Year 1: Biodiversity; comparative physiology; ecosystems and environmental change; evolution; genes in populations; information technology skills in biology; introduction to cell biology; laboratory skills in biology 1 and 2; population and community ecology; principles of molecular biology; tutorials (biology). Year 2: animal and plant science tutorials; animal behaviour; animal diversity; animal ecology; animal population and community ecology; biodiversity; biotechnology and food; data analysis; ecology project; evolutionary biology; freshwater ecology; genomics, proteomics and metabolomics; insect biology; insects; invertebrates; palaeobiology; plant habitat and distribution; plant population and community ecology; plant, cell and environment; vertebrates; wetland ecosystem field course; wildlife forensics; world ecosystems. Year 3: animal ecology and behaviour field course; behaviour ecology field course; biology and ethics; biology undergraduate ambassadors scheme; community ecology; conservation and management; cooperation and conflict; dissertation; ecotoxicology; environmental microbiology and biotechnology; environmental regulation in plants; evolution of terrestrial ecosystems; global change; history and philosophy of science; issues in conservation biology; life in extreme environments; molecular ecology and conservation genetics; parasitism; project; sex and reproduction; social insects; soil plant relationships; trends in biology; tropical rain forest: biology field course. Year 4: advanced biological analysis; advanced trends in biology; research and study skills in biology; research dissertation; research project.
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The University of Sheffield has a fantastic reputation
for research. It is part of the elite Russell Group of
universities*
and makes a significant contribution
across many fields every year
The latest Research Excellence
Framework (REF 2014) placed the
University of Sheffield in the top
10 per cent of all UK universities.
86 per cent of the research
submitted was rigorously
judged as world leading or
internationally excellent.
Located in the heart of the UK just 11 km from the Peak District National Park, and two-and-a-half hours from London by train.
Sheffield is well served by national road and rail networks and has excellent local transport. The university campus is on the western edge of the city centre and is easy to get to by car, bus and tram.
England’s fourth city is famously friendly, excellent for student social life and entertainment.
Greenest city in England, with 150 woodlands and 50 parks.
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