EscucharFirst year
First semester
Course | Credits | Type |
Biostatistics | 6 | Basic |
Mathematics | 6 | Basic |
Chemistry (*) | 6 | Basic |
Experimental design and scientific method | 6 | Basic |
Principles of animal experimentation | 6 | Basic |
Second semester
Course | Credits | Type |
Physics for biologists | 6 | Basic |
Principles of geology for biologists (*) | 6 | Basic |
Lab methods and instruments (*) | 6 | Basic |
Methodology and experimentation in the natural environment | 6 | Basic |
Bioinformatics | 6 | Basic |
Second year
Annual subjects
Course | Credits | Type |
Biochemistry (*) | 12 | Obligatory |
Cell biology and plant and animal histology | 12 | Obligatory |
Zoology | 12 | Obligatory |
Botany | 12 | Obligatory |
Microbiology | 12 | Obligatory |
Third year
Annual subjects
Course | Credits | Type |
Genetics | 12 | Obligatory |
Animal physiology | 12 | Obligatory |
Plant physiology (*) | 12 | Obligatory |
Ecology | 12 | Obligatory |
First semester
Course | Credits | Type |
Advanced microbiology (**) | 3 | Obligatory |
Immunology | 3 | Obligatory |
Second semester
Course | Credits | Type |
Project and work design and execution in biology | 3 | Optional |
Fourth year
First semester
Course | Credits | Type |
Optional 1 | 6 | Obligatory |
Optional 2 | 6 | Optional |
Optional 3 | 6 | Optional |
Optional 4 | 6 | Optional |
Optional 5 | 6 | Optional |
Second semester
Course | Credits | Type |
Degree final project | 12 | Obligatory |
Optional 6 | 6 | Optional |
Optional 7 | 6 | Optional |
Optional 8 | 6 | Optional |
Optional subjects and itineraries
Itinerary 1: Molecular and Clinical Biology
Annual subjects
Course | Credits | Type |
External practices | 6 | Optional |
First semester
Course | Credits | Type |
Genetic Engineering, transgenesis and improvement (*) | 6 | Optional |
Metabolic and molecular biochemistry (*) | 6 | Optional |
Developmental biology and regeneration | 6 | Optional |
Nutrition and food quality (*) | 6 | Optional |
Agricultural, livestock, and industrial virology and bacteriology (*) | 6 | Optional |
Endocrinology applied to clinical and animal production | 6 | Optional |
Second semester
Course | Credits | Type | ||
Human, clinical, and forensic genetics (*) | 6 | Optional | ||
Clinical chemistry and clinical analysis | 6 | Optional | ||
Biological bases of human reproduction (*) | 6 | Optional | ||
Clinical microbiology (*) | 6 | Optional | ||
Itinerary 2: Management of Natural and Agricultural Spaces
Annual subjects
Course | Credits | Type |
External practices | 12 | Optional |
First semester
Course | Credits | Type | |
Animal diversity and evolution | 6 | Optional | |
Ecosystem assessment and environmental consulting | 6 | Optional | |
Plant conservation Biology | 6 | Optional | |
Plant ecophysiology (*) | 6 | Optional | |
Second semester
Course | Credits | Type | ||
Management and conservation of wildlife | 6 | Optional | ||
Conservation and restoration of ecosystems | 6 | Optional | ||
Geobotany and plant restoration | 6 | Optional | ||
Plant pathology (*) | 6 | Optional | ||
Foreign students are allowed, if included in their study contract, to take up to a maximum of 24 credits by performing some academically directed work. To see the rules that regulate this kind of activities, click here.
(*) Courses with support in English.
(**) Courses taught in English.
For the syllabus of the courses in English or with support in English click here.
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