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School of Biological Sciences units in 2021/22

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Unit name Unit code Credit points Level of study Open unit status Teaching Block
3D Protein Structure BIOLM0027 10 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Acquisition of Behaviour BIOL20103 10 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-2C
Advanced Practical Skills BIOL30006 30 Honours/6 Not open TB-4
Advanced Programming BIOLM0035 10 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Agricultural Biotechnology BIOL31129 10 Honours/6 Not open TB-4
Animal Behaviour BIOL20023 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-2
Animal and Plant Physiology BIOL20022 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-2
Behavioural Ecology BIOL20104 10 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-2D
Bioinformatics Project Planning BIOLM0028 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-4
Bioinformatics Research Project BIOLM0034 60 Masters/7 Not open AYEAR
Brains, Behaviour and Evolution BIOL20019 10 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-2C
Cell and Developmental Biology BIOL20011 10 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-2D
Cell and Developmental Biology BIOL20024 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-2
Communication and Cognition in Animal Societies BIOL30012 10 Honours/6 Not open TB-4
Conservation Biology BIOL20401 10 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-2C
Current Topics in Biology BIOL10001 20 Certificate/4 Not open TB-2
Diversity of Life Part A BIOL10010 20 Certificate/4 Not open TB-1
Diversity of Life Part B BIOL10007 20 Certificate/4 Not open TB-2
Ecology BIOL20012 10 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-2C
Ecology and Conservation BIOL20025 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-2
Entrepreneurship and Professional Development BIOLM0036 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-4
Evolutionary Biology BIOL20212 10 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-1B
Field Course or Laboratory Workshop BIOL30001 10 Honours/6 Not open TB-1
Genome Biology and Genomics BIOLM0030 10 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Genome Evolution BIOLM0033 10 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Green Planet BIOL20013 10 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-2D
Group Project BIOLM0037 10 Masters/7 Not open TB-1
Insect Biology BIOL20204 10 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-2D
Key Concepts for Biologists BIOL10002 20 Certificate/4 Not open TB-1
Life Processes Part A BIOL10009 20 Certificate/4 Not open TB-1
Life Processes Part B BIOL10008 20 Certificate/4 Not open TB-2
Literature Review BIOL30002 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-4
Molecular Genetics BIOL20015 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-1
Neuroethology BIOL20026 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-2
Oceans BIOL30011 10 Honours/6 Not open TB-4
Omics BIOLM0031 10 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Plant Disease BIOL20008 10 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-2C
Plant Environmental Adaptation BIOL30005 10 Honours/6 Not open TB-4
Plant Evolution, Development and Diversity BIOL30007 10 Honours/6 Not open TB-4
Plants and Planet BIOL20021 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-2
Practical Project BIOL30202 30 Honours/6 Not open TB-4
Professional Development BIOLM0024 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-4
Programming in R BIOLM0039 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-1
Project Planning BIOLM0023 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-4
Quantitative and Computational Methods BIOL20020 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-1
Research Project BIOLM0026 60 Masters/7 Not open TB-4
Science and Success: Writing, Speaking and Communicating Science BIOL20017 10 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-1A
Scientific Programming BIOLM0032 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-1
Sensory Biology BIOL20016 10 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-2D
Sensory Ecology BIOL31132 10 Honours/6 Not open TB-4
Sex, Behaviour and Life Histories BIOL30013 10 Honours/6 Not open TB-4
Social Evolution: Genes to Societies BIOL30003 10 Honours/6 Not open TB-4
Statistics and R BIOLM0029 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-1
Staying Alive: The Behaviour, Psychology and Ecology of Predator-Prey Interactions BIOL30010 10 Honours/6 Not open TB-4
The Biology of Colour BIOL30014 10 Honours/6 Not open TB-4
The Ecology of Food Production and the Farmed Landscape BIOL30009 10 Honours/6 Not open TB-4
Tree of Life BIOL30004 10 Honours/6 Not open TB-4
Understanding Data: Experimental Design and Statistics for Life Scientists BIOLM0006 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-1

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