Undergraduate handbook 2005 - Science

Marine and freshwater biology

Contact: Dr Paul Bailey (School of Biological Sciences)

The discipline

Marine and freshwater biology is the study of plant and animal life in aquatic environments, from their biochemistry to their ecology, in environments ranging from ephemeral lakes through tropical reefs to the depths of the ocean.

Sequence requirements

Major sequence in marine and freshwater biology (48 points):

• BIO1011 and either BIO1022 or BIO1042, and
• Two or three of either BIO2011 or BIO2051, BIO2181 and BIO2231, and
• BIO3021 and BIO3122*, and any six or 12 remaining points from BIO3011, BIO3071, BIO3082 or BIO3111.

Details of these units and a full list of related units are provided in the `Biological sciences' entry in this section of the handbook.

* This unit has level-two prerequisites.

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