BSc (Hons) Zoology

Study animals and biodiversity at every scale. You'll learn how animals function, how to conserve biodiversity, and how evolution works, whilst putting your skills and knowledge into practice in the lab and field. Our three-year BSc Zoology course is about animals, their evolution, and their interactions with each other, the environment and biodiversity conservation. You'll study microbes, invertebrates, birds, fish, mammals, and humans and learn how they evolved, how their physiology works, how they behave, and how they respond to global change. You’ll even discover how their biodiversity is maintained and lost, and use this knowledge to help us address important issues such as tropical wildlife conservation, disease outbreaks, and maintaining functioning ecosystems. At Sheffield, you’ll be encouraged to be creative, think independently, and express your ideas. You'll be in the lab completing in-depth practicals, and studying animal anatomy and physiology in our Alfred Denny Museum of Zoology. You'll learn off campus too, carrying out fieldwork in the Peak District, visiting scientific spots around the country, and embarking on a once-in-a-lifetime field course in the UK or abroad. As you progress through your degree, you’ll have the chance to delve deeper into key areas such as biodiversity conservation, evolutionary biology, genetics or ecological modelling.

The A Level entry requirements for this course are: AAB including Biology and a second science A Levels + a fourth Level 3 qualification ABB, including Biology and a second science + B in the EPQ; ABB, including Biology and a second science + B in Core Maths International Baccalaureate 34, with 6,5 (in any order) in Higher Level Biology and a second science; 33, with 5 in Higher Level Biology and a second science, and B in the extended essay BTEC Extended Diploma Not accepted BTEC Diploma Not accepted T Level Not accepted Scottish Highers + Advanced Higher/s AABBB + AB in Biology and a second science Welsh Baccalaureate + 2 A Levels B + AA in Biology and a second science Access to HE Diploma Award of the Access to HE Diploma in Science, with 45 credits at Level 3, including 36 at Distinction (to include Biology and a second science) and 9 at Merit Routes for mature students Other requirements GCSE Maths grade 4/C Second science subjects include Chemistry, Maths, Further Maths, Physics, Psychology, Environmental Science, Geology or Geography. Human Biology accepted in lieu of Biology, but Biology and Human Biology cannot be accepted in combination as the two sciences.