Overview
Why choose this BSc in Biological Sciences with Foundation Year (Hons) at University of Wolverhampton ?
Taking the offered foundation year programme will help solidify your relevant topic knowledge, practicing fundamentals of Bioscience and Healthcare Science alongside transferrable communication, study and mathematics skills, all of which will be further built upon over concurrent years in practical-focused study, employing the University’s state-of-the art Rosalind Franklin building under informed, enthusiastic supervision.
By the time of your graduation, you will be equipped to enter a variety of professions, many of which you may directly prepare for through specialisation during your course.
Foundation year modules are oriented around introducing topics this course is concerned with – an overview of biology as a subject, career opportunities in the Healthcare Science field, problem solving within science and engineering disciplines – thereby granting you a crucial groundwork for ongoing study. In addition to this relevant subject knowledge, the programme will strengthen transferrable skills crucial to several fields of employment, honing your reading, study, written and oral communication skills, as well as the basic level of mathematics necessary for the subject. Following this, your next year of study will more broadly inform you on specialised topics in biological sciences which will be expanded upon throughout the rest of your course, where you will be given options to select your preferred specialisations according to your desired career path.
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Courses include:
- Communication and Study Skills
- Bioscience
- Healthcare Science
- Problem Solving in Science and Technology
- Cell Biology and Genetics
- Microbiology
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Duration
- Full-time
- 48 months
- Part-time
- 96 months
- Flexible
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Disciplines
Biology Microbiology Molecular Sciences View 96 other Bachelors in Microbiology in United KingdomExplore more key information
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Academic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
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Other requirements
General requirements
Academic Pathway: - 48+ UCAS tariff points
- A-levels: Grade profile of DD
- Access to HE Diploma: (60 credits) of which a minimum of 45 must be at Level 3 (48 UCAS point equivalence, minimum 45 credits at pass)
- BTEC: Grade profile of PPP
- T-Level: Pass grade with a core component profile less than C.
- Tariff: Other Level 3 qualifications are accepted for entry. A minimum of 48 UCAS Tariff points will be required.
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15450 GBP/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 15450 GBP per year during 48 months. -
National
9250 GBP/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 9250 GBP per year during 48 months.
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Scholarships Information
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