Unit name | Unit code | Credit points | Status | Teaching Block |
---|---|---|---|---|
Practical Project | BIOL30202 | 30 | Mandatory | TB-4 |
Literature Review | BIOL30002 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-4 |
Field Course or Laboratory Workshop | BIOL30001 | 10 | Mandatory | TB-1 |
At least 10cp chosen from: | ||||
Plant Environmental Adaptation | BIOL30005 | 10 | Optional | TB-4 |
Plant Evolution, Development and Diversity | BIOL30007 | 10 | Optional | TB-4 |
Agricultural Biotechnology | BIOL31129 | 10 | Optional | TB-4 |
Plus a minimum of 30cp and a maximum of 50cp (so that the total number of credit points from optional units is 60) | ||||
The Ecology of Food Production and the Farmed Landscape | BIOL30009 | 10 | Optional | TB-4 |
Staying Alive: The Behaviour, Psychology and Ecology of Predator-Prey Interactions | BIOL30010 | 10 | Optional | TB-4 |
Oceans | BIOL30011 | 10 | Optional | TB-4 |
Sensory Ecology | BIOL31132 | 10 | Optional | TB-4 |
Communication and Cognition in Animal Societies | BIOL30012 | 10 | Optional | TB-4 |
Sex, Behaviour and Life Histories | BIOL30013 | 10 | Optional | TB-4 |
Social Evolution: Genes to Societies | BIOL30003 | 10 | Optional | TB-4 |
Tree of Life | BIOL30004 | 10 | Optional | TB-4 |
The Biology of Colour | BIOL30014 | 10 | Optional | TB-4 |
Biology (BSc) | 120 |
Unit Pass Mark for Undergraduate Programmes:
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.
All undergraduate degree programmes allow the opportunity for a student to exit from a programme with a Diploma or Certificate of Higher Education.
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).
An Ordinary degree can be awarded if a student has successfully completed at least 300 credits with a minimum of 60 credits at Level 6.
The pass mark for the professional programmes in Veterinary Science, Medicine and Dentistry is 50 out of 100. The classification of a degree in the professional programmes in Veterinary Science, Medicine, and Dentistry is provided in the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.