This section describes which Units you will take in which year of study. It indicates which units are mandatory and where you will be able to choose. The overall pass marks you will need to achieve in order to progress or achieve an award are shown. The full regulations concerning progression and completion are held in the University's Regulations and Code of Practice. Any particular aspects of your programme that are unusual will be highlighted. If any Units are must pass this will be shown below. The linked unit specifications detail any additional requirements.
What do the teaching blocks (TB) mean?
This integrated Masters programme has been designated as type II: Specialised or Advanced Masters in accordance with the QAA Degree Characteristics Statement. 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 |
Students must select at least 20cp from List A: | ||||
Plants and Planet | BIOL20021 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Animal and Plant Physiology | BIOL20022 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Depending on the number of credit points chosen from List A, select a maximum of 40cp from List B so that you have chosen 60cp in total: | ||||
Animal Behaviour | BIOL20023 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Cell and Developmental Biology | BIOL20024 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Ecology and Conservation | BIOL20025 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Neuroethology | BIOL20026 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
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).