This broad-based degree covering the whole of the biological sciences. In your first year, you will cover subjects including genetics, evolution, physiology and biochemistry. In the second and final years, you can either retain this broad approach or choose to specialise. Those interested in ecology, conservation or animal biology might choose to take advantage of our wide range of field courses – for example, studying Tropical Ecology in pristine rainforest in Borneo – while others might prefer to opt for modules in neuroscience, developmental biology or the molecular basis of disease. In your first year, you can choose from a wide range of modules, covering subjects such as genetics, evolution, physiology and biochemistry. In the second and final years, you can either retain this broad approach, or choose to specialise. For example, if modules like Tropical Ecology or Turtles, Seals, Whales and Dolphins appeal to you, along with extensive fieldwork in Borneo or Dorset, you can choose to graduate in Zoology. Alternatively, you can select molecular module options and choose to graduate in Genetics. All our programmes involve a mixture of classroom activities and laboratory work. A variety of teaching styles are employed, which vary slightly among modules and programmes. Most material is delivered via lectures. These last around 50 minutes each and, typically, you would have two lectures per day. Lectures are backed up with small-group tutorials and workshops, where you have the opportunity to ask, in a relatively relaxed and small group setting, about material in lectures that you did not understand, to go through problems and practise past exam papers. In general, lectures, tutorials and workshops take place in the mornings and laboratory classes in the afternoons. Throughout the course, students have access to an annual QM Careers and Enterprise Centre programme, to prepare them for internships and graduate level work. This includes over 90 employer led workshops on job applications and interviews, as well as employer events to facilitate networks and help students to explore their options. Recent careers events in SBCS include the Industrial Liaison Forum, workshops on gaining work experience, career options and applying for graduate entry to medicine. Queen Mary’s extensive campus also provides over 1200 on-campus job and volunteer opportunities ranging from Science Ambassador to E-learning Assistant and from Society President to Student Mentor.