BSc Immunology with Industrial/Professional Experience course will enable you to gain experience of the workplace on a year-long placement during your degree, making you more attractive to potential employers after graduation. You will learn about the components, principles and mechanisms of the human immune system, and how they co-ordinate to mount safe and appropriate protection against infection. This is a dynamic field that impacts topical and emerging issues within both the biomedical and biological science disciplines. In Year 3, you will have the opportunity to go on a placement with one of our more than 100 partner organisations in the UK or abroad. Placements range from research project work to roles in education, the biotechnology industry and science communication. The flexible, modular nature of our course means you can follow special interests within this broad topic while you build core biochemical, molecular and subject-specific knowledge. Assessment methods vary widely to suit the nature of the course unit and each level of study. Lecture units are usually assessed by written exam (multiple choice or essay-based), which are held at the end of an academic semester in either January or May/June. Field courses are usually assessed via oral and written presentations, group work and/or projects. Practical units are usually assessed by experimental report and/or short written assignment and/or written exam. The proportion of independent study assignments increases during each year of study.