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MODULES
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Please note that these are indicative modules and may be subject to change. All modules are 15 credits unless noted otherwise.

YEAR
YEAR
YEAR

COMPULSORY MODULES
• Biology of cells COMPULSORY MODULES • Research project (30/60 credits)
• The basis of disease
OPTIONAL MODULES
• Inheritance, genetics • Ageing and degeneration
and evolution • Principles of infectious disease • Advanced concepts in bio-business
• Developmental biology • Control of infectious disease • Advanced concepts in reproduction
• The moving animal • Principles of pharmacology • Applied molecular microbiology
• Integrated physiology I • Research project (30 credits) • Advanced skeletal pathobiology
• Integrated physiology II • Animal behaviour and cognition
• Problem definition and OPTIONAL MODULES (select 1) • Applied animal welfare
investigation (including first- • Applied pharmacology • Comparative animal locomotion
year research project) • Imaging of disease (30 credits)
• Introduction to ‘One Health’ • Comparative models of disease
• Introduction to Animal Behaviour, • Comparative anatomy
Welfare and Ethics • Critical Review (30 credits)
(co-requisite 30-credit research project)
• Omics approach to biology
YOUR CAREER • Development and disease
• Endocrine and metabolic syndromes
The RVC’s BSc Biological Sciences is a
challenging yet rewarding course that will • Epidemiology: the bigger picture
equip you with practical techniques and • Infection and immunity (30 credits)
transferable skills for a range of careers • Parasitology of human and veterinary
allied to biomedical and bioveterinary tropical diseases
science, scientific research and academia, • Practical investigative biology
conservation, animal welfare and charities, • Science of animal welfare
the biotechnology/bioscience and
pharmaceutical industries, the health sector,
teaching, publishing, media, veterinary
science and graduate schemes in sectors as “The teaching here is really great,
diverse as finance and government.
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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