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They can choose tospecialize in genetics, animal biology, biotechnology, environmental biology,microbiology or plant biology.In the first year students are required to take compulsory modules covering thefull range of biology from molecules through cells to organisms such as plants andanimals, and finally the interactions between organisms and their environment. It is veryconvenient because you can wait until the second year before deciding where in thisvast area your specific interests lie. But up to a third of the time is spent doing practicalwork. I felt that this hands-on experience of working with living organisms greatlyadded to my understanding of biological concepts.In addition to core courses in Molecular Biology and Evolution, second-yearstudents spend two-thirds of their time studying optional modules such as AnimalBiology; Topics in Medical Biosciences; Genes and Genomes; Microbes and Man;Molecular Cell Biology; and Ecology.There is also a great variety of optional courses which allow you to choose yourspeciality: Integrative Animal Biology, Human Reproductive Biology, Cancer Biology,topics in Bacterial Infectious Disease, Human Evolution, Animals Climates andDistributions and a lot more.Central to the final-year studies is the research project.

A student should join oneof the university research groups to get a first-hand experience of research. Project workdoes not necessarily mean you are in the laboratory – I was particularly interested inorganisms and how they interact in their environment, so I did an ecology-based projectinvolving field work. I studied plant responses to salt stress in the Lake District.Students are also offered electives in Modern Languages. These are highlypopular because more and more students tend to undertake their Professional Training27during their third year in the USA, Germany, France as well as Central and SouthAfrica.All in all, the course content and the high practical element, as well as ability towork as a part of a team, the communication and presentation skills, I acquired, havebeen very relevant during my career as an environmentalist.(Adapted from the Internet sites)28List of materials used1.

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WiseGEEK website. Retrieved from http://www.wisegeek.com/science.htm6. Why study biology?// Answers.com.http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_study_biology7. Why Study Biology?// The University of Sydney.http://sydney.edu.au/science/biology/studying_biology/8. Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, 7th edition, Oxford University Press,20059. Longman Language Activator, New edition, Pearson Education Limited, 200229.

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