This programme allows you to choose courses from the broad range of subjects offered to our undergraduate students, while ensuring that you take advantage of our core knowledge and skills-based courses that all students take. You will develop a broad understanding of the nature of living things, from molecules and cells to organisms and populations, communities and biomes, but crucially, you will also become a specialist in the area that is of most interest to you. You are assessed by any combination of three assessment methods: coursework such as essays and reports completed throughout the course; practical assessments of the skills and competencies they learn on the course; and written examinations at the end of each course. Graduates often find full-time employment in a wide range of careers. Typical employers include universities, research institutes, government agencies (e.g. SEPA, SNH), and environmental consultancies, charities including WWF & RSPB, the National Health Service, libraries and commercial enterprises in aquaculture, animal nutrition, and animal health.