Venues

Sighthill Campus

Content

Part 1: Life on Earth; Introductory Physiology; Molecules and Cells; Practical Modules; Option (Plant Science or Concepts in Forensic Biology).

Part 2: Microbiology; Biochemistry; Physiology and the Environment; Practical Module; Options (two from Biology of Disease, Animal Behaviour, Microbes and Man or Systems Therapeutics).

Part 3: Scientific Communication: Dissertation and Statistics; Options (five from across the biological sciences including biomedical, microbiology, toxicology, animal and marine biology and immunology).

Part 4: Options (three from across the biological sciences including biomedical, microbiology, toxicology, animal and marine biology and immunology); Honours project.

Entry Requirements

2022 entry requirements

Standard entry:
4 Highers at BBBB including Biology, Chemistry, Human Biology, Physics or Psychology plus English, Maths, Biology and Chemistry at National 5.

Widening access entry:
4 Highers at BBCC including Biology, Chemistry, Human Biology, Physics or Psychology at B plus English, Maths, Biology and Chemistry at National 5.

Entry to year 2 requires Advanced Highers at BBC including Biology.