COURSE CURRICULUM

The curriculum is structured over three years. Year 1 covers foundational modules including Aquatic Ecology, Biodiversity and Conservation, Environmental Processes and Systems, Evolutionary Biology, Global Change Biology, and Zoology. Year 2 builds on this with modules such as Environmental Data Visualisation and Analysis, Experimental Design and Analysis, Field Ecology, Principles of Biodiversity Conservation, Populations to Ecosystems, Research Design and Delivery, and Vertebrate Biology. Year 3 includes advanced topics like Animal Behaviour, Conservation Biology, Coral Reef Ecology, Dissertation, Environmental Plant Biology, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, Global Change and the Earth System, Issues in Conservation Biology, Lakes, Rivers and Estuaries, Scotland Field Course, Sustainable Agriculture, and Tropical Biology and Conservation. The program includes a mix of lectures, seminars, practical labs, and field courses to provide hands-on experience.