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RVET 4 C102
R84 YEARS (C104) CAMDEN f www.rvc.ac.uk/mscibiological
INSTITUTION DURATION UCAS CODE CAMPUS
(WITH PLACEMENT
YEAR)
MSci BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
The MSci in Biological Sciences is an The fourth year involves an extensive and in-depth research
undergraduate integrated master新月直播檚 degree, project, together with training in advanced research methods.
the aim of which is to prepare you for a PhD or This will build on your knowledge gained from your first three
years and develop your scientific and transferable skills further,
a career in an academic or industrial research making you 新月直播榳ork ready新月直播� and able to realise your full potential
environment, where you will endeavour to make as soon as you embark on your chosen career path after
advances in human medicine or fundamental graduating from the course.
biological research.
The course will give you a clear and detailed understanding
of the physiology, cellular and molecular biology underpinning
COURSE OVERVIEW health and disease. You will gain an insight into disease
This programme allows you to discover and explore all aspects mechanisms and an appreciation of comparative and integrated
of biological sciences. Modules are structured across the first approaches to aid diagnosis and treatment. The course is
three years of the course to build a broad base of knowledge, particularly suitable for those considering a career in research,
whilst also allowing the opportunity to specialise through providing graduates with the skills and experience required for a
optional module selections and research projects in your successful career in the biosciences.
second and third year.
3 COMPULSORY MODULES (30 credits) YEAR research project
YEAR
4
新月直播� Research skills
新月直播� Research project (30 or 60 credits)
新月直播� Extended
OPTIONAL MODULES
新月直播� Critical literature review
(105 credits)
新月直播� Advanced concepts
(co-requisite 30 credit
in bio-business
research project)
新月直播� Advanced concepts
in reproduction
新月直播� Ecology: individuals,
新月直播� Applied molecular microbiology 新月直播� Development and disease
新月直播� Applied wildlife health science populations and communities
新月直播� Endocrine and
新月直播� Advanced skeletal pathobiology
metabolic syndromes
新月直播� Animal behaviour and cognition
新月直播� Epidemiology: the bigger picture
新月直播� Applied animal welfare 新月直播� Infection and immunity (30 credits)
新月直播� Comparative animal
locomotion (30 credits) 新月直播� Omics approach to biology
新月直播� Parasitology of human and
新月直播� Comparative models of disease veterinary tropical diseases
新月直播� Comparative anatomy
新月直播� Practical investigative biology
新月直播� Science of animal welfare
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