Throughout your course emphasis is placed on general transferable skills, such as computer use and report writing, and these skills often form part of the assessment of individual modules. Teaching and learning take place within a lively environment of research activity involving academic staff and postgraduate students in such areas as sports physiology, development of clinical diagnostic immunoassays using monoclonal antibodies, metabolic regulations, and social aspects of disease. Assessment for most modules is based on a combination of coursework and examination, with coursework normally accounting for at least a quarter of the marks. The project is assessed entirely by coursework. Career Prospects With a firm grounding in biochemistry, physiology and social sciences, Human Biology graduates are well prepared for careers in industry, biological establishments, college and university research and teaching.
Many graduates go on to non-subject related careers in business or the public sector.
Several past students are now working as forensic scientists. If studied as a joint honours degree, you will also gain skills from your other subject area. This subject was awarded 23 out of 24 in the Biological Science and Environmental Sciences Subject Review by the Quality Assurance Agency in 2000. Recent external examiner reports endorse the quality of teaching and high commitment of staff. Specific Entry Requirements GCSE Mathematics and Double Integrated Science or equivalent.