Biological Sciences

Our Biological Sciences BSc(Hons) covers everything from microbiology, human and animal physiology and biochemistry to ecology, genetics, and molecular biology. You will explore how biology can be used to understand and change the world we live in.<br/><br/>Develop your practical skills in our specialist labs and in the field with optional trips to destinations such as Portugal and South Africa. Apply your learning by exploring biological systems at molecular, cell, tissue and whole organism levels.<br/><br/>Build your scientific research skills by learning with researchers who are internationally recognised in areas including zoonotic disease, human physiology, diabetes, genomics, disease processes, and ecology and conservation. And shape your studies by choosing option modules and taking the optional placement year.<br/><br/>This course offers a guaranteed interview scheme with the Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS) for students wishing to pursue a degree in medicine. See the careers section for more information about entry and eligibility criteria.<br/><br/>This course is accredited by the Royal Society of Biology (RSB).<br/><br/>Our Biological Sciences MSci offers an extra year of study at masters level.