The Department of Life Sciences offers a revised curriculum structure to new and returning students for the 2011/2012 academic year. Two BSc degree programmes, four single majors and three minors will now be offered, as outlined below. The Biology with Education option has been revised and is still being offered as part of the Faculty programme.

The new BSc Programmes, Majors and Minors are available for selection by returning students who have completed Level 1 courses but who have not yet completed Level 2.

Objectives

The intended objectives are that:

• students will possess advanced knowledge and training in one or more areas of biology with more specific subject-related skills in one of these.
• the subject-related skills developed will be in an area of applied biology.
• students will develop significant information gathering and analytical skills.
• students will be able to take a critical approach to any biological/environmental problems which they may encounter.
• the course of study undertaken will form a sound basis for further academic or professional study.
• the students will have developed enough confidence to be able to give his/her opinion on issues involving biological phenomena.

NEW BSc programmes, majors and minors

• BSc Tropical Horticulture
• BSc Environmental Biology
• Major in Applied Plant Sciences (APS)
• Major in Animal Biology (AB)
• Major in Marine Biology (MB)
• Major in Terrestrial and Freshwater Ecology (TFE)
• Minor in Plant Sciences
• Minor in Human Biology
• Minor in Conservation Biology
• Biology with Education Option

Getting More Information

For information about the courses offered by the Department, please visit the Courses page or additionally, you may download the Handbook in PDF.*

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