Programme structure: Zoology (MSci) - what's running in 2020/21

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
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 30cp from List A:
LIST A
Acquisition of Behaviour	BIOL20103	10	Optional	TB-2C
Behavioural Ecology	BIOL20104	10	Optional	TB-2D
Sensory Biology	BIOL20016	10	Optional	TB-2D
Insect Biology	BIOL20204	10	Optional	TB-2D
Brains, Behaviour and Evolution	BIOL20019	10	Optional	TB-2C
Depending on the number of credit points chosen from List A, select a maximum of 30cp from List B so that you have chosen 60cp in total:
LIST B
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
Diploma of Higher Education		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).