BSc Environmental Biology

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University of Reading, School in Arts and Humanities

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• Objectives
  The interaction between living organisms and their environment is a subject of increased public concern and debate. Environmental Biology has its major emphasis on natural populations, their evolution, regulation and conservation. Well-informed graduates are needed to contribute to the debate to ensure that we safeguard our natural environment and the biodiversity that it supports.
• Entry requirements
  There are different entry qualifications for each programme. Some programmes require you to have a certain amount of knowledge in a subject before you begin the degree programme – this is called a ‘subject requirement’. Other programmes do not have any specific subject requirements. All programmes will, however, expect you to have reached a certain standard in your education and will ask you to achieve certain grades in your examinations. Most programmes have a standard offer so that you know in advance what you are likely to need. Please note that even if you have the minimum entry qualifications, you are not necessarily guaranteed a place on the degree programme.
• Academic title
  BSc Environmental Biology
• Course description
  Year 1
  
  -Humans and the Changing World
  -Exploiters and Exploited
  -Ecology: Species and their Interactions
  -Plant Structure and Function
  -Soil: Principles and Management
  -The Living Cell
  -Genes and Chromosomes
  
  -Introductory Microbiology
  -Mammals: Diversity, Behaviour and Conservation
  
  Year 2
  
  -Evolution and Development
  -Habitat Management
  -Evolution and Classification of Plant Diversity
  -Applied Ecology
  -Practical Skills: Field Course
  -Science Communication
  -Molecular Biology of Gene Expression
  
  -Vertebrate Zoology
  -Environmental Systems
  -Environmental Monitoring
  -Flora of Britain
  
  Final Year
  
  -Research Project
  -Advanced Experimental Design and Interpretation
  -Applied and Environmental Microbiology
  -Conservation Biology
  -Botany Field Course or Marine Biology Field Course
  -Environmental Issues
  
  -Animal Diversity
  -Ecological Physiology and Biochemistry
  -Soil, Vegetation and Atmosphere
  -Soil and the Global Environment

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