Programme structure: Zoology (BSc) - what's running in 2015/16

Unit name	Unit code	Credit points	Status	Teaching Block
Quantitative Methods in Biology	BIOL20001	10	Mandatory	TB-1A
Molecular Methodology for Biologists	BIOL20005	10	Mandatory	TB-1A
Science and Success: Writing, Speaking and Communicating Science	BIOL20014	20	Mandatory	TB-1
Evolutionary Biology	BIOL20212	10	Mandatory	TB-1B
At least three units chosen from:
Neurobiology: from nerve cells to behaviour	BIOL20102	10	Optional	TB-1B
Acquisition of Behaviour	BIOL20103	10	Optional	TB-2C
Behavioural Ecology	BIOL20104	10	Optional	TB-2D
Parasite Biology	BIOL20202	10	Optional	TB-2C
Insect Biology	BIOL20204	10	Optional	TB-2D
Plus other units from:
Molecular Approaches to Biological Problems	BIOL20004	10	Optional	TB-1B
Plant Disease	BIOL20008	10	Optional	TB-1B
Cell and Developmental Biology	BIOL20011	10	Optional	TB-2D
Ecology	BIOL20012	10	Optional	TB-1B
Green Planet	BIOL20013	10	Optional	TB-2D
Conservation Biology	BIOL20401	10	Optional	TB-2C
Marine Ecology and Physiology	BIOL21403	10	Optional	TB-2C
Diploma of Higher Education		120

Progression/award requirements

Unit Pass Mark for Undergraduate Programmes:

• 40 out of 100 – for level C/4, I/5 & H/6 units
• 50 out of 100 – for level M/7 units

For details on the weightings for classifying undergraduate degrees, please see the Agreed Weightings, by Faculty, to be applied for the Purposes of Calculating the Final Programme Mark and Degree Classification in Undergraduate Programmes.

For detailed rules on progression please see the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes and the relevant faculty handbook.

Please refer to the specific progression/award requirements for programmes with a preliminary year of study, the Gateway programmes and International Foundation programmes.

Exit awards

All undergraduate degree programmes allow the opportunity for a student to exit from a programme with a Diploma or Certificate of Higher Education.

• To be awarded a Diploma of Higher Education, a student must have successfully completed 240 credit points, of which at least 90 must be at level 5.
• To be awarded a Certificate of Higher Education, a student must have successfully completed 120 credit points at level 4.

Integrated Master's degrees may also allow the opportunity for a student to exit from the programme with an equivalent Bachelor's degree where a student has achieved 360 credit points, of which 90 must be at level 6, and has successfully met any additional criteria as described in the programme specification.

The opportunities for a student to exit from one of the professional programmes in Veterinary Science, Medicine, and Dentistry with an Award is outlined in the relevant Programme Regulations (which are available as an annex in the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes).