In your first year, you’ll spend your first week on a field course in Sheffield, collecting and analysing data on animals throughout the city’s green spaces and out to the edge of the Peak District. Throughout the year, you’ll study topics from physiology, genetics and speciation to behaviour, food-webs, biodiversity, conservation and climate change. You’ll develop practical skills in the lab, including microscopy and genetics, complemented by regular field trips to zoos, aquariums and nature reserves. You’ll also have lectures and take part in small group tutorials where you’ll enhance your writing, data analysis and presentation skills as you learn about the latest research findings from our world-leading academics.
Core modules:
- Principles of Zoology
- Animal Behaviour
- Principles of Evolution
- Skills in Biology
Optional modules:
- Molecular & Cell Biology
- Principles of Ecology and Conservation
- Climate Change and Sustainability
- Introductory Developmental, Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology
- Maths for Molecular Bioscience
- Biochemistry 1
- Principles in Plant Science
- Introduction to Neuroscience
- Microbiology 1
- Genetics 1
- Ecological identification skills
- Introduction to Physiology with Pharmacology