Biosciences modules: 2019/20

This is a list of modules running during the 2019/20 academic year.

Please check the programme specifications for the modules that apply to your programme.

Penryn Campus

If you have a query about a module or its content, please contact your personal tutor. If you have a query about a module description document or timetabling, please contact info.penryn@exeter.ac.uk.

Streatham Campus

If you have any queries about any of the information here please drop us an email - info.peterchalk@exeter.ac.uk or pop into Info at Peter Chalk.

Stage 1 modules

• BIO1331 Animals
• BIO1332 Biochemistry
• BIO1333 Fundamental Principles for Bioscientists
• BIO1334 Genetics
• BIO1336 Ecology
• BIO1337 Microbiology
• BIO1338 Plants
• BIO1339 Cells
• BIO1345 Structure and Reactivity of Organic Compounds I
• BIO1411 Genetics
• BIO1420 Physiology
• BIO1425 Microbes
• BIO1426 Ecology and Conservation
• BIO1427 Zoology
• BIO1429 Evolution
• BIO1430 Skills and Careers

Stage 2 modules

• BIO2001 Preparing for Professional Placements
• BIO2066 Forensic Science
• BIO2068 Forensic Science
• BIO2071 Research Skills and Bioethics
• BIO2074 Marine Biology
• BIO2076 Ecology and Environment
• BIO2081 Coral Reef Field Course
• BIO2082 Animal Ecophysiology
• BIO2085 Structure and Reactivity of Organic Compounds II
• BIO2086 Metabolism
• BIO2088 Advanced Cell Biology
• BIO2089 Molecular Biology of the Gene
• BIO2090 Analytical Techniques in Biochemistry
• BIO2091 Bioinorganic Chemistry
• BIO2092 Genomics and Introductory Bioinformatics
• BIO2093 Modern Theories of Evolution
• BIO2096 Practical Skills in Field Ecology
• BIO2099 Molecular Plant Science
• BIO2406 Biodiversity and Conservation
• BIO2407 Population and Community Ecology
• BIO2414 Evolutionary Ecology
• BIO2423 Wildlife Disease
• BIO2425 Introduction to Ecological Consultancy
• BIO2426 Analysis of Biological Data
• BIO2427 Animal Ecophysiology
• BIO2428 Development of Behaviour
• BIO2430 Behavioural Ecology
• BIO2431 The Biology of Mammals
• BIO2432 Exploitation of the Sea
• BIO2436 Pembrokeshire Field Course
• BIO2437 Biology of Aquatic Vertebrates
• BIO2438 Marine Ecology
• BIO2439 Biology of Birds
• BIO2441 Applied Insect Ecology
• BIO2442 Scillies Field Course
• BIO2443 Cyprus Field Course
• BIO2444 Scotland Field Course
• BIO2446 Molecular Ecology
• BIO2448 Switzerland Field Course
• BIO2449 Pyrenees Field Course
• BIO2450 Biosciences Penryn Virtual Field Course

Stage 3 modules

• BIO3037 Ecology of Environmental Change
• BIO3041 Pharmacology and Medicinal Chemistry
• BIO3062 One Year Study Abroad
• BIO3067 Ecotoxicology
• BIO3073 Specialist Topics in Chemical Sciences
• BIO3077 Frontiers in Molecular Cell Biology
• BIO3078 Cellular Basis of Immunity
• BIO3079 Molecular Basis of Infection
• BIO3083 Current Issues in Marine Biology
• BIO3085 Horizons of Biochemical Research
• BIO3086 Cell Biology of Disease
• BIO3089 Organic Synthesis and Drug Design
• BIO3090 Secondary Metabolites
• BIO3091 Animal Developmental Biology
• BIO3092 Bioinformatics
• BIO3093 Energy Metabolism
• BIO3096 Biosciences Research Project
• BIO3097 Living in a Microbial World
• BIO3098 Biology of Marine Vertebrates
• BIO3116 Marine Vertebrate Conservation
• BIO3128 The Behavioural Ecology of Information Use
• BIO3131 Trends in Ecology and Evolution
• BIO3132 Reproductive Biology
• BIO3135 Human Behavioural Ecology
• BIO3136 Research Project
• BIO3137 One Year Study Abroad
• BIO3400 Living in Groups
• BIO3401 Coevolutionary Interactions
• BIO3404 Borneo Field Course
• BIO3407 Literature Review in Evolution and Ecology
• BIO3409 Symbiosis in Marine Systems
• BIO3410 Sensory Ecology
• BIO3411 Science in Society
• BIO3413 Animal Life Histories
• BIO3414 Costa Rica Field Course
• BIO3415 Ecological Responses to Climate Change
• BIO3416 Marine Spatial Ecology
• BIO3417 Tenerife Field Course
• BIO3418 Galapagos Islands Field Course
• BIO3419 Yukon-Alaska Field Course
• BIO3420 Evolutionary Biology of Health and Disease
• BIO3421 Animal Migration
• BIO3422 Animal Cognition
• BIO3423 Azores Field Course
• BIO3425 India Field Course
• BIO3426 Primate Biology and Conservation
• BIO3910 Professional Development Experience
• BIO3911 Professional Development Experience
• BIO3912 Professional Development Experience

Stage 4 modules

• BIOM052 Academic Research Project
• BIOM4009 Research Project
• BIOM4012 Terrestrial Biodiversity and Conservation
• BIOM4013 Marine Biodiversity and Conservation
• BIOM4014 Preparing for Ecological Consultancy
• BIOM4017 Evolutionary and Behavioural Ecology
• BIOM4018 Approaches in Evolutionary and Behavioural Ecology
• BIOM4019 African Behavioural Ecology Field Course
• BIOM4023 African Biodiversity and Conservation Field Course
• BIOM4025 Statistical Modelling
• BIOM4026 African Conservation Science and Policy Field Course
• BIOM4030 Planning and Leading Conservation Projects
• BIOM4031 GIS in Conservation Science
• BIOM509 Professional Skills
• BIOM514 Secondary Metabolites
• BIOM515 Cellular Basis of Immunity
• BIOM516 Bioinformatics
• BIOM517 Energy Metabolism
• BIOM518 Research Project
• BIOM527 Research Grant Proposal
• BIOM560 Research Project
• BIOM567 Application of Genomics in Infectious Disease
• BIOM568 Blue Planet