What do the teaching blocks (TB) mean?
This Integrated Master's programme has been designated as type II: Advanced Study in accordance with the QAA descriptors for Master's programmes. Please see the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes for further information on this type of programme.
Unit name | Unit code | Credit points | Status | Teaching Block |
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Science and Success: Writing, Speaking and Communicating Science | BIOL20017 | 10 | Mandatory | TB-1A |
Molecular Genetics | BIOL20015 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-1 |
Evolutionary Biology | BIOL20212 | 10 | Mandatory | TB-1B |
Quantitative and Computational Methods | BIOL20020 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-1 |
At least 30CP chosen from: | ||||
Plant Disease | BIOL20008 | 10 | Optional | TB-2C |
Cell and Developmental Biology | BIOL20011 | 10 | Optional | TB-2D |
Ecology | BIOL20012 | 10 | Optional | TB-2C |
Green Planet | BIOL20013 | 10 | Optional | TB-2D |
Conservation Biology | BIOL20401 | 10 | Optional | TB-2C |
A maximum of 30CP chosen from: | ||||
Acquisition of Behaviour | BIOL20103 | 10 | Optional | TB-2C |
Behavioural Ecology | BIOL20104 | 10 | Optional | TB-2D |
Brains, Behaviour and Evolution | BIOL20019 | 10 | Optional | TB-2C |
Insect Biology | BIOL20204 | 10 | Optional | TB-2D |
Sensory Biology | BIOL20016 | 10 | Optional | TB-2D |
Diploma of Higher Education | 120 |
Unit Pass Mark for Undergraduate Programmes:
For details on the weightings for classifying undergraduate degrees, please see the Agreed Weightings, by Faculty, to be applied for the Purposes of Calculating the Final Programme Mark and Degree Classification in Undergraduate Programmes.
For detailed rules on progression please see the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes and the relevant faculty handbook.
Please refer to the specific progression/award requirements for programmes with a preliminary year of study, the Gateway programmes and International Foundation programmes.
All undergraduate degree programmes allow the opportunity for a student to exit from a programme with a Diploma or Certificate of Higher Education.
Integrated Master's degrees may also allow the opportunity for a student to exit from the programme with an equivalent Bachelor's degree where a student has achieved 360 credit points, of which 90 must be at level 6, and has successfully met any additional criteria as described in the programme specification.
The opportunities for a student to exit from one of the professional programmes in Veterinary Science, Medicine, and Dentistry with an Award is outlined in the relevant Programme Regulations (which are available as an annex in the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes).