Details of each Honours course are presented below. The content-based courses include special topics in animal reproduction, cell biology, animal physiology, animal behaviour, disturbance ecology and evolutionary biology. Candidates undertake two research projects. The course consists of advanced studies in Entomology, with special emphasis on insect ecology and physiology, economic entomology and evolutionary biology. Candidates undertake two research projects.
Candidates undertake two marine biological research projects.
This course will focus on the principles that underpin sustaining vertebrate biodiversity in Africa. The course consists of advanced studies in vertebrate biology with emphasis on biogeography and biodiversity, population processes and life history patterns, physiological adaptations, and conservation and management. There is a strong practical component, in which students get field experience in herpetology, ornithology and mammalogy. Candidates undertake two vertebrate research projects. Suitably qualified students are encouraged to proceed to the research degrees of MSc and PhD under the direction of the staff of the Department.