Zoology with Placement Year BSc (Hons)

Course Overview - Zoology with Placement Year BSc (Hons)

**Study animals and biodiversity at every scale. Youll learn how animals function, how to conserve biodiversity, and how evolution works. Then spend a year on a work placement as part of your degree, putting what youve learnt into practice, and testing out a career youre considering.**

**Why study this course?**
- Top 10 in the UK for zoology (Guardian University Guide 2025)


- Get out of the classroom: Youll be learning in the lab, the Peak District, zoos, aquariums and embark on a once-in-a-lifetime field course in the UK or abroad.


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Course Information

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Study Mode

Full-time

Duration

4 Years

Start Date

29/09/2025

Campus

Main Site

Course Address
Western Bank
Sheffield
S10 2TN
England

Application Details

Course Code

C305

Institution Code

S18

Points of Entry

Year 1

Entry Requirements

UCAS Tariff

Not Accepted

Access to HE Diploma

D:36,M:9,P:0

Award of Access to HE Diploma in Science, with 45 credits at Level 3, including 36 at Distinction (to include Biology and a second science), and 9 at Merit

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme

34

with 6,5 in Higher Level Biology and a second science (second science subjects include Chemistry, Maths, Physics, Psychology, or Geography)

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)

Not Accepted

Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017)

H2,H2,H2,H2,H2,H3

including Biology and a second science (second science subjects include Chemistry, Maths, or Physics)

GCSE/National 4/National 5

GCSE Maths and English grade 4/C

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)

Not Accepted

Scottish Advanced Higher

A,B

in Biology* and a second science + AABBB in Scottish Highers (second science subjects include Chemistry, Maths, Physics, Psychology, Environmental Science, or Geography) *Human Biology accepted in lieu of Biology, but Biology and Human Biology cannot be accepted in combination as the two sciences.

A level

A,A,B

including Biology* and a second science (second science subjects include Chemistry, Maths, Further Maths, Physics, Psychology, Environmental Science, Geology or Geography). *Human Biology accepted in lieu of Biology, but Biology and Human Biology cannot be accepted in combination as the two sciences.

T Level

Not Accepted

Welsh Baccalaureate - Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate (last awarded Summer 2024)

B

+ AA in Biology* and a second science (second science subjects include Chemistry, Maths, Further Maths, Physics, Psychology, Environmental Science, Geology or Geography). *Human Biology accepted in lieu of Biology, but Biology and Human Biology cannot be accepted in combination as the two sciences

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England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales £9,535
International £30,570

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