About the Courses
Why choose Bangor University for this course?
Our excellent facilities include a botanical garden; our own natural history museum containing a comprehensive collection of invertebrate and vertebrate material and extensive marine and freshwater aquaria; and the Robert Edwards Laboratory for teaching cell and molecular biology.
Our location makes it an ideal place to study biology – the range of soil types, climate and topography provides numerous diverse habitats, all within easy reach for field-based studies.
TV presenter Steve Backshall is now part of our teaching team.
Why choose Bangor University for this course?
Our excellent facilities include a botanical garden; our own natural history museum containing a comprehensive collection of invertebrate and vertebrate material and extensive marine and freshwater aquaria; and the Robert Edwards Laboratory for teaching cell and molecular biology.
Our location makes it an ideal place to study biology – the range of soil types, climate and topography provides numerous diverse habitats, all within easy reach for field-based studies.
TV presenter Steve Backshall is now part of our teaching team.
Modules
Year 1
The student must take 120 credits from the modules in Year 1.
BNS-1004 Principles of Life 1 (20) (Full Term)
BSX-1030 Practical Skills 1 (20) (Semester 1)
BNS-1002 Organismal Diversity (20) (Semester 1)
DNS-1003 Ecology & Evolution (20) (Semester 2)
BSX-1028 / BSC-1028
The student must take 20 credits from the modules in BSX-1028 / BSC-1028.
BSC-1028 Tiwtorialau Blwyddyn 1 Cymraeg (20) (Full Term)
BSX-1028 Tutorials Year 1 (20) (Full Term)
BSX-1031 / BSC-1031
The student must take 20 credits from the modules in BSX-1031 / BSC-1031.
BSC-1031 Sgiliau Ymarferol 2 Cymraeg (20) (Semester 2)
BSX-1031 Practical Skills 2 (20) (Semester 2)
Year 2
The student must take 120 credits from the modules in Year 2.
BSX-2019 Principles of Life 2 (20) (Semester 1)
BNS-2002 / BNC-2002
The student must take 20 credits from the modules in BNS-2002 / BNC-2002.
BNC-2002 Esblygiad a Geneteg Cymraeg (20) (Semester 1)
BNS-2002 Evolution & Genetics (20) (Semester 1)
BSX-2021 / BSC-2021
The student must take 20 credits from the modules in BSX-2021 / BSC-2021.
BSC-2021 Medrau Bio-Wyddoniaeth Cymraeg (20) (Full Term)
BSX-2021 BioScience Skills (20) (Full Term)
Optional Modules
BSX-2018 is a pre-requisite for BNS-3004 & BSX-3164. BSX-2030 is a pre-requisite for BSX-3145. BSX-2041 is a pre-requisite for BSX-3166. MSE-2014 and MSE-2019 must be taken together, and there is a possibility that the module title/assessment will change this coming year as SMS plan to merge these two modules into a single 20-credit one.
DXX-2003 Principles of Conservation (20) (Semester 1)
MSE-2014 Human Immunology (10) (Semester 1)
BSX-2022 Vertebrate Biology (20) (Semester 1)
BSX-2042 Introduction to Primatology (20) (Semester 1)
DXX-2021 Plant Diversity & Conservation (20) (Semester 2)
BSX-2046 Microbiology (20) (Semester 2)
BSX-2028 Introduction to Herpetology (20) (Semester 2)
BSX-2030 Integrated Zoology (20) (Semester 2)
BSX-2041 Introduction to Ornithology (20) (Semester 2)
BSX-2018 Behavioural Ecology (20) (Semester 2)
BSX-2017 Invertebrates (20) (Semester 2)
MSE-2019 / MSC-2019
The student must take a maximum of 10 credits from the modules in MSE-2019 / MSC-2019.
MSC-2019 Microbioleg Meddygol (10) (Semester 2)
MSE-2019 Medical Microbiology (10) (Semester 2)
BSX-2035 / BSC-2035
The student must take a maximum of 20 credits from the modules in BSX-2035 / BSC-2035.
BSC-2035 Cwrs Maes Lleol (20) (Full Term)
BSX-2035 Local Field Trip (20) (Full Term)
Year 3
Compulsory Modules
Semester 1
BSX-3070: Dissertation in Biological Sci (30) or
BSC-3070: Traethawd Hir yn y Gwyddorau (30)
BSX-3072: Science Communication Skills (10) or
BSC-3072: Sgiliau CyfathrebuGwyddoniaeth (10)
Semester 2
BSX-3070: Dissertation in Biological Sci or
BSC-3070: Traethawd Hir yn y Gwyddorau
BSX-3072: Science Communication Skills or
BSC-3072: Sgiliau CyfathrebuGwyddoniaeth
Optional Modules
80 credits from:
BNS-3003: Freshwater Ecosystems 2 (20) (Semester 1)
BNS-3004: Advances in Behaviour (20) (Semester 1)
MSE-3017: Medical Genetics (10) (Semester 1)
MSE-3023: Genome Instability (10) (Semester 2)
BSX-3139: Molecular Ecology & Evolution (20) (Semester 1)
BSX-3142: Env. Microbiol. and Biotech. (20) (Semester 2)
BSX-3145: Fish Physiology (20) (Semester 1)
BSX-3148: Developmental Biology (20) (Semester 1)
BSX-3150: Life in a Changing Climate (20) (Semester 2)
BSX-3152: Life in Wetlands (20) (Semester 2)
BSX-3154: Attack and Defence in Plants (20) (Semester 2)
BSX-3159: Parasites & Pathogens (20) (Semester 1)
BSX-3161: Human Evolutionary Biology (20) (Semester 2)
BSX-3167: Insect Behaviour & Evolution (20) (Semester 2)
DXX-3212: Forest Ecosystems (10) (Semester 2)
DXX-3301: Forest Ecology (20) (Semester 1)
You must try and select an even spread of modules across both semesters. BSX-2018 is a pre-requisite for BNS-3004 & BSX-3164. BSX-2030 is a pre-requisite for BSX-3145.