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Human Biology
Key Information
Why study this course?

Our course is ideal if you’re interested in biology but are looking
for a particular focus on the human body and how we’ve adapted
to our environment.
This course provides a broad understanding of the physiology of
the body’s major systems as well as human health and disease.
You might explore the impact of nutrition and the environment on
health, how humans in turn impact on the environment, and human
evolution. Keele’s multidisciplinary approach puts human biology in
context, so you’ll have input from experts ranging from clinicians to
nutritionists, physiotherapists, geographers and conservation biologists.
There are opportunities for studying abroad and for work experience;
you could even add in a year’s industrial placement to create a four
year degree.

Indicative modules

First year
• Introduction to
Human Physiology
• Cell and Molecular Biology
• Genetics and Evolution
• Human Physiology
and Pathology
Second year
• Human Genetics
• Nutrition and Energy Balance
• Health and the Environment
• Research and Analytical Skills
Third year
• Life Sciences Research
Project (Experimental,
Non-experimental
or Dissertation)
• Human Parasitology
• Advances in Medicine
• Clinical Pathology

What will this mean
for my future?

Graduates from this programme
have opportunities in a wide
range of fields, with career paths
in science, health, industry or
the media. You might become
a nutritionist, dietitian, health
promotion specialist, clinical
molecular geneticist, counsellor,
adult nurse, sports therapist,
or technical author. Alternatively,
you could pursue opportunities
in postgraduate research,
teacher training, occupational
therapy, journalism, nursing
or medicine.

Course type
and duration

Dual honours, major, minor
For information on dual
honours combinations
please visit www.keele.
ac.uk/ugcourses or page 158

Course duration

Three years or four years
if taken with an Industrial
Placement

Indicative entry
requirements
ABB to BBB

For further information on
entry requirements please
visit www.keele.ac.uk/
entryrequirements

Study abroad
Yes

96%

Overall Student
Satisfaction
(2015 NSS)

Samual Wiles

Human Biology and Psychology 2013
My biggest achievement after graduating was securing a job as a pharmaceutical
microbiologist for Helvic Laboratories. I'm now training to be a science teacher
as I've always wanted to teach and my job as a microbiologist helped me get
professional experience. The dual honours programme and the flexibility of
the choices of modules is recognised and praised by professionals and other
institutions. Keele has a powerful reputation in the academic world and is a
university to be proud of. Keele made me...proud to have been on team Keele.

For more course information please visit

keele.ac.uk/lifesci

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