Department of Life Sciences Course Catalogue 2025/26
USSL-AKB02: BSc (hons) Biology with Professional Placement
Route: BSc(Hons) Biology with Professional Placement
Leading to the award of BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN BIOLOGY
Mode of Attendance: Full-time with Thick Sandwich Placement
Normal course duration: 4 Years
[Page last updated: 16 May 2025]
Applicable assessment regulations: | Undergraduate assessment regulations - /publications/undergraduate-assessment-regulations/ |
Approved exemptions: | None |
Coexistent Masters course?: | No |
DACS and exit awards: | BSc (hons) Biology
Diploma of Higher Education [exit award]
Certificate of Higher Education [exit award]
Transfer to DAP possible from study years as follows: Year 1: No; Year 2: No; Year 3: Yes; Year 4: No |
Weighting towards final award by stage: | Stage 1: 0%
Stage 2: 32%
Stage 3: 0%
Final Stage: 68% |
Please consult your course handbook or contact your Director of Studies for further information on assessment regulations
| This course is being replaced. Years 1 to 3 of this version are not available in 2025/6. |
Notes: - 好色tv and units may be changed in accordance with normal University procedures.
- This course catalogue is applicable for all years of study for the 2025/26 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2026/27 and beyond should not assume that this programme, or its component units, will be delivered in future years in the format displayed here.
- Assessment regulations are subject to review and update. Links given here will provide access to the latest versions of documentation. The regulations described in this documentation may not necessarily be those which applied in previous academic years. For detailed information on how assessment regulations were applied to this course in previous academic years, please contact the relevant Director of Studies.
- Availability of units is subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.
- Find out more about these and other important University terms and conditions here.
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You must take the following in this course year
Either SL32139 BSc Capstone project (S1) and SL32073 Grand challenge (S2) or SL32140 BSc Capstone project (S2) and SL32072 Grand challenge (S1) - you will be allocated to these units by your department.
40 credits of optional units including:
- At least 20 (and a maximum of 30) credits of lecture-based options
- A maximum of 10 credits of Biological ethics and Science communication units
- A maximum of 20 credits of Current topics units
- No more than 10 credits of education units (units with codes beginning ED)
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| Take SL32139 BSc Capstone project (S1) and SL32073 Grand challenge (S2) or SL32140 BSc Capstone project (S2) and SL32072 Grand challenge (S1) - you will be allocated to these units by your department. |
Semester 1: Final Stage
Must Pass Units: Select a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 1 units from the following list:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| SL32139 | BSc capstone project | 15 Credits |
Optional Units: Select a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 1 units from the following list:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| SL32072 | Grand challenge | 5 Credits |
Semester 2: Final Stage
Must Pass Units: Select a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 1 units from the following list:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| SL32140 | BSc capstone project | 15 Credits |
Optional Units: Select a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 1 units from the following list:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| SL32073 | Grand challenge | 5 Credits |
| TOPICS - Select a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 20 credits from the combination of the following lists: |
Semester 1: Final Stage
Optional Units: Select a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 1 units from the following list:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| SL32065 | Current topics (1 topic) | 5 Credits |
| SL32067 | Current topics (2 topics) | 10 Credits |
Semester 2: Final Stage
Optional Units: Select a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 1 units from the following list:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| SL32066 | Current topics (1 topic) | 5 Credits |
| SL32068 | Current topics (2 topics) | 10 Credits |
| ETHICS/COMM - Select a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 10 credits from the combination of the following lists: |
Semester 1: Final Stage
Optional Units: Select a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 2 units from the following list:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| SL32057 | Biological ethics | 5 Credits |
| SL32076 | Science communication | 5 Credits |
Semester 2: Final Stage
Optional Units: Select a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 2 units from the following list:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| SL32058 | Biological ethics | 5 Credits |
| SL32077 | Science communication | 5 Credits |
| LECTURES - Select a minimum of 20 and a maximum of 30 credits from the combination of the following lists: |
Academic Year: Final Stage
Optional Units: Select a minimum of 1 and a maximum of 3 units from the following list:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| SL32055 | Developmental and stem cell biology | 10 Credits |
| SL32056 | Advanced molecular and medical neuroscience | 10 Credits |
| SL32071 | Entrepreneurial biotechnology | 10 Credits |
| SL32074 | Infectious diseases | 10 Credits |
| SL32075 | Micro- and macroevolution | 10 Credits |
Optional Units: Select a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 1 units from the following list:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| ED32016 | Science education: theory and practice | 10 Credits |
Semester 1: Final Stage
Optional Units: Select a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 1 units from the following list:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| MA22034 | Mathematical methods for the life sciences 2 | 5 Credits |
Optional Units: Select a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 1 units from the following list:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| ED32015 | Science education in practice | 5 Credits |
Semester 2: Final Stage
Optional Units: Select a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 2 units from the following list:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| MA22035 | Mathematical biology: ecology and epidemiology | 5 Credits |
| MN32184 | Business strategy | 5 Credits |
| SL32083 | Drug targets in the immune system | 5 Credits |
| SL32086 | Molecular biology of cancer | 5 Credits |
| SL32088 | Trends in molecular signalling | 5 Credits |
Optional Units: Select a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 1 units from the following list:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| ED32014 | Issues in science education | 5 Credits |
Notes: - 好色tv and units may be changed in accordance with normal University procedures.
- This course catalogue is applicable for all years of study for the 2025/26 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2026/27 and beyond should not assume that this programme, or its component units, will be delivered in future years in the format displayed here.
- Assessment regulations are subject to review and update. Links given here will provide access to the latest versions of documentation. The regulations described in this documentation may not necessarily be those which applied in previous academic years. For detailed information on how assessment regulations were applied to this course in previous academic years, please contact the relevant Director of Studies.
- Availability of units is subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.
- Find out more about these and other important University terms and conditions here.
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