This programme allows you to develop a broad-based education in Life Sciences related to medicine. At the end of your first year of study, you may transfer into one of the Honours Schools of Biochemistry, Genetics, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Microbiology, Tropical Disease Biology, Physiology or Pharmacology, and graduate with a degree in that subject. Alternatively, you may wish to keep a broad interest in biological and medical sciences open in Year Three and then graduate with a degree in Biological and Medical Sciences. You can therefore take advantage of all the biological specialities that are unique to the University of Liverpool. The aim of this integrated programme is to make you an expert in one particular field and also give you the ability to cross discipline boundaries. This is highly attractive to prospective employers. This programme is particularly suitable if you are intending to apply eventually for graduate entry into Medical, Veterinary or Dental Schools. Biological and Medical Sciences (C130) can be used as the general entry code into the following subjects: Masters in Biological Sciences (C900) Biochemistry (C700) Genetics (C400) Microbiology (C500) Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (C720) Zoology (C300) C130 students may also apply for entry to one of the following, places for which are limited, and so selection will be made on the basis of performance in the first year. Pharmacology (B210) Physiology (B120) Tropical Disease Biology (C111) You will select modules from the Life Sciences programme depending on your intended Honours programme. The structure of the Honours year varies but generally consists of specialised lecture modules, workshops and a research project. For more details please refer to the individual sections covering the various programmes.

As a graduate from this University in the Life Sciences, you will have a good set of career options ahead of you. In addition to all of the opportunities for graduates in general (including careers outside of biology) such as management, accountancy and human resources, where the skills you have obtained in our degree programmes will be of considerable benefit, our degree programmes are also popular routes to postgraduate Medicine, Dentistry or Veterinary Science. For those committed to a career as a research scientist, further study for a higher degree (MBiolSci, MSc, MRes, MPhil or PhD) at the University of Liverpool or elsewhere is the normal route. A postgraduate qualification (PGCE) for entry into the teaching profession is also an option, with significant financial inducements provided to meet the current demand for science teachers. In the public sector, Life Science graduates are in demand in research institutes, government departments, the National Health Service, forensic science and the Environment Agency. Commercial sectors that actively recruit graduates from the Life Sciences include the pharmaceutical, food, biotechnology, water and agriculture industries. There is also an increasing demand for life scientists to contribute to the public understanding of science as journalists and information/liaison officers, in view of the ethical and environmental issues that arise, for example, by developments in molecular biology and biotechnology. Recent employers AstraZeneca Crown Prosecution Service Glaxo Smithkline United Utilities Chester Zoo RSPCA NHS BBC Ministry of Defence Eli-Lilly Unilever Vodafone Environment Agency Health Protection Agency Work experience opportunities Students on our four-year MBiolSci programme have the opportunity to take elective internships abroad at our partner institutions. For example, while at universities in Thailand, students have worked on topics such as coral reef and mangrove ecology, genetics of shrimp development and new drugs for tuberculosis. Students in their final year of the MBiolSci also have the opportunity to work in industry, either for six-week internships or for the entire final year. Students will have the exciting option to undertake a foreign field course in western Uganda which is available when studying a number of our undergraduate degree programmes. The 12-day trip will involve study at both the Kibale National (10 days) and Queen Elizabeth National Parks (two days). Topics covered whilst in Uganda include tropical forest and savannah ecology, biodiversity patterns, primate behaviour and ecology, subsistence versus commercial agricultural practices, and ecotourism. In addition there are numerous opportunities for students to study or work abroad with one of our many worldwide partners. For more information, visit www.liverpool.ac.uk/goabroad Postgraduate opportunities Many of our students decide to stay at Liverpool as postgraduate students. For further information on postgraduate study the prospectus is now online in two areas. One for research (MPhil/PhD) at: www.liv.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/research/ or for taught courses only at: www.liv.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/taught/