BSc Biology (C100)
Biology is exactly the right programme if you want broad-based study, covering the whole of the biological sciences, or if you want to defer a decision about specialisation. Biology is very useful for careers in fields such as teaching, administration and management, and just as valid as a qualification for research training. Biology students are able to take most of the modules on offer in the School, except those run only for our specialist degrees such as Biomedical Sciences.
Programme Structure
Year 1
Required Modules – Essential skills for biologists, Cell dynamics, Heredity and gene action, The diversity of life, Basic biochemistry, Conservation and the environment, Evolution.
Options – Chemistry for biologists, Ecological and environmental techniques, Introductory chemistry.
Year 2
Options – Animal physiology, Cell biology and development genetics, Evolutionary genetics, General microbiology, Membrane biochemistry, Populations, communities and ecosystems, Techniques for biological and chemical sciences, The invertebrates, Transmission genetics, Aquatic ecosystems: structure and function, Basic immunology, Fish biology and fisheries, Fundamentals of neurobiology, Genes and bioinformatics, Global change biology, Metabolic pathways, Microbial physiology and growth, Statistical methods in biology.
Year 3
Required Modules –Integrative studies in biological science and either Animal physiology research project or Biochemistry research project or Bioinformatics research project or Biotechnology research project or Cell biology research project or Ecology research project or Environmental biology research project or Genetics research project or Investigative project or Marine and freshwater biology research project or Microbiology research project or Molecular biology research project or Plant biology research project or Project skills in the life sciences or Zoology research project.
Options –Behavioural ecology, Endocrine physiology and biochemistry, Human genetics and genomics, Membrane proteins, Molecular basis of disease, Population and chromosome genetics, Advanced Aquatic Biology, Developmental biology and cell signalling, Enzyme catalysis, Functional genomics and epigenetics, Mammals and evolution, Neuroscience from molecules to behaviour, Parasites and infectious disease, Topics in public health microbiology, Tropical ecology and conservation, Turtles, seals, whales and dolphins.
Please note that this programme includes one compulsory module and several optional modules with a field-course component. These modules generally require your attendance at a location away from Queen Mary outside of the normal teaching semesters, and you may be required to meet travel costs and subsistence costs for these courses which are in addition to payment of the normal university fees for the programme.
Entry requirements
- Normally 300 points at A2 level.
- Biology (or equivalent) A2 is required with at least grade C.
- International Baccalaureate: 30 – 32 points with Biology (HL) grade 5
and two other subjects to be specified (HL or SL) at grade 5 - For more information on entry requirements visit the SBCS general entry requirement page.