Biological Sciences: Biodiversity and Conservation modules

The Biodiversity and Conservation degree provides a sound training in different aspects of Biology and will equip students with the skills and advantages for further postgraduate study or for the job market.

How organisms interact with their environment cannot be more topical.
The impact of man on the planet’s biodiversity; the effect of pollution; and the overriding problems connected to climate change are a few of the subjects that you will cover as part of this degree.
It focuses on plant and animal ecology, behaviour, and evolution as well as how organisms interact with the environment.
There is ample opportunity to gain practical skills on field module options to Norfolk, Lake District, Spain or the tropics (The latter trip is only available to students on the MSci programme. All planned field trips are subject to Covid restrictions).

Please Note: All Modules are subject to change.

BSc and MSci Biodiversity and Conservation year two

Selection	Module	Title	Credit
Compulsory	BIOL0007	Introduction to Field Ecology	15
	BIOL0012	Animal Biodiversity	15
	BIOL0014	Fundamentals of Ecology	15
	BIOL0015	Second Year Core Skills	Pass/fail
	BIOL0029	Computational Biology	15
	GEOG0020	Ecological Patterns and Processes	15

Optional Students will need to choose minimum of 30 and maximum of 45 credits	Either: BIOC0007	Essential Molecular Biology	15
	Or: BIOL0008	Fundamentals of Molecular Biology	15
	BIOL0011	Evolutionary Genetics	15
	BIOL0028	Field module in Ecological and Evolutionary Genetics	15
	BIOL0030	Energy and Evolution	15
	BIOL0051	Practical Experimental Evolution	15
	BIOL0052	Comparative Cell Biology	10
	BIOL0053	Data Science methods in Biology	15
	GEOG0019	Geomorphology	15
	GEOG0022	Environment and Society	15
	GEOL0009	Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution	15
	INIM0007	Infection	15

Elective Students will need to choose minimum of 0 and maximum of 15 credits	Any level 5 module	Any level 5 module available at UCL, refer to the 2nd year elective modules list here.	15
	Language	A 15-credit language module at an appropriate level for the student (assessed by CLIE)	15

BSc Biodiversity and Conservation year three

Selection	Module	Module Title	Credit
Compulsory Select one project	BIOL0018	Advanced Investigative Project in Biological Sciences	30
	BIOL0019	Advanced Research Project in Biological Sciences	45
	BIOL0056	Grand Challenges Research Project in Biological Sciences	30
Optional Students will need to choose minimum of 60 and maximum of 90 credits	ANTH0044	Human Behavioural Ecology	15
	ANTH0060	Primate Behaviour and Ecology	15
	ANTH0076	Humans, Ecosystems and Conservation	15
	BIOL0020	Sex, Genes and Evolution	15
	BIOL0028	Field module in ecological and evolutionary genetics	15
	BIOL0030	Energy and Evolution	15
	BIOL0032	Species Conservation and Biodiversity	15
	BIOL0035	Vertebrate Life and Evolution	15
	BIOL0042	Plant Evolution and Ecology	15
	BIOL0048	Behavioural Ecology for the Anthropocene
	GEOG0038	Managing Fresh Waters in the 21st Century	15
	GEOG0165	Governing Human Uses of Protected Areas	15
	GEOL0021	Biodiversity and Macroevolutionary Patterns/A	15

Elective	Any level 6 module	Any level 6 module available at UCL.	15
Students will need to choose minimum of 0 and maximum of 15 credits	Language	A 15-credit language module at an appropriate level for the student (assessed by CLIE)	15

MSci Biodiversity and Conservation year three

Selection	Module	Title	Credit
Compulsory	BIOL0032	Species Conservation and Biodiversity	15
	BIOL0044	MSci Investigative Project in Biological Sciences	30

Optional	ANTH0044	Human Behavioural Ecology	15
Students will need to choose minimum of 60 and maximum of 75 credits	ANTH0060	Primate Behaviour and Ecology	15
	ANTH0076	Humans, Ecosystems and Conservation	15
	BIOL0020	Sex, Genes and Evolution	15
	BIOL0028	Field module in ecological and evolutionary genetics	15
	BIOL0030	Energy and Evolution	15
	BIOL0035	Vertebrate Life and Evolution	15
	BIOL0042	Plant Evolution and Ecology
Highly recommended	BIOL0048	Behavioural Ecology for the Anthropocene	15
	GEOG0038	Managing Fresh Waters in the 21st Century	15
	GEOG0165	Governing Human Uses of Protected Areas	15
	GEOL0021	Biodiversity and Macroevolutionary Patterns A	15
Elective	Any level 6 module	Any level 6 module available at UCL	15
Students will need to choose minimum of 0 and maximum of 15 credits	Language	A 15-credit language module at an appropriate level for the student (assessed by CLIE)	15

MSci Biodiversity and Conservation year four

Selection	Module	Title	Credit
Compulsory	BIOL0041	MSci Extended Research Project in Biological Sciences	90

Optional	ANTH0040	Primate Evolution and Environments	15
Min: 15, Max: 30	BIOL0035	Vertebrate Life and Evolution	15
	BIOL0042	Plant Evolution and Ecology	15
	BIOS0002	Computational Methods in Biodiversity Research	15
	BIOS0021	Science Communications for Biologists	15
	GEOG0170	Environmental Consequences of Human Activity	15
	GEOG0122	Biological Indicators of Environmental Change	15
	GEOL0036	Advanced Biodiversity and Macroevolutionary Studies	15

Elective Min: 0, Max: 15	Any level 7 module	Any level 7 module available at UCL	15