BSc Biology with a Modern Language

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BSc Biology with a Modern Language

  • Objectives Biology is the science of life: how living organisms function, develop, reproduce and evolve, from the scale of genes up to that of ecosystems. It is also a global science, and it addresses many questions that have an explicitly international dimension: - Where are the centres of global biodiversity and how can these be protected? - How will we provide enough food to feed the world's population? - Can benefits of genomics and biotechnology be made available where they are most needed? - How can biological science be best communicated between nations and cultures?
  • Practical experience The third year is spent following a specified biology programme at a university in France, Spain, Italy or Germany. You will return to Sheffield for the fourth year, where you follow the level three programme.
  • Entry requirements -GCE/VCE A Levels - ABB -Two GCE A Levels plus two GCE AS Levels - AA+BB or AB+AA -BTEC National Diploma: 3 Distinctions + interview -Scottish Highers - AAAAB -Irish Leaving Cert. - AAABB -International Baccalaureate - 33 points -Core Requirements - Grade B in GCE A Level Biology plus another A Level science subject (including Psychology and Geography). Grade B is also required in a modern language (French, German, Italian, Spanish).
  • Academic title Biology with a Modern Language BSc
  • Course description This is a list of modules that have been offered in the past. We expect similar modules to be offered for courses starting in 2009.


    Typical First Year Modules
    Module/Unit    

    -Comparative Physiology
    -Ecosystems and Environmental Change    
    -Evolution    
    -Genes in Populations    
    -Introduction to Cell Biology    
    -Principles of Molecular Biology    
    -Information Technology Skills in Biology    
    -Laboratory Skills in Biology 1    
    -Laboratory Skills in Biology 2    
    -Tutorials (Biology)    
    -French 2A    
    -French 2B    
    -French 3A    
    -French 3B    
    -French Consolidation    
    -French Consolidation    
    -German 2A    
    -German 2B    
    -German 3A    
    -German 3B    
    -Italian 2A    
    -Italian 2B    
    -Italian 3A    
    -Italian 3B    
    -Spanish 2A    
    -Spanish 2B    
    -Spanish 3A    
    -Spanish 3B    
    -Spanish Consolidation    
    -Spanish Consolidation    


    Typical Second Year Modules
    Module/Unit    

    -Animal and Plant Science Tutorials    
    -Data Analysis    
    -Animal Behaviour    
    -Animal Population and Community Ecology    
    -Biodiversity    
    -Biotechnology and Food    
    -Evolutionary Biology    
    -French 4A    
    -French 4B    
    -French Placement Preparation    
    -Freshwater Ecology    
    -Genomics, Proteomics and Metabolomics    
    -German 4A    
    -German 4B    
    -German Placement Preparation    
    -Insects    
    -Invertebrates
    -Italian 4A    
    -Italian 4B    
    -Palaeobiology
    -Plant Habitat and Distribution    
    -Plant Population and Community Ecology    
    -Plant, Cell and Environment    
    -Spanish 4A    
    -Spanish 4B    
    -Spanish Placement Preparation    
    -Vertebrates    
    -World Ecosystems    
    -Animal Diversity
    -Animal Ecology    
    -Biology Projects    
    -Ecology Project    
    -Environmental Biology    
    -Insect Biology    
    -Wildlife Forensics    


    Typical Third Year Modules
    Module/Unit    

    -Year Abroad    


    Typical Fourth Year Modules
    Module/Unit    

    -Project    
    -Biology Undergraduate Ambassadors Scheme    
    -Dissertation    
    -Community Ecology    
    -Conservation and Management    
    -Cooperation and Conflict    
    -Ecotoxicology    
    -Environmental Microbiology and Biotechnology
    -Environmental Regulation in Plants    
    -Evolution of Terrestrial Ecosystems    
    -French 4D Yr Abroad Project Identification - Social Scientists, Scientists, Engineers    
    -French 4E Yr Abroad Project - Social Scientists, Scientists, Engineers    
    -French 5A    
    -French 5B
    -German 3D/4D Yr Abroad Project Identification - Social Scientists, Scientists, Engineers    
    -German 3E/4E Yr Abroad Project - Social Scientists, Scientists, Engineers    
    -German 5A    
    -German 5B    
    -Global Change    
    -Issues in Conservation Biology    
    -Italian 3D/4D Year Abroad Project Identification - Social Scientists, Scientists, Engineers    
    -Italian 3E/4E Year Abroad Project - Social Scientists, Scientists, Engineers
    -Life in Extreme Environments    
    -Molecular Ecology and Conservation Genetics    
    -Parasitism    
    -Sex and Reproduction    
    -Social Insects    
    -Soil Plant Relationships    
    -Spanish 3D/4D Yr Abroad Project Identification - Social Scientists, Scientists, Engineers    
    -Spanish 3E/4E Yr Abroad Project - Social Scientists, Scientists, Engineers    
    -Tandem Learning Module Stage 5 Italian/English
    -Tandem Learning Module Stage 5 Italian/English
    -Tandem Learning Module Stage 5 Spanish/English    
    -Tandem Learning Module Stage 5 Spanish/English
    -Trends in Biology
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