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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.
You can choose from
YEAR
YEAR
YEAR
YEAR
several optional modules
at King’s College London
during your third year.

COMPULSORY MODULES
• Biology of cells COMPULSORY MODULES COMPULSORY MODULES • Research skills
• Research project (30/60 credits)
• Extended research
• The basis of disease
• Inheritance, genetics • Ageing and degeneration project (105 credits)
and evolution • Principles of infectious disease OPTIONAL MODULES
• Developmental biology • Control of infectious disease • Advanced concepts in bio-business
• The moving animal • Principles of pharmacology • Advanced concepts in reproduction
• Integrated physiology I • Research project • Applied molecular microbiology
• Integrated physiology II • Advanced skeletal pathobiology
• Problem definition and OPTIONAL MODULES (select 1) • Animal behaviour and cognition
investigation (including • Applied pharmacology • Applied animal welfare
first-year research project) • Imaging of disease • Comparative animal locomotion (30 credits)
• Introduction to ‘One Health’ • Comparative models of disease
• Introduction to Animal • Development and disease
Behaviour, Welfare and Ethics
• Endocrine and metabolic syndromes
• Epidemiology: the bigger picture
• Infection and immunity (30 credits)
• Parasitology of human and veterinary
tropical diseases
• Practical investigative biology
YOUR CAREER • Science of animal welfare

The RVC’s MSci Biological Sciences is a challenging • Omics approach to biology
yet rewarding course that will equip you with practical • Comparative anatomy
techniques and transferable skills for a range of • Critical literature review (co-requisite
careers allied to the biotechnology/bioscience and 30-credit Research Project)
pharmaceutical industries, scientific research, science
communication, the health sector, conservation,
animal welfare and charities, teaching, academia,
publishing, veterinary science and graduate schemes
in sectors as diverse as finance and government.

“The course is challenging, and I am constantly
learning new things that I know I can apply to real
life and my future career. It is also really fun. I feel in
charge of my project – I timetable my own lab time and
make sure that I get my work done.”
SUEDA OZBUDUN
MSci Biological Sciences

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