This module provides a broader perspective on your course, equipping you with the knowledge and skills essential for success in your chosen career. Key themes include sustainability, business, finance, change management, and communication, all designed to enhance your graduate employability.

In this module you will cover a broad range of conservation theories and techniques and how they can be used and applied to conservation management of wild animals. This module enables you to consider what your existing knowledge of genetics, ecology and animal behaviour can bring to animal conservation. The module will include key case studies along with a strong practical component giving you the chance to try out skills in genetic analysis to study the population structure of a species. You will also demonstrate learning of new perspectives in conservation genetics, wildlife forensics, animal behaviour and management and reflect on their applicability to conservation efforts.

In this module, you will engage in the research of a selected topic relevant to your course. You will have the opportunity to delve deeply into a subject of your choice, utilising primary and secondary sources to inform your work. You will consider the ethics and health and safety aspects of conducting your project, and apply your prior training in experimental design and analysis. Throughout the process, you will develop your critical thinking and analytical skills, whilst conducting this independent research with the support of a lecturer. The dissertation represents a substantial piece of scholarly work that demonstrates your understanding and application of scientific concepts relevant to your course. Additionally, you will refine your skills in academic writing and effective communication of complex ideas. Overall, the dissertation represents the culmination of your education, preparing you to become a biological scientist.

Biotechnology aims to use biology to enhance society. Covering areas ranging from generating new approaches to improve human health, creating improvements to food production, improving the environment, to generating new and improved biomaterials, biotechnology is a developing industry that has the potential to hugely benefit humanity and the world at large. This module will build your knowledge of the underlying principles, techniques and technology needed to apply biology positively and for the benefit of all.

This module aims to provide you with an understanding of pharmacology and toxicology and the way that medicines and drugs impact the body. The module will provide you with an overview of the methods used to evaluate the effectiveness, and toxicity, of these molecules, and consider the mechanisms in action when exposed to major classes of medicines, drugs and toxins.