Facilities are available for graduate candidature in the Department of
Biological Sciences leading to the degrees of MSc and PhD. The degrees are
awarded for the successful completion of a supervised research program, though
some coursework may be prescribed to meet the needs of individual students.
The department maintains electron microscopes, analytical equipment,
constant-temperature rooms, experimental areas and a field station. Research
may be undertaken in ecology, genetics and plant or animal biology in the
following areas: freshwater and marine ecology, plant molecular and
developmental genetics, plant physiology, animal behaviour, plant ecology,
vertebrates and communities, invasion biology, biology of algae, evolution and
conservation genetics, animal physiology and biochemistry. A brochure providing
more detailed information is available from the head of the department or other
academic staff members in charge of individual projects.
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