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MODULES
Please note that these are indicative modules and may be subject to change.
Compulsory modules:
YEAR • Biology of cells /15* • Integrated physiology I /15
1 • Inheritance, genetics and evolution /15 • Integrated physiology II /15
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Problem definition and investigation
• Developmental biology /15 (includes first-year library research project) /30
The moving animal /15
Compulsory modules: Optional modules:
YEAR • The basis of disease /15 • Applied pharmacology /15
2 • Ageing and degeneration /15 • Imaging of disease /15
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• Principles of infectious disease /15 • Introduction to ‘One Health’ /15
Control of infectious disease /15
Introduction to Animal Behaviour,
• Principles of pharmacology /15 Welfare and Ethics /15
• Research project /30
• Research project /30/60
YEAR
3 Optional modules: • Omics approach to biology /15
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Advanced concepts in bio-business /15
• Advanced concepts in reproduction /15 • Development and disease /15
• Applied molecular microbiology /15 • Endocrine and metabolic syndromes /15
• Advanced skeletal pathobiology /15 • Epidemiology: the bigger picture /15
• Animal behaviour and cognition /15 • Infection and immunity /30
• Applied animal welfare /15 • Parasitology of human and veterinary

*/number = no. of • Comparative animal locomotion /30 tropical diseases /15
credits per module • Comparative models of disease /15 • Practical investigative biology /15
• Comparative anatomy /15 • Science of animal welfare /15
You can choose from several optional modules at King’s College London during your third year.

YOUR CAREER
The RVC’s BSc Biological Sciences is a challenging yet rewarding course that will equip you with practical techniques and
transferable skills for a range of careers allied to biomedical and bioveterinary science, scientific research and academia,
conservation, animal welfare and charities, the biotechnology/bioscience and pharmaceutical industries, the health sector, teaching,
publishing, media, veterinary science and graduate schemes in sectors as diverse as finance and government.

“The teaching here is really great, I feel that we are
being taught by researchers who are at the forefront
of research themselves. It makes a lot of difference
to me being part of a small specialist institution as I
feel like I get a lot of support from staff and students
alike. I feel completely at home.”

Aroosa Hashmi
BSc Biological Sciences

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