**Course Overview** - Our BSc Biology (Foundation Entry) course will provide you with a sound foundation in basic science, equipping you with the skills and knowledge you need to progress to a full honours degree. - Our foundation entry degree courses are ideal if you’ve got the ability to study for a degree but you don’t have the qualifications needed to directly enter the full honours degree programme. - You’ll benefit from our excellent teaching facilities and approachable staff. You’ll have access to specialist research equipment such as electron microscopes and the analytical suite in our JB Firth Building, as well as cell culture, microbiology and molecular biology facilities on our Darwin Building. **Why study with us** - We’ll provide you with an interesting and stimulating grounding in science. You’ll build up your confidence and become an independent learner. - You’ll have the chance to go on an optional sandwich placement year and gain valuable industry experience. - You’ll gain key practical skills in our modern, spacious and well-equipped laboratories. **Further Information** - Interim accreditation by the Royal Society of Biology. Full accreditation is expected once a full cohort of students graduate in 2021

Year 1: Skills for Science, Biology, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Mathematics, Physics Year 2: Introduction to Cell Biology, Introduction to Environmental Biology, Introduction to Biological Research, Science and Society Year 3: Evolutionary Genetics, Research Theory and Practice, Plus at least three from the following: Applied Molecular Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation, Biology of Health and Disease, Applied Microbiology, Plus (if required) one from the following: Elective. Year 4: Fieldwork, Plus either Research Project or Group Research Project, Plus at least two from the following: Bioinformatics and Biotechnology, Ecotoxicology, Advanced Approaches to Understanding Behaviour , Plus (if required) one from the following: Applied Ecology, Forensic Genetics, Work Based Learning Module, Elective

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26 January This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.

Course code: C10C

Institution code: C30

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The following entry points are available for this course:

Foundation

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IELTS (Academic)	6.0	with no component score less than 5.5 (To have been taken within two years of the course commencement date)

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England	6000.0	Year 1
Northern Ireland	6000.0	Year 1
Scotland	6000.0	Year 1
Wales	6000.0	Year 1
Channel Islands	6000.0	Year 1

Please note fees for the foundation year will be £6,000, and then £9,250 per year for the remainder of the course. *subject only to annual increase in line with UK Retail Price Index inflation rate

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