Biology and Environmental Sciences Academic Programmes
Academic Offerings
The Department of Biology and Environmental Sciences offers Biology as a qualifying course for a three or four year degree of Bachelor of Science. The four-year BSc starts with an Extended degree programme (ECP) for students who do not comply with the admission requirements for the first level in the three-year degree qualification. The current ECP in Biology stenches the first year curriculum of Biology I over two years.
The admission requirements for the first level of the three-year BSc is NQF4 and at least a symbol of 5 in Mathematics and 4 in Physical Sciences, Biology, English and one additional subject. The admission requirements for the Extended degree programme is a symbol of 4 in Mathematics, Physical Sciences, Biology, English and one additional subject.
Possible subjects that can be combined with Biology in the Life Sciences stream are Biochemistry, Chemistry and Physiology.
Undergraduate Programmes
Biology
|
Codes |
Levels & Modules |
|
MBIO000 |
ECP BSc I – Introduction to Life Sciences studies I |
|
MBIB000 |
ECP BSc II – Introduction to Life Sciences studies II |
|
MFMB010 |
Extended Curriculum Programme Year I for MBChB |
|
MBIO011 |
BSc I- Introduction to Biological Studies |
|
MZOO012 |
BSc I- Animal Biology |
|
MZOA021 |
BSc II- Biodiversity of Invertebrates |
|
MZOB022 |
BSc II- Adaptive Biodiversity of Vertebrates |
|
MZOA031 |
BSc III- Ecology |
|
MZOB032 |
BSc III- Conservation Genetics |
|
Services Courses |
|
|
MBIO011 |
BSc Dietetics I – Introduction to Biological Studies |
|
MBLA010 |
BSc Physiotherapy I – Introduction to Biological Studies |
|
MBLB010 |
MBChB I – Introduction to Biological Studies |
|
MBLC010 |
BDS I – Introduction to Biological Studies |
|
MBLD010 |
BDT I – Introduction to Biological Studies |
Environmental Management and Toxicology (EMT)
|
EMT 201 |
BSc II- Introduction to Environmental Sciences |
|
EMT 202 |
BSc II- Environmental Management |
|
EMT 301 |
BSc III- Environmental Toxicology |
|
EMT 302 |
BSc III-Pollution Monitoring Techniques and Control |
|
EMT 303 |
BSc III-Natural Resources Management |
|
EMT 304 |
BSc III- Environmental Education |
Environmental Biology (EHS)
|
EHS 201 |
BSc II- Fundamentals of Environmental Health Sciences |
|
EHS 202 |
BSc II- Food borne diseases and Human Parasitic Diseases |
|
EHS 301 |
BSc III- Human Nutrition in Health and Diseases |
|
EHS 302 |
BSc III-Occupational and Health Safety |
|
EPS 301 |
BSc III-Community Health and Development |
|
EPS 302 |
BSc III-Environmental Epidemiology |
Microbiology (MICB)
|
MICB 201 |
BSc II- Introduction to Microbiology |
|
MICB 202 |
BSc II- Environmental and Fungal Microbiology |
Postgraduate Programmes
BSc Honours in Zoology
This course focuses on Environmental Biology, Palaeontology and Philosophy of Biological Science, Fish Parasitology, Tick Biology and the completion of a research project. Admission requirements are: BSc with 60% for Biology/Zoology III or any relevant subject at third year level and/or a personal interview.
|
MZOO080 |
BSc Honours Year Project |
|
MZOA081 |
BSc Honours Environmental Biology |
|
MZOB081 |
BSc Honours Palaeontology & Philosophy |
|
MZOA082 |
BSc Honours Tick Biology |
|
MZOB082 |
BSc Honours Parasitology |
Masters and Doctorate degree
A Masters and Doctorate degree in Biology can only be achieved through the submission of a dissertation/thesis. Research in the department focuses mainly around Conservation Biology, Acarology and Ethnobotany, Fish Parasitology and Palaeontology.
|
MBOA090 |
Master of Science in Botany |
|
MZOA090 |
Master of Science in Zoology |
|
MBOA100 |
Doctor of Philosophy in Botany |
|
MZOA100 |
Doctor of Philosophy in Zoology |