Level subjects, including HL Biology or Chemistry
72 UCAS points including Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science or Applied Science
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
Applied Science required
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
Applied Science required
72 UCAS points including Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science or Applied Science
72 UCAS points including Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science or Applied Science
UCAS Tariff
Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science or Applied Science Required.
About this course
During your Foundation Entry Year you will study alongside peers from related courses, whilst you gain a broad introduction to the range of applied sciences. You’ll receive a sound foundation in basic science, increasing your knowledge and skills to a sufficiently high level to progress onto a guaranteed place on a range of science honours degree courses. During your studies you'll experience outstanding facilities. These include state-of-the-art analytical equipment in our criminalistics laboratory, our custom-designed teaching laboratories, our crime scene houses, vehicle bay, and our human skeletal teaching collections.
As a biology graduate you can follow a wide range of careers related to the biosciences such as working as a research scientist or technician in biology-related employment sectors including the health and pharmaceutical industries, or on conservation and endangered species management, as well as in science writing, education, outreach and communication. In addition, biology graduates are in demand in many other employment sectors in the UK and overseas including graduate entry level into the civil service, business, accounting, sales and marketing. Many biology undergraduates will develop an interest in a specialist area of their discipline and will continue to study at postgraduate level for a Master of Science (MSc) or Research (MRes) or a doctoral degree (PhD or DPhil), whilst others choose to take a postgraduate teaching qualification or graduate entry level into medicine.
Modules
Year 1: Skills for Science, Biology, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Mathematics, Physics
Year 2: Introduction to Cell Biology, Introduction to Environmental Biology, Introduction to Biological Research, Science and Society
Year 3: Evolutionary Genetics, Research Theory and Practice, Plus at least three from the following: Applied Molecular Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation, Biology of Health and Disease, Applied Microbiology, Plus (if required) one from the following: Elective.
Year 4: Fieldwork, Plus either Research Project or Group Research Project, Plus at least two from the following: Bioinformatics and Biotechnology, Ecotoxicology, Advanced Approaches to Understanding Behaviour , Plus (if required) one from the following: Applied Ecology, Forensic Genetics, Work Based Learning Module, Elective
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What do graduate employment figures really tell you?The recession was tough on biology graduates, and although the jobs market has improved for them - a lot - it's still not back to where it was a few years ago. If you want a career in biology research — and a lot of biology students do - you'll need to take a doctorate, so give some thought as to where you might do it and how you might fund it (the government still funds doctorates for good students). A lot of graduates also take 1 year Masters courses to specialise in this wide and deep subject - most students take a standard biology course for their first degree and then specialise in subjects like ecology, conservation or marine biology later. Hospitals, universities, biotech firms, zoos and nature reserves and clinical and scientific testing are common industries of employment for biology graduates.
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