Modules for course C101 | MBIOL/BIO
MBiol Master of Biology

Year 1 Modules

The student must take 120 credits from the modules in Academic Year 1.
ENS-1400 Principles of Life (20) (Semester 1)
ENS-1401 Organismal Diversity 1 (20) (Semester 1)
ENS-1402 Organismal Diversity 2 (20) (Semester 2)
ENS-1001 Ecology & Evolution (20) (Semester 2)
Tutorials The student must take 10 credits from the modules in Tutorials.
ENC-1000 Tiwtorial Blwyddyn 1 Cymraeg (10) (Full Term)
ENS-1000 Year 1 Tutorials (10) (Full Term)
Field Skills The student must take 30 credits from the modules in Field Skills.
ENC-1403 Sgiliau Ymarferol Maes a Labor Cymraeg (30) (Full Term)
ENS-1403 Practical & Field Skills Bio (30) (Full Term)

Year 2 Modules

The student must take 120 credits from the modules.
BSX-2019 Principles of Life 2 (20) (Semester 1)
BNS-2002 / BNC-2002 The student must take 20 credits from the modules.
BNC-2002 Esblygiad a Geneteg Cymraeg (20) (Semester 1)
BNS-2002 Evolution & Genetics (20) (Semester 1)
BSX-2001 / BSC-2021 The student must take 20 credits from the modules.
BSC-2021 Medrau Bio-Wyddoniaeth Cymraeg (20) (Full Term)
BSX-2021 BioScience Skills (20) (Full Term)
Optional Modules BSX-2018 is a pre-requisite for BNS-3004 & BSX-3164. BSX-2030 is a pre-requisite for BSX-3145. BSX-2041 is a pre-requisite for BSX-3166. MSE-2014 and MSE-2019 must be taken together, and there is a possibility that the module title/assessment will change this coming year as SMS plan to merge these two modules into a single 20-credit one. Students can only take one field course module.
DXX-2003 Principles of Conservation (20) (Semester 1)
ENS-2410 Canadian Field Ecology (20) (Semester 1)
MSE-2014 Human Immunology (10) (Semester 1)
BSX-2033 Primatology Field Course (20) (Semester 1)
BSX-2034 Florida 1 Field Course (20) (Semester 1)
BSX-2032 India Field Course (20) (Semester 1)
BSX-2031 Arizona Field Course (20) (Semester 1)
BSX-2042 Introduction to Primatology (20) (Semester 1)
BSX-2022 Vertebrate Biology (20) (Semester 1)
BSX-2036 Florida 2 Field Trip (20) (Semester 2)
BSX-2046 Microbiology (20) (Semester 2)
BSX-2041 Introduction to Ornithology (20) (Semester 2)
BSX-2030 Integrated Zoology (20) (Semester 2)
BSX-2017 Invertebrates (20) (Semester 2)
BSX-2037 Spain Field Course (20) (Semester 2)
DXX-2021 Plant Diversity & Conservation (20) (Semester 2)
BSX-2018 Behavioural Ecology (20) (Semester 2)
BSX-2028 Introduction to Herpetology (20) (Semester 2)
MSE-2019 / MSC-2019 The student must take a maximum of 10 credits from the modules.
MSC-2019 Microbioleg Meddygol Cymraeg (10) (Semester 2)
MSE-2019 Medical Microbiology (10) (Semester 2)
BSX-2035 / BSC-2035 The student can take a maximum of 20 credits from the modules in BSX-2035 / BSC-2035. The student must take between 0 and 20 credits from the modules.
BSC-2035 Cwrs Maes Lleol Cymraeg (20) (Full Term)
BSX-2035 Local Field Trip (20) (Full Term)

Year 3 Modules

BSX-3070 / BSC-3070 The student must take 30 credits from the modules in BSX-3070 / BSC-3070.
BSC-3070 Traethawd Hir yn y Gwyddorau Cymraeg (30) (Full Term)
BSX-3070 Dissertation in Biological Sci (30) (Full Term)
BSX-3072 / BSC-3072 The student must take 10 credits from the modules in BSX-3072 / BSC-3072.
BSC-3072 Sgiliau CyfathrebuGwyddoniaeth Cymraeg (10) (Full Term)
BSX-3072 Science Communication Skills (10) (Full Term)
Optional Modules You must try and select an even spread of modules across both semesters. BSX-2018 is a pre-requisite for BNS-3004 & BSX-3164. BSX-2030 is a pre-requisite for BSX-3145.
BNS-3003 Freshwater Ecosystems 2 (20) (Semester 1)
ENS-3413 Taxonomy (20) (Semester 1)
MSE-3017 Medical Genetics (10) (Semester 1)
BNS-3004 Advances in Behaviour (20) (Semester 1)
DXX-3301 Forest Ecology (20) (Semester 1)
BSX-3159 Parasites & Pathogens (20) (Semester 1)
BSX-3148 Developmental Biology (20) (Semester 1)
BSX-3145 Fish Physiology (20) (Semester 1)
BSX-3139 Molecular Ecology & Evolution (20) (Semester 1)
BSX-3152 Life in Wetlands (20) (Semester 2)
BSX-3154 Attack and Defence in Plants (20) (Semester 2)
BSX-3150 Life in a Changing Climate (20) (Semester 2)
BSX-3167 Insect Behaviour & Evolution (20) (Semester 2)
BSX-3161 Human Evolutionary Biology (20) (Semester 2)
BSX-3142 Env. Microbiol. and Biotech. (20) (Semester 2)
DXX-3212 Forest Ecosystems (10) (Semester 2)
MSE-3023 Genome Instability (10) (Semester 2)

Year 4 Modules