Course summary

If you want to study biosciences, but don't meet the entry requirements, our foundation year course could be for you. For example, if you've studied the right subjects but haven't achieved high enough grades, or have achieved good grades in unrelated subjects. You'll study life processes, from genes, cells and organs, to organisms and ecosystems. You'll develop the skills that every bioscientist needs by studying modules in chemistry and mathematics, the principles that underpin the life sciences. As you progress through your degree, you'll have a chance to explore your core subjects in greater depth, choose optional modules across the biosciences to broaden your knowledge and participate in a research activity. After successfully completing the one-year programme, you'll progress onto the first year of one of our biosciences degrees. In your first and second year, you'll spend six hours a week in our dedicated teaching labs, developing your practical science skills, including how to handle equipment, design experiments and interpret data. In your third year you'll put your new skills into practice with a semester-long research project. Moving to a different degree course is possible depending on your qualifications, usually in the first year of your degree.

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