75 credits of compulsory modules 45 credits of optional modules
Compulsory modules
Code Module Credits
BIO1411 Genetics 15
BIO1433 Marine Biology 30
BIO1429 Evolution 15
BIO1430 Skills and Careers 15
Optional modules
Code Module Credits
BioP S1 BSc-MSci MB opt 2021
BIO1425 Microbes 15
BIO1420 Physiology 15
BIO1426 Ecology and Conservation 15
BIO1427 Zoology 30
75 credits of compulsory modules 45 credits of optional modules
a It is compulsory to take a field course in the second BIO2454 Bio Penryn 2nd Year Field Course represents your Field Course module with more information about destination and specific activities available from the department If you are unable to go on a field course you will be required to take BIO2450 Biosciences Penryn Virtual Field Course instead; BIO2450 is only available if you are not going on the field course
b You may take either GEO2449 or LES2002 (you cannot choose more than one module from this group)
Compulsory modules
Code Module Credits
BIO2426 Analysis of Biological Data 15
BIO2432 Exploitation of the Sea 15
BIO2437 Biology of Aquatic Vertebrates 15
BIO2438 Marine Ecology 15
BIO2450 Biosciences Penryn Virtual Field Course [See note a above] 15
BIO2454 Bio Penryn 2nd Year Field Course [See note a above] 15
Optional modules
Code Module Credits
BioP S2 BSc-MSci MB opt 2021
BIO2406 Biodiversity and Conservation 15
BIO2414 Evolutionary Ecology 15
BIO2432 Exploitation of the Sea 15
BIO2427 Animal Ecophysiology 15
BIO2428 Development of Behaviour 15
BIO2430 Behavioural Ecology 15
BIO2439 Biology of Birds 15
BIO2446 Molecular Ecology 15
CSC2010M Oceans and Human Health 15
GEO2428B Atmosphere and Ocean Systems 15
GEO2441 Remote Sensing for Environmental Management 15
GEO2451 Ice Sheets: Glaciology Climate and the Oceans 15
BIO2423 Wildlife Disease 15
BIO2453 Spatial Ecology 15
ECM2911 Mathematics of the Environment 15
GEO2457 Physical Ocean Processes 15
BioP Employability opt [See note b above]
LES2002 Workplace Learning 15
GEO2449 Green Consultants 15
120 credits of compulsory modules
Compulsory modules
Code Module Credits
LES3002 Professional Placement 120
120 credits of compulsory modules
For your abroad you will agree a suite of modules in your host institution with the College Study Abroad Coordinator Details of individual modules that may be taken whilst abroad can be found by accessing the partner institution’s website via http: wwwexeteracuk studyabroad outbound research where
Compulsory modules
Code Module Credits
BIO3137 One Year Study Abroad 120
75 credits of compulsory modules 45 credits of optional modules
c It is compulsory to take a field course in the final BIO3441 Bio Penryn 3rd Year Field Course represents your Field Course module with more information about destination and specific activities available from the department If you are unable to take a field course you will be required to take BIO3440 Global Research Skills Virtual Field Course plus either BIO3407 Literature Review in Evolution and Ecology or 15 other credits BIO3440 and BIO3407 are only available if you are not going on the field course
Compulsory modules
Code Module Credits
BIO3136 Research Project 40
BIO3407 Literature Review in Evolution and Ecology [See note c above] 15
BIO3440 Global Research Skills Virtual Field Course [See note c above] 15
BIO3441 Penryn 3rd Year Field Course [See note c above] 30
LES3001 Preparing to Graduate 5
Optional modules
Code Module Credits
BioP SF BSc-MSci MB opt 2021
BIO3116 Marine Vertebrate Conservation 15
BIO3131 Trends in Ecology and Evolution 15
BIO3135 Human Behavioural Ecology 15
BIO3400 Living in Groups 15
BIO3409 Symbiosis in Marine Systems 15
BIO3410 Sensory Ecology 15
BIO3415 Ecological Responses to Climate Change 15
BIO3420 Evolutionary Biology of Health and Disease 15
BIO3421 Animal Migration 15
BIO3411 Science in Society 15
BIO3401 Coevolutionary Interactions 15
BIO3413 Animal Life Histories 15
BIO3422 Animal Cognition 15
CSC4011M Living with Environmental Change 15
CSC4013M Frontiers of Global Health 15
GEO3455 Marine Climate and Environmental Change 15
GEO3458 Marine and Coastal Sustainability 15
BIO3407 Literature Review in Evolution and Ecology 15
BIO3433 Ocean Management and Conservation 15
BIO3434 Major Transitions in Evolutionary History 15
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