Programme structure: Zoology (BSc) - what's running in 2021/22

Unit name	Unit code	Credit points	Status	Teaching Block
Practical Project	BIOL30202	30	Mandatory	TB-4
Literature Review	BIOL30002	20	Mandatory	TB-4
Field Course or Laboratory Workshop	BIOL30001	10	Mandatory	TB-1
Select at least 30 credit points chosen from:
Sensory Ecology	BIOL31132	10	Optional	TB-4
Sex, Behaviour and Life Histories	BIOL30013	10	Optional	TB-4
Staying Alive: The Behaviour, Psychology and Ecology of Predator-Prey Interactions	BIOL30010	10	Optional	TB-4
Oceans	BIOL30011	10	Optional	TB-4
Communication and Cognition in Animal Societies	BIOL30012	10	Optional	TB-4
Social Evolution: Genes to Societies	BIOL30003	10	Optional	TB-4
Plus a maximum of 30 credit points from the list below:
Agricultural Biotechnology	BIOL31129	10	Optional	TB-4
Plant Evolution, Development and Diversity	BIOL30007	10	Optional	TB-4
The Ecology of Food Production and the Farmed Landscape	BIOL30009	10	Optional	TB-4
Tree of Life	BIOL30004	10	Optional	TB-4
Plant Environmental Adaptation	BIOL30005	10	Optional	TB-4
The Biology of Colour	BIOL30014	10	Optional	TB-4
Zoology (BSc)		120

Progression/award requirements

Unit Pass Mark for Undergraduate Programmes:

• 40 out of 100 – for level C/4, I/5 & H/6 units
• 50 out of 100 – for level M/7 units

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.

Exit awards

All undergraduate degree programmes allow the opportunity for a student to exit from a programme with a Diploma or Certificate of Higher Education.

• To be awarded a Diploma of Higher Education, a student must have successfully completed 240 credit points, of which at least 90 must be at level 5.
• To be awarded a Certificate of Higher Education, a student must have successfully completed 120 credit points at level 4.

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).

Degree classifications:

• First Class Honours 70 and above
• Second Class Honours, First Division 60-69
• Second Class Honours, Second Division 50-59
• Third Class Honours 40-49
• Fail 39 and below

An Ordinary degree can be awarded if a student has successfully completed at least 300 credits with a minimum of 60 credits at Level 6.

The pass mark for the professional programmes in Veterinary Science, Medicine and Dentistry is 50 out of 100. The classification of a degree in the professional programmes in Veterinary Science, Medicine, and Dentistry is provided in the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.