Biological Sciences

Biological scientists study living things and their relationship to the environment, from microorganisms to complex ecosystems. Their work impacts daily life through health, environment and agricultural innovations for example.

Our Biological Sciences BSc(Hons) degree allows you to follow a human biology, biomedicine, conservation biology or environmental route. Working in the lab and in the field with expert researchers, you will explore how biology can be used to understand and change the world we live in.

This course offers a guaranteed interview scheme with the Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS) for students wishing to pursue a degree in medicine. See the careers section for more information about entry and eligibility criteria.

Our Biological Sciences MSci offers an extra year of study at masters level.

Top reasons to choose this course

• Accredited by the Royal Society of Biology.

• Guaranteed interview scheme with BSMS medical school.

• Fieldwork opportunities including optional trips to destinations such as South Africa.

• Specialist facilities such as our Image Analysis Unit and purpose-built ecology, microbiology, molecular biology and tissue culture labs.

• Learn with internationally recognised researchers who specialise in areas including human physiology, diabetes, genomics, disease processes, and ecology and conservation.

• Guest lectures from professionals.

• Gain work experience on placement in industry.

Year 1
Core modules:
Essential Skills for Bioscientists
Fundamentals in Genetics and Evolution
Introduction to Microorganisms and Plants
Introduction to Biochemistry
Introduction to Human Physiology

Options*:
Fundamentals in Blood Sciences
Introduction to Ecology and Conservation
Fundamentals of Marine and Freshwater Biology

Year 2
Core modules:
Research Skills and Professional Development
Animal Diversity and Adaptations

Options*:
Earth Surface Processes
Environmental Pollution
Climate Change
Sustainable Futures
Population Biology for Conservation
Ice Age Earth
GIS and Remote Sensing Principles and Practice
Applied Conservation Field Course (UK)
Ecology and Conservation International Field course
Global Challenges: Climate Change and Environmental Degradation
Marine and Freshwater Ecology
Intermediate Blood Sciences
Infection and Immunity
Clinical Genetics and Molecular Biology
Intermediate Human Physiology
Human Biochemistry, Metabolism and Pharmacology

Final year
Core modules:
Bioscience Research Project
Ecology Project
Species Interactions
Innovations in Bioscience Research

Options*:
Ecological Impact Assessment
Independent Study Module
Advanced GIS and Remote Sensing
The Frozen Planet
Political Ecology: Contested Environments
Current Topics in Aquatic Environments
Cellular Pathology
Advanced Diagnostics in Blood Science
Clinical Microbiology and Immunology
Hot Topics in Ecology and Conservation

*Option modules are indicative and may change, depending on timetabling and staff availability.