Student profile
Type of Degree
Students who elect to study the Degree in Biology should have an interest in studying and understanding living beings (animals, plants and microorganisms), including their biological functions, their development and their natural distribution. In addition, students will learn about the interactions which occur in nature between different life forms, their abiotic environment and current environmental problems, etc. Students should have the capacity for attention, observation, perception, logical reasoning, analysis and synthesis, together with visual and auditory memory, spatial skills, sensitivity, creativity and methodological rigour.
This is an officially recognised University Degree, valid throughout the European Higher Education Area.
WORLD HERITAGE
This Degree complies with European Higher Education Area requirements
Career opportunities Graduates in Biology are equipped for professional practice in the following areas, among others: research and development in the life sciences, health care, the pharmaceutical, agro-food and biotechnology industries, environmental studies, breeding, cultivating and using animal, plant and microbial species, land-use and environmental planning, conservation and management, information and documentation management in museums, zoological institutions, botanical gardens, scientific foundations and the press, academic activity in a variety of different settings and commerce and marketing of products and services related to Biology.
Course contents Biology graduates will be capable of using basic and applied general and specialist knowledge from the various disciplines within Biology. Furthermore, they will be capable of applying state-of-the-art study and analytical methods and techniques in Biology. Consequently, Biology graduates are equipped to design and participate in research projects in any of the Biology disciplines: Botany, Zoology, Ecology, Plant Physiology, Animal Physiology, Cellular Biology, Microbiology, Genetics, Biochemistry, etc., or to participate in multidisciplinary projects which require the knowledge and experience of a biologist. This Degree is aimed at equipping future biologists to apply the fundamental concepts of the scientific method to basic and applied research. Similarly, graduates should be able to identify the various plant, animal and microorganism species in existence and in fossil registers. Biology graduates will develop a genuine vocation for understanding individuals, populations, communities and ecosystems, and will be capable of resolving problems affecting the environment.
FACULTY OF BIOLOGY Edificio de Ciencias
CAMPUS UNIVERSITARIO Ctra. Madrid-Barcelona, km 33,600 28871 Alcalá de Henares (Madrid) www.uah.es/biologia
INFORMATION CENTRE www.uah.es ciu@uah.es
Bachelor’s Degree in:
Overall credit distribution SUBJECT TYPE
Biology
ECTS
Basic Training (B)
60
Obligatory (Ob)
96
Optional (Opt)
72
Bachelor’s Degree Final Project (Ob)
12
TOTAL CREDITS
240
STUDY PLAN OPTIONAL SUBJECTS:
FIRST YEAR First semester
Type
ECTS
Biology (Methods in Biodiversity and Conservation)
B
6
Second semester Biology (Methods in Cellular Biology and Physiology)
Type
ECTS
B
6
Mathematics
B
6
Chemistry
B
6
Physics
B
6
Geology
B
Botany (both semesters)
Ob
6
Evolution and Biodiversity Module
6
Botany (both semesters)
Ob
6
Ob
6
Zoology (both semesters)
Ob
6
Anthropology
6
Molecular Biology
Zoology (both semesters)
6
Total ECTS
30
Total ECTS
30
Animal Microscopic Organography
6
Metabolic Regulation
6
Animal Embryology
6
Physiology of Regulatory Systems
6
Physiological Adaptations to the Environment
6
Molecular Physiology of Plants
6
Parasitology
6
Evolutionary Genetics
6
Palaeontology
6
Molecular Genetics
6
Evolutionary Biology
6
Microbial Biotechnology
6
Immunology
6
SECOND YEAR First semester
Type
ECTS
Statistics
B
6
Biochemistry (both semesters)
B
Cellular Biology and Histology (both semesters) Genetics (both semesters) Ecology (both semesters)
Second semester
Type
ECTS
Biology (Methods in Molecular Biology)
B
6
6
Biochemistry (both semesters)
B
6
Ob
6
Cellular Biology and Histology (both semesters)
Ob
6
Ob
6
Genetics (both semesters)
Ob
6
Ob
6
Ecology (both semesters)
Total ECTS
30
Ob
6
Total ECTS
30
THIRD YEAR Type
ECTS
Type
ECTS
Microbiology (both semesters)
First semester
Ob
6
Microbiology (both semesters)
Ob
6
Physiology (both semesters)
Ob
6
Physiology (both semesters)
Ob
6
Plant Physiology (both semesters)
Ob
6
Plant Physiology (both semesters)
Ob
6
Optional 1
Opt
6
Optional 3
Opt
6
Opt
6
Cross-Disciplinary Skills 1
Total ECTS
30
Optional 2
Second semester
Opt
6
Total ECTS
30
FOURTH YEAR Type
ECTS
Type
ECTS
Optional 4
First semester
Opt
6
External Practical Training * (recommended)
Second semester
Opt
18
Optional 5
Opt
6
Bachelor’s Degree Final Project
Ob
12
Optional 6
Opt
6
Optional 7
Opt
6
Cross-Disciplinary Skills 2
Opt
6
Total ECTS
30
Total ECTS
30
TOTAL ECTS CREDITS: 240 * Students who do not elect external practical training will be required to study 3 optional subjects worth 6 ECTS each. B: Basic Training; Ob: obligatory; Opt: Optional
A) Evolution and Biodiversity B) Biology of Conservation C) Molecular Biology
Biology of Conservation Module
ECTS
ECTS
Geobotany
6
Forest and Applied Mycology
6
Ecosystem Conservation and Restoration
6
Applied Ecology and Climate Change
6
Environmental Physiology of Plants
6
Environmental Microbiology
6
Field Zoology
6
Molecular Biology Module
ECTS