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The is the fifth oldest University in the UK, dating back to 1495. Contents Over the past 525 years, we have proudly offered our students life-changing opportunities by proving true to our Foundational Purpose:

‘open to all and dedicated to the pursuit of truth in the service of others’. Information Programme listings Our vast experience in teaching – along with our modern, 21st century Our top facts ...... 2 Accountancy...... 72 German ...... 158 outlook – enables us to offer the same great opportunity to you today. Why Aberdeen ...... 4 Animal Behaviour...... 74 History ...... 160

City of Aberdeen ...... 6 Animal Behaviour and Welfare...... 76 Human Embryology and Developmental Biology ...... 162 Our rich heritage, world leading research and learning excellence has ...... 10 Anthropology...... 78 Immunology ...... 164 contributed to our associations with five winners and more Sport at the University ...... 12 Archaeology...... 80 International Business ...... 166 recently being named as a top 20 UK university – Guardian University Study with us ...... 14 Art History ...... 82 ...... University Timeline ...... 16 Biochemistry...... 84 Language and Linguistics 168 Guide 2021. We now warmly invite you to join our Aberdeen family and ...... Our response to Covid-19 ...... 18 Biological Sciences ...... 86 Law 170 ...... become part of the next chapter in our history. Your degree ...... 20 Biology ...... 88 Legal Studies 172 ...... Careers and employability ...... 24 Biomedical Sciences ...... 90 Marine Biology 174 ...... Student support ...... 26 Biotechnology ...... 92 Mathematics 176 MBChB ...... 178 Can we help? Study abroad ...... 28 Business Management ...... 94 Microbiology ...... 182 abdn.ac.uk/study Life at Aberdeen...... 30 Celtic and Anglo-Saxon Studies.....96 Modern Languages and [email protected] Accommodation ...... 32 Chemistry ...... 98 Translation and Your Students’ Association ...... 34 Computing (MA) and +44 (0)1224 272090 Interpreting Studies ...... 184 International students ...... 36 Computing Science (BSc)...... 100 Molecular Biology ...... 186 Conservation Biology...... 102 @aberdeenuni Your Aberdeen...... 38 Music ...... 188 Finance and funding ...... 40 Criminology and Sociology...... 104 @universityofaberdeen Neuroscience with Psychology....190 ...... Scholarships and bursaries ...... 41 Dentistry 106 youtube.com/uniofaberdeen Pharmacology ...... 192 ...... Widening access ...... 42 Divinity (BD and BTh) 108 instagram.com/uniofaberdeen Philosophy ...... 194 ...... Articulation from ...... 48 Ecology 110 Philosophy, Politics and Economics ...... 112 Aberdeen Entry requirements explained ...... 51 Economics (PPE) ...... 196 Engineering ...... 114 How to apply ...... 54 Physics ...... 198 English ...... 130 Entry requirements ...... 56 Physiology ...... 200 Environmental Science ...... 132 Science Teaching Hub ...... 68 Plant and Soil Science ...... 202 Exercise and Health Science ...... 134 A great location ...... 224 Politics and ...... Degree Combinations ...... 226 Film and Visual Culture 136 ...... 204 ...... Index ...... 231 Finance 138 Primary Education ...... 206

Financial Economics ...... 140 Psychology ...... 208

French ...... 142 Real Estate ...... 210

Gaelic Studies ...... 144 Scottish Studies ...... 212

Genetics ...... 146 Sociology ...... 214 Geography ...... 148 Spanish and Geology ...... 250 American Studies ...... 216 Geology and Sports and Exercise Science ...... 218

Petroleum Geology ...... 152 and Religion ...... 220

Geophysics ...... 154 Zoology ...... 222 Geosciences ...... 156 Undergraduate Guide 2022 1 WHY ABERDEEN

Ancient university TOP 20 UK UNIVERSITY with impact Guardian University Guide 2021

2019 Founded SCOTTISH 15,000 130 + UNIVERSITY STUDENTS NATIONALITIES 1495 OF THE YEAR*

Overall Associated with *** OLYMPIC th INTERNATIONAL 11 GLOBAL NETWORKS STANDARD FIVE IN THE WORLD Campus in Qatar, Alliance with Aberdeen Sports Village NOBEL PRIZES for responsible Curtin University and Partnership consumption in Sri Lanka and production

Over In the top SIR DUNCAN 75% RICE LIBRARY of research classified as 220 named one of the **** 180 W RLD LEADING SPORTS CLUBS ** MOST BEAUTIFUL IN THE WORLD and societies IN THE WORLD◊

***Times Education Impact Rankings 2020 | ****In-line with the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF) results 2 *The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2019 | **CEOWORLD magazine, 2016 ◊ World University Rankings 2021 3 1 WHY ABERDEEN

Welcome to one of the most prosperous and beautiful regions of the UK. Aberdeen is a vibrant, creative and ambitious city, known for its historic charm and cosmopolitan community. Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire have something for everyone: from the bustling city centre of Europe’s energy capital to Ancient some of ’s most beautiful countryside and coastlines. university Inspirational city

3rd SAFEST University City in UK

Source: Complete University Guide 2020 Undergraduate Guide 2022 1 WHY ABERDEEN Discover a city full of possibilities

Aberdeen is a unique student city, characterised by a mixture of distinctive architecture, cosmopolitan spirit, northern light and its proximity to the sea. It was ranked 24th in the New Times list of must-see global destinations in 2019, the only UK location to feature. Arts and Culture Festivals Food and drink Shop Whether you love a bit of Festivals are part of Aberdeen and Foodies beware! You’ll be spoilt for Union Street and the surrounding stand- comedy, live music, opera Aberdeenshire’s old Doric culture. choice. The city offers a fantastic area makes up the city’s main or theatre, Aberdeen is the city The locals love to celebrate their mix of both well-known restaurant shopping hub. You’ll find designer of the north that provides it all. music, food, Scottish tradition chains and quirky independently brands, unique boutiques and all From historical venues such as and contemporary art. There is owned bistros and eateries offering the big high street names spread His Majesty’s Theatre and the Music so much to discover, from the the best local produce. You will find across five shopping centres easily Hall, to smaller intimate spaces annual Jazz festival and The vegan, gluten-free and internationally accessible on foot. In addition, for live entertainment such as Games, to SPECTRA, themed outlets and plenty of places our four retail parks dotted around The Lemon Tree or the Blue Lamp, Aberdeen’s winter Festival of Light. offering traditional comfort food. the city provide larger stores with Aberdeen has something to offer aberdeeninspired.com/ Don’t forget, one of Aberdeenshire’s good parking facilities. everyone. In 2019, the P&J Live festivals claims to fame is being the birthplace arena opened its doors and to date of Brewdog and Mackie’s Ice cream. Night owls has welcomed many events and Sport Both Brewdog and Mackie’s original Aberdeen boasts some of the best acts such as: Jack Whitehall, Aberdeen provides many eating and drinking establishments natural light in the UK. During the Catfish and the Bottleman and opportunities to take part in can be found in the city centre. summer months, the city often hosts The BBC Sports Personality of and watch sport. The city and glimmers of daylight up until 11pm the Year awards. If you enjoy surrounding area boast over at night. To keep you entertained inspirational, thought provoking art 50 golf courses, five ski centres in the evenings, Aberdeen offers or a bit of history – then be sure and several sports courts and an array of cosy evening café’s with to check out our museums, Art pitches. Pittodrie live music, clubs with touring DJs Gallery, and the region’s two annual Stadium welcomes both local, and chilled out craft beer hideouts. art festivals: NEOS and NUART. national and international games abdn.ac.uk/study/city visitabdn.com and the Linx Ice Arena hosts aberdeenperformingarts.com National ice hockey games. pandjlive.com Your city

6 7 Undergraduate Guide 2022 21 STUDYWHY ABERDEEN WITH US Our location within easy reach Our campuses are located within easy reach of the city centre, airport, train and bus stations, beach and our student Kirkhill accommodation village, . Industrial A Estate

Riverview Dr A90

Stoneywood Rd

River Don A96

A96 Airport Road

Bridge of Don A96 B A92 Rd

Ellon Rd A Aberdeen International Airport Ellon Rd Ellon Persley B P&J Live Arena River Don Auchmill Rd C C Great Northern Rd Hillhead Student Village N Anderson Dr Hilton Dr

Manor Ave King St Rust Dr D The University of Aberdeen A90 King’s College (Main Campus) D Rosehill Dr G Provost Fraser Dr Hilton St E The University of Aberdeen Cairncry Rd A96

King St Westburn Dr Campus (Medical Campus) E Rd Powis Pl

Springhill Rd F Aberdeen Beach and Amusement Park N Anderson Dr Park Rd F

Argyll Pl

A944 B983 G B983 H Aberdeen Aberdeen Sports Village/Aquatics Centre

A944 Albert St A944 Skene St A944 Skene Rd King’s Gate I J A90 H Bon Accord Shopping Centre B9119 King’s Gate K L Carden Pl Union St M

B9119 Union Grove I Union Street

Hazelhead A9013 Park B9077 Victoria Rd J Trinity Shopping Centre

Seafiled Rd Great Western Rd Springfield Rd K Aberdeen Train Station Broomhill Rd Countesswells Rd

A92 A956

Craigton Rd L N Rd B9077 M A90 Union Square Shopping Centre

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ABERDEEN HARBOUR: a great location Dolphin watching wild weekends

Get adventurous See the Northern Lights Keen skier, cyclist or horse rider? (Aurora Borealis) Fancy surfing, quad biking or golfing? A once in a lifetime experience, Whatever interests you, there are the Aurora Borealis is a stunning endless opportunities to explore example of natural beauty that can things you already love and are yet only be seen from certain spots in to discover. For all of our skiers and the world (we’re thrilled to say we’re snowboarders, a visit to Glenshee Ski one of them). For hundreds of years Centre is a must. Cyclists and horse Aberdeenshire has been a famous riders can explore the various trails hot spot for this magical light show, made with them in mind, and water attracting visitors from across the sports fans have miles of coastline world. Look out for Aurora forecasts and numerous lochs to explore. online, which help you pinpoint the best time and place to see the show. Get wild Walk and trek Proud of our history Life’s a beach The city and surrounding shire is Sometimes the best way to discover Evidence of Aberdeenshire’s past Whether it’s surfing, walking or Try a wee dram famously known for many different the shire is on foot, where you is still very prominent today, with swimming, there are an abundance Whisky production has defined types of wildlife. Spot dolphins in the can experience the impressive historical attractions ranging from of activities to discover with 150 Scotland’s heritage and reputation , or see hundreds of seals at landscape up close. Aberdeenshire the Neolithic age to World War II. miles of coastline at your disposal. for many centuries and still does the Sands of Forvie National Nature is home to four of the five highest Stone circles, castles, ruins and Or just take a stroll from our campus today. Aberdeenshire has plenty Reserve – less than 20 miles from the mountains in Britain and we have other buildings can be found all to the beach, a walk of only about of whisky distilleries where you city centre. To catch a glimpse of rare 208km of unspoilt coastline and over the city and shire. One of 20 minutes – definitely something can discover how the spirit is made. animal and plant species, visit the incredible beaches to enjoy. Our our most well-known castles is to impress visitors with. Tourists from across the world come National Park, which is coastline was named one of the 20 Dunnottar Castle, which was part to Scotland to visit our distilleries, home to 25% of the UK’s threatened most iconic landscapes in the world of the inspiration for Disney Pixar’s with many of them located in birds, animal and plant species. by National Geographic. animation Brave. visitabdn.com beauty spots around the country.

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Aberdeen Sports Village YOUR HOME OF SPORT

Powerful erformances p Sport at the University Aberdeen Sports Village (ASV) is The quality of the facilities In addition to access at ASV, the located close to the main campus has helped attract a range of University also provides facilities in and offers exceptional sports high-profile sporting events and around Aberdeen including: Reach your full potential with our Olympic standard sports facilities. and exercise facilities, including: and programmes to Aberdeen, • Rugby, lacrosse and • Well equipped gym with including: pitches in Old Aberdeen AUSA Sports Union 150+ exercise stations • Hosting BBC Sports Personality • Outdoor tennis courts and For many, sport will be a big part scope to develop transferable sport to pursue their athletic • Olympic size 50m pool and of the Year’s “Festival of Sport” floodlit football training of campus life. It can enhance and team skills. Beyond the and academic dreams. Funded 25m diving pool • Partnering with Scottish • Football, rugby and wellbeing and build friendships. clubs, Aberdeen also serves the by the University’s Development • Full-size indoor football pitch Swimming to offer one pitches at Balgownie Whether you want to compete, more independently minded, Trust, support includes: cash • Outdoor running track and of Scotland’s four • Football and hockey pitches participate recreationally, or with outdoor pursuits and awards of up to £3000 annually; indoor athletics area performance centres at the simply remain active during adventurous activities to suit all. gym membership; athlete • Extensive group • Providing high-quality • Rowing Club boathouse on your studies, there’s something accommodation; strength and exercise programme venues for elite sport the River Dee for you at the University of Sports Scholarships conditioning; physiotherapy; e.g. Commonwealth Water • Royal Deeside climbing bothy Aberdeen. Our Sports Union and Bursaries sports science support; Polo, European Under 21s supports over 50 different clubs For students competing nationally workshops and seminars; and Netball, and various aberdeensportsvillage.com from Archery to Weightlifting. or internationally, scholarships academic flexibility. Scottish Athletics meets Our teams compete across the and bursaries are available. These UK, often at a high level, and the offer support to allow those abdn.ac.uk/sportandexercise clubs themselves provide ample competing at that level in any

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We invest heavily in our facilities and learning resources, giving you access to everything you need to help you succeed. The growth of our learning resources has placed Aberdeen on the map as one of the UK’s leading universities for study and research. Modern app roach

SIR LIBRARY named one of the MOST BEAUTIFUL IN THE WORLD*

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your future 1495 1497 1751 1788 Bishop William King’s College is appointed James McGrigor Elphinstone establishes establishes a Chair of Regent of King’s graduates. He goes on King’s College to teach Medicine, the first in the College, going on to play a to establishes a system arts and divinity English-speaking world key role in the for evacuating wounded for over 500 years from the battlefield

1923 1921 1915 1913 1903 1882 1861 1860 John McLeod (with graduates The Rowett Institute Dr Isabel Kerr graduates Alexander Ogston, , King’s College and Frederick Banting) is (Professor of Chemistry in English Literature. is founded by with a Bachelor of is appointed Regius who was Professor of merge awarded the Nobel Prize at University of She went on to become Sir , Medicine and Bachelor Professor in Surgery and Natural Philosophy to become the University for Medicine for the Aberdeen from 1914-1919) a world renowned author. who goes on to win a of Surgery. In 1911, she goes on to introduce at Marischal College, of Aberdeen discovery of insulin in is awarded the Nobel Her face would later Nobel Peace Prize opens a centre in antiseptic surgery at develops the world’s first treating diabetes. He was Prize for Chemistry appear on £5 notes in 1949 to help cure leprosy Aberdeen Royal Infirmary colour photograph appointed of Physiology in 1928

1937 1946 1952 1980 2012 2017 2019 2020 George Paget Thompson Reginald V. Jones Richard Synge Built by Professor James The Sir Duncan Rice University of Aberdeen University of Aberdeen Celebrating 525 Years! (Professor of Natural becomes Chair of Natural (biochemist with Rowett) Hutchison and his Library is officially opens international wins Scottish University Philosophy 1922-30) Philosophy until 1981. is awarded the Nobel team, the Mark 1 MRI opened by The Queen campus in Qatar of the Year Award is awarded the He plays an important Prize for Chemistry scanner successfully Nobel Prize for Physics role in Britain’s defence in 1952 scans its first patient in 1937 in World War II and is the first of its kind

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“My tutors An Ancient went above and beyond, and you could tell they were really trying hard to support their students.” Claudia Cawthorne, 4th year MA Anthropology and University Film and Visual Culture or you 2020 was a difficult year for many, but our staff, studentsr ande alumni camef together to tackle the challenges raised by the Covid-19e crisis in their own way. H * Our Caring Community The Aberdeen Family pulled together to care for our students and community when it mattered most.

423 179 Our Research food boxes delivered to MBChB STUDENTS Our expert staff and PhD students were involved in various research projects to Hillhead Student Village GRADUATING 9 WEEKS EARLY TO tackle the challenges raised by Covid-19, inform Government policy and aid recovery. RESPOND TO THE NEEDS OF THE NHS • Space Scientists • The Psychological Impact • Digital Solutions to Including enough rice to match the height Developed Ventilators of Covid-19 Health Challenges of 380 Sir Duncan Rice Libraries* The Planetary Science Group Researchers from the School The Covid-19 crisis highlighted based in the School of of Psychology took part in inequalities in UK healthcare Geosciences used their expertise a global study investigating and digital technologies are Over Over £235,000 to develop a ventilator based the impact of the Covid-19 increasingly being used to RAISED BY OUR ALUMNI FOR on the life support systems for pandemic on emotional tackle these health and social THE COVID-19 525 BURSARY FUND manned space missions. The wellbeing and resilience. The aim care challenges. An academic device, known as ATMO-Vent, of the project was to provide GP from the University was was built using certified and people with psychological selected from more than 300 low-cost components which strategies to increase resilience applicants to attend the first + are commercially available for and decrease anxiety when UK Research and Innovation 500 common use making it quicker thinking about the pandemic, (UKRI) digital health event to STUDENTS AND STAFF to build, more cost-effective however the researcher also explore and invent innovative

VOLUNTEERED AT THE ASYMPTOMATIC Simply Organized Simply Organized400Simply Organized Simply Organized Simply Organized Simply Organized Simply Organized Simply Organized Simply Organized Simply Organized and more user-friendly than examined strategies like hand digital solutions to some of TESTING CENTRE TO HELP STUDENTS CALLS MADE TO 314 any other model currently washing and social distancing the biggest health and care GET HOME FOR CHRISTMAS SAFELY SELF-ISOLATINGSimply Organized Simply Organized Simply Organized Simply Organized Simply Organized Simply Organized STUDENTSSimply Organized Simply Organized Simply Organized Simply Organized in development. to encourage people to challenges facing society. promote healthy behaviours. * (that’s 16km!) 18 19 Undergraduate Guide 2022 2 STUDY WITH US

Your degree Over Choice. Flexibility. Employability 350 DEGREE Our degrees are usually four years and let you choose your studies programmes around your interests, giving you the opportunity to widen your knowledge and skills base and maximise your employability.

Entry requirements The entry requirements are the minimum standards and subjects required for entry into our degree programmes; however, achieving these does not guarantee entry. You will find our entry requirements alongside each degree in this prospectus. for Excellence Duration Flexible entry and exit Information on University policy A Scottish honours degree normally If you have very good qualifications Scottish Baccalaureate can be found at: takes four years to complete, you can be admitted to the second Aberdeen recognises the value abdn.ac.uk/study/ giving you the option to delay year of study in many of our of the Scottish Baccalaureate curriculum-for-excellence your final degree choice until the degree programmes, enabling you and it will be considered alongside end of your second or sometimes to complete an honours degree in Advanced Highers for direct Scottish Credit and even third year. A number of our three years. In some cases it is even entry into year two across a Qualifications Framework undergraduate Masters degrees take possible to enter the third year of range of degree programmes. All degrees offered by the University five years to complete, although a degree programme. When you join the University we Our BSc () Where appropriate, the Scottish of Aberdeen are compliant with the second year admission is possible don’t limit you to a specific subject, and MA () degrees Baccalaureate will be used in Scottish Credit and Qualifications if you have very good qualifications. We understand the importance school or department. This means are especially flexible, and the offer making, with the exception Framework (SCQF). For more Some language programmes take of recognising successful study, you can study subjects from LLB (Bachelor of Laws) and BTh of Medicine. information visit: five years if they include a full year and know that students may wish outside your chosen discipline, (Bachelor of Theology) programmes scqf.org.uk of study or work abroad. There are to take a gap year or study break. and, even if you know exactly what also offer some flexibility. Foundation Apprenticeships some programmes that include If you decide to leave the University you want to do, you’re able to Other degrees like the Masters Aberdeen recognises the value of Courses and credits a year’s industrial placement, which before completing your degree, change direction as your interests, of Engineering, the MBChB the Foundation Apprenticeship Almost all of our degree programmes means they also last for five years. you will receive an Undergraduate passions and ambitions develop. (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor and it will normally be considered consist of courses (modules) at four The MBChB degree takes five years. Certificate or Diploma in Higher of Surgery) or our Education in lieu of one SQA Higher at grade B levels (1-4, equivalent to SCQF levels Education if you obtain 120 level 1 Our degrees are structured slightly degrees – which train you for across a range of degree programmes. 7-11). You can access our catalogue Honours credit points (for the Certificate) differently from the rest of the UK a specific profession – offer less of courses at: If you are taking a four-year and 240 credit points (including 90 and Europe but have similarities to flexibility, as the content of these abdn.ac.uk/registry/courses degree, admission to the honours at level 2, for the Diploma). If you the structures found in the USA. courses must satisfy the relevant part of the degree is conditional later wish to return to study to Our degrees are unique as they allow professional organisation. on performance in the first two complete a full honours degree, for more study flexibility and choice, years (or in some cases the first you can do so as long as you meet providing you with a broad range of three), but most students who the criteria for readmission. knowledge and skills. want to progress to honours do so.

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FIRST YEAR SECOND YEAR THIRD & FOURTH YEAR Sustained Study courses Sustained Study provides you History History History with the opportunity to take on (single honours) courses for two years, that are English English or Choose from separate from your core discipline. English A RANGE OF For example, you may benefit from Sociology Management (single honours) LANGUAGES having a language, or perhaps some or to study alongside knowledge of business or science, French French History and English your degree alongside your main degree subject. (Enhanced Study option) (Enhanced Study option) (joint honours) Sixth Century courses How our courses These courses were launched in work in practice celebration of our 500 years of Here’s an example of a student teaching and learning. They are who has applied to study History cross-disciplinary and designed to at Aberdeen. As you can see, they help you question and analyse the have plenty of flexibility and the subject of study at a deeper level. chance to change their specialism during their studies. For more information on the range of courses available, visit: We encourage you to study abdn.ac.uk/registry/courses subjects that both interest you and help you find your dream career. Part-time study This means you could, for example, The majority of our degree add a subject in science or law to programmes are available to study your arts degree. You could add on a part-time basis on campus in management studies or a modern Aberdeen. If you just want to study language to your science degree. individual courses to update your qualifications or for interest then Undergraduate students normally individual subject study may be study 8 courses during first year the route for you. – 4 in the first half session abdn.ac.uk/study/ (September to December) and undergraduate/ug-part-time Enhanced Study options Discipline Breadth courses 4 in your second half session As mentioned before, flexibility This option allows you to extend (January to March). Each year Online Learning and choice is where our degree the scope of your study by taking of degree study equates to Some of our course modules are programmes excel. Most new just about any of the University’s 120 credit points. available to study online, giving you undergraduate students (with undergraduate courses. A course all the practical advantages of fitting the exception of Medicine and counts as a Discipline Breadth For more information on our your learning around your location, Dentistry) will have the opportunity course if it is not a required or wide range of degrees, visit: work and personal commitments. to add additional subjects with optional course for your chosen abdn.ac.uk/study abdn.ac.uk/online no increase to your overall degree, and is not in the same workload. This provides a great discipline as your degree intention. way to broaden your learning. abdn.ac.uk/study/ enhanced-study

The three types of ‘Enhanced Study’ courses are: • Discipline Breadth • Sustained Study • Sixth Century Courses

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Noor Chaudhary Your degree, 4th year, MSci Biomedical Sciences Connect with (Pharmacology) CURRICULAR your future, ‘‘ The benefit of going on an industrial placement is immense; you gain PLACEMENTS experience, make authentic networks, and work-based develop a much clearer understanding learning of your strengths and weaknesses and much more. I can’t recommend taking your success! a placement year in industry enough, We support your career and skills development Find out where your it is a real game changer in your career.” throughout your time at University and beyond. degree can take you at: abdn.ac.uk/ Explore your options Develop your skills career-options You can make informed career You will gain the attributes Shahid Khan choices and gain insights into job employers are looking for Civil Servant at options by connecting with our throughout your degree the careers team and exploring online programme. Alongside your ‘‘ Through the Employability courses and resources. studies you can develop your Connect with employers for Arts and Social skills and experiences through There are many opportunities Sciences course, I was a range of employability to connect with our regional, equipped with a skill set programmes, mentoring and national and international employer that helped me secure my Explore work experience initiatives. partners and alumni networks via your your courses and a wide range of current position as a civil fairs and networking events. servant in the Scottish OPTIONS Government. Every day, I apply the knowledge I make a difference in Aisling Lindsay with one of 1st year, MA Politics and gained in the course to do people’s lives through my our friendly public service role. International Relations advisors my job in a professional and innovative way. I recommend this course ‘‘ Through the Employability Moreover, I continue to any student who wants Boost Award programme to carry my Aberdeen to make a difference in I have been able to come Graduate attributes to the world! up with long-term goals to maximise my employability for what I hope will be my future career as a teacher.” Develop your SKILLS AND rs EMPLOYABILITY alongside e your degree Car programme 24 and skills 25 Undergraduate Guide 2022 2 STUDY WITH US An ancient university with suport

Right from the start, our staff and student support teams will ensure you have access to all the support you need, whether that be on campus or by directing you to a local organisation.

Personal Tutors Looking after your health Student Advice & International Student Advisers Student Support Advisers Chaplaincies On arrival at the University you Full NHS medical services are available Support Team Our ISAs provide advice on Student Support Advisers provide The University Multi-faith will be allocated a Personal Tutor to students. The Old Aberdeen The Student Advice & Support immigration issues, in particular free, impartial and confidential Chaplaincy is a community hub (or, for Medicine and Dentistry Medical Practice, a comprehensive Team offers impartial, confidential student visa extensions, and advice to students on a range of for people of all faiths and none. students, a Regent), who will NHS health practice, has many years advice and support to students queries regarding dependants. issues which include student loans, The team comprises of Honorary meet you during Welcome of experience in providing advice and across a wide range of issues British immigration legislation is finance, University procedures, Chaplains and Faith Representatives Week. Your Personal Tutor can treatment to students. The Practice is including finance, disabilities and complex and our immigration benefits and personal problems. who seek to encourage the spiritual provide general support to you independent of the University, but specific learning differences, visa advice and services are regulated [email protected] life on campus. There is always throughout your studies and will located close to King’s College and immigration matters, mental by the Office of the Immigration 01224 273935 a warm welcome for all and the be a point of contact for any campus in a purpose-built health health and wellbeing, and more. Services Commissioner. Chaplaincy team is committed queries you have as a student. centre. The Old Machar Practice is also Students studying on the [email protected] Welfare support in to giving personal and pastoral care They will often be the first close to the King’s College campus. Foresterhill campus have access 01224 273935 Halls of Residence to anyone who needs it: offering person you turn to if you to student support staff based in A Community Liaison Officer and a listening ear, a hospital visit and encounter difficulties. Childcare the and the Institute Mental health support team of Student Resident Assistants much more. The Chaplains also abdn.ac.uk/students The campus-based Rocking Horse of Medical Sciences. If you have a diagnosed mental (SRAs) are based in the University- encourage community across Nursery provides childcare for abdn.ac.uk/students/support health condition we provide owned Halls of Residence to look the University campus and pre-school age children of students a range of professional, free and after the welfare of residents. oversee University services and staff. The nursery has three Disability advice confidential support appropriate The team work very closely with within King’s College Chapel. The departments which cater for 0-2, A team of Advisers provide to your personal and academic the Student Advice and Support abdn.ac.uk/chaplaincy STUDENT ADVICE 2-3 and 3-5 year-olds respectively. information, advice and support needs through our team of Mental Office and often signpost students & SUPPORT TEAM abdn.ac.uk/rockinghorse for students and applicants with Health Mentors. You can also come to see an Adviser in the team. Our obligations and yours is here for all students physical and mobility difficulties, and speak to us about any issues The University has a student at the University. AUSA Advice visual impairments, hearing you may be experiencing and get The Counselling Service charter that sets out the abdn.ac.uk/ AUSA Advice offers free and impairments, medical conditions, help in seeking support in the local This is a free, confidential and responsibilities of the University students/support impartial advice to students. You specific learning differences, community and NHS. professional service for students and of students. It gives details can contact us for support with and mental health conditions. [email protected] who have personal, social or of various University policies anything including academic advice, They also provide assistance to 01224 273935 emotional concerns. The service and procedures. As a condition health and wellbeing, and housing. students who are eligible to apply is student focused and is located of enrolment in the University, You can approach us with any for the Disabled Students’ on the Old Aberdeen campus. all students are required to abide questions you have and we will do Allowance (DSA). [email protected] by the University’s Code of Practice our best to answer them or point you [email protected] 01224 272139 on Student Discipline, as amended in the direction of someone who can. 01224 273935 from time-to-time. [email protected] ausa.org.uk/ausaadvice

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Study Exchange Study exchange allows you to An ancient university spend a semester or year abroad at one of our partner institutions in Europe, North America, Asia or Australia. with global oportunities The majority of our partner universities teach in English, so you do not need to speak another language to participate Go abroad, come here, go anywhere! Our global networks offer you the opportunity in study exchange. to make an international experience part of your degree. For most European exchanges, We offer a wide range of options When can I go? “My exchange year gave me available destinations will depend for our students to spend a Study or work placements an insight into another on your degree programme at structured period abroad through are available for either one culture and improved my Aberdeen. Outside of Europe, you can study at most of our either the European or International semester or a full academic language skills immensely. Exchange programme. For the partner institutions provided that year. Most students go abroad I was able to try many majority of students, a semester in their second year; however, the host university teaches different activities that or year abroad is not an additional with departmental approval relevant courses. period of study and the academic students may participate in their I wouldn’t have had the credits gained abroad will count third year of study. Students opportunity to do anywhere Traineeships and towards your degree. undertaking a period of residence else and made friends Summer Schools abroad as a requirement of for life with people from European traineeships are open We work hard to make our a degree in Modern Languages around the world. It was to all students. Depending on the opportunities accessible to all, or Law with another European an unforgettable year.” degree programme, traineeships and to support students before, legal system will usually study Rebecca Scott can fulfil the residence abroad, during and after their time abroad. abroad in their third year. University of Deusto, Spain. industrial placement or project requirement of a programme. Spending time abroad not only Alternatively, they can be taken on offers the opportunity to experience a voluntary basis over the summer life in an exciting new culture – it also or after graduation, further offers a new perspective on your enhancing your employability. university subjects. Some of our European, Asian “Challenging myself, going “The city, my friends, Studying or working abroad is an and North American partner increasingly vital element of our somewhere different, travelling, the food, the institutions also offer summer programmes, ensuring that your and learning how to live uni life, my courses... schools. Funding is available for degree is internationally relevant in a foreign country has It was one of the best certain summer schools, whereas and that you graduate with the been the most rewarding years of my life.” others charge tuition fees. skills needed to set you apart and eye-opening Barbara Merino abdn.ac.uk/go-abroad from other graduates. Students experience of my life.” Lingnan University, Hong Kong. with international experience Jacob Duane return to Aberdeen having University of Padova, . developed skills such as independence, cultural awareness, self-confidence and the ability to work in a multicultural team.

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When you start your life in Aberdeen you become part of an international community that welcomes An ancient you whoever you are and wherever you come from. We have a hugely diverse student and staff population, with over 30% university of our students coming from outside of the UK. with diversity Undergraduate Guide 2022 3 LIFE AT ABERDEEN

Your home FAQ What are my options if my accommodation away from home requirements are less than a full academic year? Limited short-term lets are Living in accommodation with other students will give We offer: available for one semester. you a great start at Aberdeen. You will make new friends • Guaranteed accommodation* Please contact us for All new students are guaranteed* further information during the first few weeks and these friends often stay an offer of accommodation in abdn.ac.uk/accommodation with you throughout your university life and beyond. a single occupancy bedroom within our portfolio, or with Are part-time students one of our preferred partners, entitled to accommodation? provided your application Full-time students are given reaches us by the deadline. priority but it is often possible * (Terms and conditions apply) to accommodate part-time • Accommodation on, or within • A dedicated team to provide Costs and additional students too. walking distance of, the main support and information to information campus; a range of properties enhance the student experience • Up-to-date information on the How do I pay my rent? Rent is normally paid at the are available in, or close to, the while you live in university various accommodation offered start of each term. Alternatively, main Old Aberdeen campus and accommodation. As well as by the University (including the arrangements may be made by the Hillhead Student Village. providing advice and guidance all-important costs) is available individual agreement to pay • Frequent bus service the team run a variety of social on the accommodation website. on a monthly basis. Hillhead Student Village enjoys events throughout the year. abdn.ac.uk/accommodation good transport links with • 24/7 maintenance support Will I be housed with other a regular and direct bus service When to apply • Single study bedrooms with first year undergraduates? to our King’s campus, and the • Applicants who have firmly both ensuite and standard The University has dedicated city centre. We also have accepted an unconditional or facilities available to suit all undergraduate accommodation a dedicated bus route (which conditional offer of admission budgets. The majority of the and we aim to place all first is free for students) to will be able to apply online accommodation is within five year students together our Foresterhill campus. for accommodation up to bedroom cluster flats. In addition where possible. the application deadline. • Headspace, the central hub to this there are also large The application process allows within the Hillhead Student traditional halls with shared you to make up to five choices. Is there a deadline for Village offers extensive social bathroom and kitchen facilities. We endeavour to allocate first accommodation applications? and study facilities with a • Wireless network throughout Yes, usually in August, although choice where possible but this reception open 24 hours a day. we recommend that you book • Car parking and is not guaranteed. The community space houses bike storage facilities as early as possible. Unfortunately, a teaching kitchen, music room • Adapted accommodation accommodation applications and TV area. Study rooms are available received after the deadline also available for group or cannot be guaranteed. individual projects. You can also • The University also has enjoy a bite to eat in The Works limited accommodation cafe bar which also hosts regular for couples and families For more Frequently Asked events throughout the year. Questions (FAQs) For more FAQs please visit the accommodation website. abdn.ac.uk/accommodation 32 Accommodation 33 Undergraduate Guide 2022 3 LIFE AT ABERDEEN Your Students’ Association

Sustainability When you join the University, you are automatically a member of Aberdeen University AUSA is working hard to ensure Students’ Association (AUSA), an independent student-led organisation that supports, that sustainability is a cross-cutting empowers and represents the vibrant student body during their University experience. theme in everything we do as a We strive to create an influential student community by listening to our members and Students’ Association. We want to act as environmental leaders changing to adapt to their needs. You can enjoy many different activities which are led and encourage our student body by students and supported by the staff and Sabbatical Officers. to learn more about and engage with environmental initiatives, campaigns, and behaviours. Where we are? Student Voice You’ll find AUSA staff and elected We are committed to supporting of your views. Get in touch with Union Brew representatives (Sabbatical student voice in all matters. We the AUSA Reps team at Union Brew is AUSA’s bar and Officers) on the ground floor of are here to ensure your voice is [email protected] café on the ground floor of the the Students’ Union Building on heard on all levels – in your course, with any questions. Students’ Union Building. Open Elphinstone Road. Also look out for on campus, locally and nationally. during the day and often home to us at Hillhead, Foresterhill campus There is a range of representation Societies and Sports Clubs evening events such as pub quizzes, and the Aberdeen Sports Village. available to you through your With over 55 different sports Students’ Association. Whether clubs, over 180 societies and open mics and student-run events, AUSA Advice you want to discuss a course issue various student groups AUSA and it’s always got something going on. Student Enterprise You can get in touch with AUSA with your Class Rep or School the University of Aberdeen have a Connect with us Advice for support with anything Convenor or raise a University wide vibrant community spirit. Whether AUSA is a big supporter of student enterprise, giving space and ausa.org.uk from academic advice, health issue with a Sabbatical Officer or you’re looking to learn salsa, learn training to new businesses and fundraising ideas. There are various & wellbeing to housing and Liberation/Section Forum, we are to skate, or appreciate a fine student enterprises located on the ground floor of the Students’ facebook.com/abdnunisa accommodation needs. You can here to represent your interest whisky. Joining a club or society is Union Building including BookEnds, The Corner and the Swap Shop. twitter.com/ausatweet ask us anything and if we don’t and ensure that your voice is heard a great way to meet new people These unique services operate as non-profit organisations or raise instagram.com/aberdeenunisa have an answer, we’ll put you in on all levels – in your course, on and experience new things as well funds for local charities. [email protected] touch with someone who does. campus, locally and nationally. as continue to develop your skills, You can contact AUSA Advice Keep an eye on our social media hobbies and passions. team via email at for opportunities to have your Contact our Activities team at [email protected] or on say, open student meetings are [email protected] WhatsApp at +44 1224 274200. held throughout the year to with any questions about Societies, ensure continuous representation Sports Clubs or Student Groups. Student Groups We have many great student-run services; Nightline, BookEnds, City TV, Aberdeen Student Radio, The student newspaper, Aberdeen Student Climate Network (ASCN) and Consent Awareness Sexual Education (CASE). They provide great opportunities to raise awareness, build student communities, and enrich your student experience.

34 35 Undergraduate Guide 2022 3 LIFE AT ABERDEEN International Students A warm welcome

Aberdeen has a long tradition of welcoming international students from all over The International Centre is English language Fixed fees the world. We have a large international community of students and staff drawn designed to: There is a set minimum entry The University of Aberdeen is • Help integrate new students requirement for your level of committed to providing a fixed from over 130 different countries, making Aberdeen their home away from home. to the University and city English to ensure you have fee structure for international through our orientation and sufficient language skills to cope undergraduate students. transition programmes. with your studies. An IELTS This means that you will be • Act as a space for students Academic overall score of 6.0 charged the same fees over who are on, or are interested is required for admission in to your programme of study in, an exchange or study abroad an undergraduate programme. in each year of study. programme. has Medical students require an IELTS members of staff from our Academic overall score of 7.0. Foundation pathway Go Abroad team on hand programmes to advise you. For more information on our The University has a range of • Provide a forum for students English language requirements foundation pathway options to meet people from around and the various English courses open to international students. the world through different offered by our language centre. aberdeen-isc.ac.uk/ activities and events, including Please visit: trips around Scotland. abdn.ac.uk/study/ Non-graduating or visiting • Allow students to practise international/english international students a variety of languages in abdn.ac.uk/languagecentre We welcome visiting students an informal and casual from all over the world. A wide atmosphere, including English, Visa advice range of courses are available, with Spanish, Japanese and Arabic. In line with UK Visas and the exception of Clinical Medicine. • Give students the opportunity Immigration (UKVI) advice, we For further information, including to develop leadership skills advise on budgeting for £1,023 application forms, please visit: through the volunteering per month on top of tuition fee abdn.ac.uk/study/ Applying to university Our International Centre programme of the centre costs to cover living expenses international/study-abroad If you are an international As a leading international university, To help you have the best activities team. throughout the duration of your student, and you wish to take a we recognise the importance of possible student experience, • Highlight to students with study in Aberdeen. The UKVI In My Country full undergraduate degree, you helping our international students our International Centre is families the many opportunities advice is subject to change so it We welcome students from can do so by applying through fully integrate in to Aberdeen, designed to make you feel to meet other families, and is important you are aware of and around the world and have set up UCAS. The International Office helping you to live, study and welcome and help you as ways to get involved in the adhere to the most up-to-date country specific pages where you is here to advise and help make friends during your time much as possible during your local community through advice on their website. can find lots of information such you before, during and after here. We understand that studying transition to life in the Silver City. ‘Global Families’. abdn.ac.uk/study/ as entry requirements and contact applying to study at Aberdeen. here is a huge investment in your The International Centre is for all • Present students with the international/intl-finance details for partner agents who can Find out more at future, and we are dedicated to students, whether you are from various tools, maps and tips help with your application. abdn.ac.uk/study/international ensuring all of our international , , Dubai that will allow their time abdn.ac.uk/study/ or email [email protected] students feel part of the University. or : we are here to help you in Scotland and Aberdeen international/inmycountry have an international experience. to be a success.

36 37 4 YOUR ABERDEEN

With extensive scholarship and bursary schemes available, plus An ancient professionally accredited degrees and enhanced study options, we have everything in place to help university you get the most out of your time here. with options Undergraduate Guide 2022 4 YOUR ABERDEEN Finance and Scholarships funding and bursaries

You can apply for a government The University of Aberdeen is committed to attracting the very best students, regardless loan to cover the full cost of your of financial circumstances, which is why we offer a large number of scholarships. fees and the money will be paid directly to the University. The Visit: abdn.ac.uk/ugfinance loan is not repayable until after graduation and you are earning a Scholarships for “Rest of UK” Scholarships for Entrance scholarships set salary. Depending on where fee status students Scottish students Each year we award entrance you live, you will also be able to Students from , Northern We are committed to attracting scholarships for undergraduate study. apply for additional financial help, Ireland and , who pay tuition the very best students, regardless A number of these are generously including government grants, fees, may be eligible for specific of financial circumstances. We supported by alumni, individuals and scholarships and bursaries, and scholarships*, allowing them to offer a range of scholarships companies through the University maintenance or living cost loans receive additional funding. These and bursaries to help support of Aberdeen Development Trust. to help cover your living costs are designed to provide assistance undergraduate students from The award of a scholarship does not Students from Scotland Students from England, while at university. to help students support themselves widening access backgrounds. affect the amount you can borrow If you are a Scottish student living Northern Ireland and Wales during their time here and also These vary in value up to £3000 under the loan arrangements or other and studying full-time in Scotland, If you come to study in Scotland For more information, visit the reward academic excellence. per annum. Once you have entitlements from public funds. support for your living costs from elsewhere in the UK, you will site that applies to you: submitted your application to while at university comes from a be liable to pay tuition fees, but England: These scholarships are available in Aberdeen, you will receive email These entrance scholarships are means-tested system of repayable you will be able to borrow this and gov.uk/student-finance addition to applicable Government updates with details of how to awarded automatically to all students loans and non-repayable grants. repay it after graduation, just as Northern Ireland: loans and grants. More information apply for an entrance scholarship. who meet the academic and/or Provided that you have not had you would if studying in England, studentfinanceni.co.uk is available on our website. Applications for entrance financial criteria and are paying the tuition fees paid for a previous Northern Ireland or Wales. abdn.ac.uk/study/ scholarships usually open in late “rest of UK” tuition fee rate. Applicants Wales: course and you are not repeating The University of Aberdeen’s tuition undergraduate/ug-finance Spring every year. do not have to be UK nationals and studentfinancewales.co.uk part of your programme, you do fee for students from England, will be given equal consideration. not have to contribute towards Northern Ireland or Wales in 2021* University scholarships Part-time students the tuition costs of your degree. is £9,250 per year for all of our A number of additional Scholarships are only available to Charges for part-time programmes full-time undergraduate degrees. scholarships are made those who are offered and firmly are based on the credits or courses For students living full-time in available each year to accept a place at Aberdeen; however, (modules) you register for. Part-time Scotland, the first step to finding For more information on our students at the University. those who have submitted a UCAS students studying up to 75 credits out more about, and applying tuition fees visit: abdn.ac.uk/study/ug/ form but have not yet received (maximum) may be eligible to apply for, financial support is to contact abdn.ac.uk/infohub/finance/ scholarships an offer from the University are for the SAAS part-time fee grant to the Student Awards Agency tuition-fees welcome to apply. help towards the cost of tuition fees. for Scotland. abdn.ac.uk/study/ abdn.ac.uk/infohub/finance/ saas.gov.uk entrance-scholarships tuition-fees abdn.ac.uk/funding * For full, up-to-date information about our 2022/23 tuition fees, visit: Other support abdn.ac.uk/infohub/finance/tuition-fees “Being able to enjoy university life rather than worrying about Our Student Support Office the finances of higher education has given me the freedom to provides a money advice service concentrate on my studies.” and can advise on personal Allanah Gray, budgeting. Our Careers Service Economics & Politics student is also on hand to help you find holiday and part-time work. *Terms and conditions will apply. 40 41 Undergraduate Guide 2022 4 YOUR ABERDEEN Widening Access

The University of Aberdeen has a long-standing commitment to widening access to higher education. We aim to create an outstanding and inclusive educational environment, ensuring every student has the opportunity to reach their potential. We try to raise aspirations and improve access to higher education for all. Open to all Open to all We want to encourage students from the widest possible range of backgrounds to participate in university studies, and we appreciate that not all students have the same opportunity to meet our standard entry requirements.

We look at every aspect of each application to decide if we can make an offer of entry that asks for reduced grades and/ or participation in a pre-entry programme. If an applicant meets one of the factors that the University considers under contextualised admissions then we may be able to make them what is called an “adjusted” or reduced offer. For more information about contextualised admissions and factors that we consider under this policy please see the following pages and for a full list please visit abdn.ac.uk/widening-access

Please also note that applicants who are entitled to an adjusted offer can receive pre-entry support from the Access and Articulations team. abdn.ac.uk/study/access- aberdeen

For more information on our admissions process and entry requirements, please see pages 51-55.

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Student Carers Refugees and Asylum Seekers British Military Service The University of Aberdeen is The University is fully committed If you are a veteran, early service fully committed to supporting to supporting applicants who have leaver or your parents, spouse or Student Carers who wish to study refugee or asylum status and who partner have served in the British full or part-time, at undergraduate wish to study towards a degree. Military, you may benefit from or postgraduate level. If you have If you have been granted Refugee an Adjusted or reduced offer of a caring role you may benefit and Asylum status (both those entry. The University’s Access and from a Minimum or Adjusted offer who have Home and RUK tuition Articulation Team can provide of entry. The University accepts fee status) you may benefit from pre-entry advice if you fall into the following definition of an an Adjusted or reduced offer of one of these categories. unpaid carer: “A carer is anyone entry. We recognise that you may who cares, unpaid for a friend not be in a position to provide We would expect you to confirm or family member who due to evidence of your qualifications, that you have a parent, partner illness, disability, a mental health however this is not necessarily or spouse in British Military problem or an addiction cannot a barrier to entry. Service, or that you are a veteran cope without their support.” or early service leaver in your (Carers Trust) For more information on the types UCAS personal statement or the SIMD 20 Care Experienced Applicants Estranged Applicants of support that are on offer to reference statement. In August When considering applications For general information on the An Estranged Applicant is defined The University is a proud recipient Refugees and Asylum seekers – 2016 the University signed up to from people who normally reside in University’s support for Care as ‘Any applicant or student of the Carers Trust’s Going Higher including pre-application advice the Armed Forces Covenant. This Scotland we look at where you live Experienced applicants and (under the age of 26) who has in Scotland Recognition Award. – please visit: commitment is reflected in our using the Scottish Index of Multiple students please visit: been estranged from their abdn.ac.uk/study/ abdn.ac.uk/study/ admissions policy and practice. Deprivation (SIMD). abdn.ac.uk/study/ immediate or extended families student-carers widening-access For more information visit: care-experienced-students and who will receive no support abdn.ac.uk/study/ The index is divided into groups from them whilst they are at widening-access called ‘Quintiles’. Care Experienced Applicants University.’ Estranged applicants who meet the relevant entry may benefit from a Minimum or Gypsy, Roma and Travellers If your postcode is in Quintile 1 requirements (at the Standard, Adjusted offer of entry. They can The University is fully committed (SIMD 20 – the 20% most Minimum or Adjusted threshold also access a wide range of support to supporting applicants who deprived areas in Scotland) and levels) will be made an offer mechanisms whilst at University identify as belonging to the Gypsy, your application is considered of entry into the University. (e.g. financial support and advice). Roma or Traveller Community. suitable for an offer, you’ll receive Care Experienced students Applicants who identify as an adjusted (contextual) offer. and applicants are defined by As part of its commitment to belonging to the Gypsy, Roma or as: “Anyone support estranged students the Traveller Community may benefit You can check if your postcode who has been or is currently University has proudly taken the from a contextualised or Adjusted is in a SIMD 20 area at the in care or from a looked after Stand Alone pledge. For more offer of entry from the University. following webpage: background at any stage of their information on this pledge and Please see more information abdn.ac.uk/ life, no matter how short. This care Stand Alone please visit the about this and the University’s contextual-admissions may have been provided in one of following web-page: contextualised admissions policy many different settings, such as thestandalonepledge.org.uk/ at the following weblink: residential care, foster care, kinship champion-institutions/ abdn.ac.uk/contextual- care or looked after at home with 15-scotland/148-university- admissions a supervision requirement.” of-aberdeen

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Access Aberdeen Access Aberdeen is a higher insight days, application support courses and individual guidance. education scheme developed by sessions, support for guidance We can also provide general the University of Aberdeen to teachers, parents events and advice about applying and support people from throughout individual guidance. studying at University. Events are Scotland who meet a range of abdn.ac.uk/study/ normally held in Aberdeen and widening access criteria. These access-aberdeen , or online. Students criteria include, but are not limited can also benefit from travel cost to, those mentioned on pages 44 REACH payments and accommodation & 45 of this prospectus. For a more The Reach Programme hosted to help them participate. comprehensive list of widening at the University of Aberdeen access criteria, and information on provides information, advice We work with pupils across how to find out if you meet one and guidance on applying for Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire, of these criteria, please visit the professional degrees. We offer , Highlands, and web-page at the link given below. support in the following areas: . The Reach Programme abdn.ac.uk/ • Law at the University of Aberdeen is contextual-admissions • Medicine part of a national widening access The project supports S4-6 pupils project funded by the Scottish The programme provides to make informed choices about Funding Council. information, advice and guidance university study. to allow those from a widening For more information on the REACH access background to make an We offer a range of career insight programme and to see if you might informed decision about their days, application support sessions, be eligible to join please visit: future studies. We offer discipline mentoring opportunities, taster abdn.ac.uk/reach

46 47 Undergraduate Guide 2022 4 YOUR ABERDEEN Articulation from college

The University welcomes applications from students who have previously studied at College. This includes students taking Access or SWAP courses, Foundation Apprenticeships and those who have undertaken HNC or HND qualifications.

Access/SWAP programmes If you have a College Access or SWAP qualification, you may be able to gain entry in to some of our degree programmes. For more information and advice please visit: abdn.ac.uk/study/articulation

Foundation Apprenticeships Skills Development Scotland, alongside other partners, developed Foundation Apprenticeships. These Apprenticeships will be considered Partner Associate Status alongside Scottish Highers for SCQF Level of the qualification, you The University has partnered with If you are studying on an course, then you are invited to We know the process of applying entry in to some of our degree need to have studied most of the some Scottish Colleges to provide articulation route with one of our attend one of these events. These to university can be stressful. If programmes. One Foundation material that is taught in Year 1 and/ an ‘articulation route’ to University. partner colleges, you will get the events include opportunities to you have any concerns about the Apprenticeship will normally be or Year 2 of the degree programme Articulation routes are made opportunity to be an Associate meet our lecturers and admissions subject or level you are applying considered in lieu of one SQA as each year of study relies on possible when the teaching at Student. This means you get access teams, to take part in lectures, for please get in touch and we Higher at grade B. knowledge from the year before. the college and the University of to the University’s campus facilities, tours of the campus and other will be happy to advise you on Aberdeen are very similar. Those including our library – in person HNC/HND qualifications activities. You’ll also hear from your application. You can get in Throughout the degree pages of who have a HNC are likely to enter and from a distance. Articulation is the process whereby students who were previously touch with us at: this prospectus where you see Year 2 of university and those with your College qualifications are college students before coming [email protected] HNC/D mentioned there is a a HND, Year 3. Visit us given full credit so if you have an to the University. Please visit our pathway to advanced entry. To We host Open Days, articulation Transitional Summer HNC you enter University at Year 2 website for more information. find out more information about Our Access and Articulation Team events (for college students only), School Programmes and if you have an HND you enter abdn.ac.uk/study/articulation this please see our Articulation often visit these colleges to provide an Offer Holder Day (for students Some of our degree University at Year 3. Pathways Brochure. advice and support. who have received an offer of How to apply programmes have summer abdn.ac.uk/study/ We have studied the curriculum of study from the University) and Applications should be submitted schools for College students. articulation-pathways- Currently, we have partnerships the most commonly taught HNC pre-bookable campus visits. through UCAS (see pages 54 & 55) These programmes help bridge brochure with the following colleges: and HND programmes and have abdn.ac.uk/visit and each will be considered the gap between your College • & Angus College looked at which of these closely by our Academic Selectors on and University studies, ensuring If advanced entry is not available • College match our own programmes at Year Articulation Events an individual basis. Please read you start term confident and it may still be possible to use your • Forth Valley College 1 and Year 2. Where there is a close Articulation events are held on pages 51-53 (Entry requirements prepared for University life. HNC/D as an entry qualification • New College Lanarkshire match, we have created pathways campus and online at various explained) as it includes details You can see which degrees are and enter in first year. • North East Scotland College for college students to enter our points throughout the year at the on what you should mention in involved in the summer school For more information contact us at: degrees with advanced standing New articulation pathways are University of Aberdeen. If you are your personal statement. on our webpage below: [email protected] (i.e. Years 2 and 3). It is important to always under review, check our studying a matching HNC/HND abdn.ac.uk/study/articulation abdn.ac.uk/study/articulation be clear this isn’t based just on the website for the latest information.

48 49 Undergraduate Guide 2022 4 YOUR ABERDEEN Entry requirements explained

Frequently asked questions

What do I need to apply What qualifications and for the degree programme grades do I need? Adjusted I want to study? The qualifications and grades If applicants meet one or more You’ll need qualifications, you need vary by degree and of the widening access criteria a personal statement and a may also depend on whether the Adjusted entry requirements reference. For some specific you meet one or more widening are what we would normally courses you may also need to: access criteria. The University expect them to already have • attend an interview or an of Aberdeen has three sets achieved at the time they apply. audition (for Primary School of entry requirements for the Good performance in additional Teacher Training, Medicine, majority of its degree programmes. Highers/Advanced Highers will Dentistry or Music) be required. These applicants • provide detailed evidence Standard may also be invited to take of relevant work or The Standard entry requirements part in the University’s Summer voluntary experience in are what we would normally School for Access as part of a your personal statement expect applicants, except those conditional offer. who meet one of our widening • sit an admissions test access criteria, to achieve in order The University recognises that (This only applies for to receive an offer of admission. some applicants may not have Medicine and Dentistry) Good performance in additional achieved all their qualifications • if English is not your first Highers/Advanced Highers by the time they apply as they language, as part of our entry may be required as part of are undertaking qualifications requirements you will normally a conditional offer. at the time of application. If need to provide evidence this is the case, it is perfectly of your English Language Minimum acceptable and students can skills qualifications The Minimum entry requirements be assured that their application We call these our entry are what we normally expect would still be considered. requirements. applicants to have at the time they apply in order to be You also need to apply to UCAS considered for an offer of on time: admission. Good performance • 15th October 2021 – deadline in additional Highers/Advanced for applications for Medicine Highers will normally be required and Dentistry as part of a conditional offer. • 15th January 2022– deadline for all applicants for all other degree programmes

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Am I eligible for an adjusted offer of entry? If you meet one or more of the • have been in receipt of free Please note that this list is not You will need to achieve the University’s Widening Access school meals; exhaustive and that the University stated entry requirements to criteria, and other relevant • have been in receipt of may consider other criteria or be considered for an offer. circumstances, then you may be education maintenance circumstances under Widening See our articulation pathways eligible for an adjusted offer of allowance (EMA); Access. To check if you meet one or brochure for more information: entry. The University’s Widening • have experienced a mental more of these criteria please visit: abdn.ac.uk/study/articulation- Access team can help you health issue that has impacted abdn.ac.uk/widening-access pathways-brochure assess if you are eligible for on your education during the an adjusted offer. senior phase (S4-S6/Yrs 10-12); Please note, the University can The University has a number • have experienced a physical check if you meet some of the of articulation agreements with We consider you a widening access health issue that has impacted criteria listed using the information Colleges across Scotland. student if you: on your education during the supplied in your UCAS application. You can check if your College • live in a target postcode area senior phase (S4-S6/Yrs 10-12); has an articulation agreement at: (SIMD/POLAR); • have a home address that Where possible, you should abdn.ac.uk/study/articulation • have completed a Scottish is considered to be in an area include information about any wider access programme (SWAP) that is remote and rural by circumstances you would like I have been out of formal • have spent time in care; the Scottish government; to highlight in your Personal education for some time, Statement. Alternatively, ask can I apply? • have an unpaid caring role; • have a parent or parents who your referee to include relevant • are estranged from your have a custodial sentence; The University welcomes learners information in their reference. family and living without • have a parent or parents in of all ages. If you left school family support; British military service; a number of years ago, you can If you cannot include information • have government recognised • are the spouse or partner of still apply. If you have had a break in your application, you can send refugee or asylum status; someone serving in the British of at least three years from formal separate documentation to the • have, as a child or young person, military service; education (e.g. school, college, Admissions Department. Please experienced the children’s ) then you will need • have been in British military note this should be submitted panel process; to have undertaken some recent service (veterans/early in time with the UCAS deadlines. • identify as coming from a Gypsy, academic study. The following are service leavers). Any additional information, sent Roma or travelling community; some examples of the types of to the University in a clear and qualifications that we might accept: timely manner, will be considered alongside the main application. • Access programmes, such You must include your full name as the Scottish Wider Access and UCAS ID number in all Programme (SWAP) correspondence with the University. • Open University credits • HNCs and HNDs Do you accept HNCs and HNDs? We may be able to accept other Higher National Certificates (HNC) qualifications. The University’s and Higher National Diplomas Admissions team can help you (HNDs) may allow you to enter to determine if your qualifications from first to third year of your would be accepted. programme, dependent upon the HNC/HND programme and the degree to be studied at the University.

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01 02 03 04 05 UCAS & admissions information

You should apply online to UCAS. Closing dates Choose your degree Check the entry Check the Complete your Education, Medicine Schools and colleges can provide 15 October 2021 for all Dental, Check out the requirements application process UCAS Application and Music interviews advice and guidance. UCAS will accept Veterinary Science and Medicine programme section in Entrance requirements Make sure you know Deadline is If you have applied for applications for 2022 from September applicants and anyone including the this prospectus. vary depending on the exactly what is required 15 October 2021 for one of these degrees 2021. If you wish to contact UCAS Universities of or abdn.ac.uk/study/ degree. Check out the to apply for the degree. Medicine and Dentistry you may be called for an from outside the UK, you can write among their choices. 15 January 2022 undergraduate/ programme/subject and 15 January 2022 interview or audition. to them at the address provided for all other applicants. degree-programmes section for details. for all other degrees. below, or visit their website. Late applications may be considered Your completed application should at the discretion of the University. be submitted to UCAS with the Priority is given to applications applicant’s fee of approximately £26. received by the normal closing If you wish to apply for only one date of either 15 October 2021 course at one institution, a reduced or 15 January 2022. price of approximately £20 applies. Where vacancies exist at Aberdeen, The exceptions are for part-time UCAS continues to forward courses, and non-graduating or applications until 30 June; candidates visiting students, who apply direct whose applications are received to the University. at UCAS after 30 June will be abdn.ac.uk/study automatically entered into Clearing. abdn.ac.uk/study/ Medical applicants (A100) and undergraduate/howtoapply graduate Dental applicants (A201) must take the UCAT Admissions Test. Admissions policy ucat.ac.uk For further information on our admissions policy, or to download UCAS it in full, visit: Rosehill, New Barn Lane, Cheltenham, abdn.ac.uk/study/ Gloucestershire GL52 3ZA undergraduate/admissionspolicy (UK): 0371 4680 468 06 07 08 09 10 (international): +44 330 3330 230

Early 2022 Make your choice Your exams Results day University starts! UCAS Code A20, We’ll be in touch to tell Make Aberdeen your For those still sitting If you’re waiting for Get ready to join us. The University of Aberdeen you if you have been made first choice by early May. exams: good luck! results they are released abdn.ac.uk/study Short Code: ABRDN an offer (conditional or in July and August and we .com unconditional) or will confirm your place if been unsuccessful. all conditions are met.

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Entry requirements The MA in Arts and Social Sciences

The MA degree (Master of Arts) is a very flexible degree offered by Ancient Scottish Universities. In their first year, most students will study one or two (or even three) additional subjects alongside their main degree subject(s), narrowing down to two subjects in second year. In their third and fourth years they can specialise in just one subject for single honours, or continue with two (dividing their timetable equally) for joint honours. Many first year classes are open to you (subject only to timetabling constraints) even if you have not studied the subject before, and this allows you to experiment with new subjects and add breadth to your academic profile.

The tradition in Scotland is to What kind of degree? Employment prospects Entry requirements admit students to a particular kind Honours degrees normally take Arts degrees are sometimes Employers are looking for the With the very wide range of arts of degree (eg the MA or the BSc) four years to complete, but if thought of as educationally qualities that any good graduate and social sciences degrees, some rather than to a particular subject you have appropriate advanced attractive but not clearly will have: the ability to understand in subjects taught in school, but or course. You do have to name qualifications in the subject(s) job-related. However, some degrees a lot of new information quickly; many not, it is appropriate that particular subjects on your UCAS concerned, you may be able within the arts and social sciences to form an opinion on it and to we should have a very flexible application, but essentially we to come directly into second area are strongly vocational: most express that opinion persuasively entrance policy. Entry requirements admit you to the MA degree year. This would mean missing graduates in Accountancy, Business, in speech and writing; adaptability; are rarely subject-specific; we are rather than specifically to the the flexibility of the first year Computing, Mathematics and good time management and more interested in your overall MA in Anthropology or History experience, so it is a pathway Real Estate, for example, will have the capacity to meet deadlines; ability than in the precise content or Philosophy, for example. As a that is best suited to people no difficulty in finding a job, and independence and an ability to of your pre-university studies. result, it is possible in most cases who have a very clear idea of will be employed because of the work reliably without supervision. to change your subject preference what they would like to study, knowledge and skills they have Your studies – whatever the after you get here, irrespective but it does allow you to graduate acquired at university. subject – are only part of the story. of your UCAS subject choices. in three years. It is also possible Employers will also be interested All single honours students and to change, at the end of second As with most science students, in how much you gained from the most joint honours students have year, from an honours degree the majority of graduates in arts informal opportunities universities the opportunity to study a foreign to a designated degree (i.e. a and social sciences subjects go offer to extend your experience, language as part of their degree. three-year non-honours degree), into careers in which they may not take risks and show enterprise, You can start any of the languages if your interests change and you often use their subject knowledge whether in the debating chamber, we offer as a complete beginner, decide to graduate early. directly. They therefore have on a university expedition, and if you follow language courses access to a wide range of career performing in a concert or working for two years this is specially noted openings, because a great many for a student charity campaign. on your degree certificate. job vacancies are for holders of degrees in any subject.

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Degrees in Arts and Social Sciences 2022 – MA/MA (honours)

TYPE OF GENERAL FIRST YEAR SECOND YEAR SUBJECT QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS ENTRY REQUIREMENTS ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

SQA – Scottish National 5 in Standard: Applicants who achieve AABB or STANDARD OFFER For some degrees Qualifications English at grade C better over S4 and S5 are likely to be made an HOLDERS ONLY – a specific subject or above. offer of admission. This may be unconditional or Second year entry is is required, see it may be conditional, dependent upon academic possible in most school subject section National 5 profile. Good performance in additional based subjects. A for details. Mathematics, Highers/Advanced Highers may be required. minimum of ABB in Adv or Lifeskills H is required. Adv H at A Mathematics Minimum: Applicants who achieve the minimum in the subject selected (or equivalent) of BBB over S4 and S5 are encouraged to apply for single honours, or AB needed for and may be made a conditional offer. Good in the subjects selected entry to performance in additional Highers/Advanced for joint honours. Accountancy, Highers will normally be required. Economics, Second year entry is Finance. Adjusted: Applicants who achieve BB over S4 not open to Adjusted and S5, and who meet one or more widening Offer holders. access criteria, may be made a conditional offer. Good performance in additional Highers/Advanced Highers will be required.

GCE – General GCSE at C or 4 Standard: 3 A Levels at BBB. A Level at A in the For some degrees Certificate of in English or subject selected for a specific subject Education English Literature. Minimum: 3 A Levels at BBC. single honours plus BB, is required, see or AB in the subjects subject section Offers of admission Foundation Apprenticeships GCSE Maths at Adjusted: 3 A Levels at CCC, for applicants who selected for joint for details. Admission is competitive, and Higher, so an The University recognises that Grade C or 4 meet one or more widening access criteria. honours plus a further B. for entry to Preferably one of the A Levels will be in the consequently precise entry may be used to upgrade a Higher. Skills Development Scotland, Accountancy, subject that is being studied. requirements may vary from year Applicants choosing to resit a alongside other partners, is Economics, Finance. to year. An applicant’s academic Higher in which they achieved working with industry to increase profile will normally be the most a grade C or below in their first the range of work-based learning BTEC Level 3 Minimum of DDM in related subjects. For some degrees Extended Diploma a specific subject significant factor in our decision attempt will normally be required opportunities for pupils in the (Note: BTEC Level 3 Extended Certificate is required, see making. Additionally, certain to achieve an A-grade in their senior phase of secondary schools. (Subsidiary Diploma) achieved at Distinction subject section level, is normally acceptable in lieu of one A for details. features of the personal statement second attempt. If the Higher at The development of Foundation Level at grade B.) and reference may help to C was achieved in S4, this policy Apprenticeships is one such ILC – Irish Leaving O in English or in A minimum of 5H with three at H2 and strengthen an applicant’s case. does not apply, even if the resit is initiative and this qualification will Certificate/ English Language. two at H3. not until S6. normally be considered in lieu of Ardteistimeireacht Where it is a school’s policy for one SQA Higher at grade B across IB – International SL in English. Minimum of 32 points including at least Minimum of 36 points For some degrees an applicant to take one Higher We are keen to encourage people a range of degree programmes. Baccalaureate 5, 5, 5 at HL. (including 6, 6, 6 a specific subject at Higher in is required, see in fourth year and three more from the widest possible range subject(s) selected). subject section. in fifth year, we count all four as of backgrounds to participate Articulation routes

EB – European Pass First Foreign Minimum of 75% overall having been sat simultaneously. in university studies, and we The University welcomes Baccalaureate Language – English. appreciate that not all applicants applications for degree level study

Higher National See page 48 for Where applicants are taking have the same opportunity to meet from students with HNC and HND Certificates/ more information, Highers across fifth and sixth year our standard entry requirements. qualifications, and has a number of Diploma or visit abdn. ac.uk/study/ we normally look for a better For this reason we take certain college articulation routes in place articulation. performance than the minimum. information into account when which lead to advanced entry into We do not double-count a Higher deciding on the exact grades we our degree programmes. For full and an Advanced Higher in the might require in any given case. information contact your college, same subject, but we do consider For more information see our or see our website: that a B grade at Advanced Higher ‘Entry requirements explained’ abdn.ac.uk/study/ is equivalent to an A grade at pages found on pages 51-53. college-articulation [email protected]

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A student applying for one of these degrees who does not have the Entry requirements required background may still be offered a place, but in this case may be directed towards one Degrees in Sciences of the other science degrees for which their background provides a better preparation. An excellent reputation; insistence on the highest standards; a strong commitment Advanced entry to the best teaching practices; an up-to-the-minute curriculum designed by The four-year length of the experts in the field; a strong underpinning of internationally acclaimed research degree programme provides the and development – all of these and more are strong reasons why the University opportunity for the breadth and flexibility that is such a significant of Aberdeen should be your first choice for science study. feature of the Aberdeen honours degree; however, for those who are well-qualified, and who are clear The University is a major Flexibility and breadth Study and assessment about their degree intention, it is international centre for teaching The University of Aberdeen BSc The BSc can be awarded after Generally, teaching is via lectures, Good Aberdeen graduates are possible to complete an honours and research in all divisions of degree structure is an extremely successful completion of three tutorials, and laboratory classes. highly regarded, and consequently degree in three years rather than scientific study. It also has the flexible. When you apply, you full years of study. The ‘BSc Depending on the subject, there many major employers in industry four. Such students join the second advantage of close connections are asked to nominate a specific designated’ degree is a named may also be opportunities for and commerce target the year of the degree programme, with local research institutes degree title. However, admittance variant of the BSc that can be online learning, field trips and University in their annual recruiting and during this year they study and Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, is actually to the general BSc Pure awarded when the curriculum group or individual projects. exercises. An extremely high the required second year modules advancing the frontiers of Science programme. Within this has concentrated on a particular percentage of science graduates for their nominated degree subject, knowledge in areas such as programme, you are free to change discipline in third year. Course assessment is usually secure good jobs or further study/ alongside a selection of other environmental science, human your degree intention to any a mixture of continuous assessment training opportunities within six first and second year modules. nutrition, fisheries research and of the BSc programmes listed The honours BSc requires four and written examinations. months of graduation. Good entry qualifications are medically related sciences. in this prospectus. There are a years of full-time study. The degree Continuous assessment may needed, at least up to the level few exceptions: the Biomedical classification is usually based on be based on laboratory reports, Entrance requirements of GCE A Level, HNC or SQA Unique facilities Sciences, MChem, and some the student’s performance in the project dissertations, essays and Our flexible curriculum allows Advanced Higher, particularly in Aberdeen has an unparalleled MSci degrees have higher entry third and fourth year. other types of assignment. students to change degree subjects that are essential for the provision of buildings and requirements than other science Written examinations are held intention within the overall intended degree and that would equipment for science teaching degrees, and consequently formal There are also a number of at the end of each half-session science programme at the start of otherwise have been studied in and research. From the Zoology approval is required before integrated Masters programmes of teaching. In the fourth year, their studies. As a consequence first year. Opportunities for third building, overlooking the changing degree intention (eg MChem, and MSci), which a considerable period of time of this flexibility, our entrance year entry also exist for those with University’s Botanical Garden to to one of these degrees. require five years of full-time study. is spent on an individual research requirements are expressed in qualifications up to the level of the striking Institute of Medical These degrees often include an or investigative project. very general terms. We look for a good HND, provided the core Science located at the Foresterhill Qualifications integral industrial placement. a good level of proven academic content of the first two years of site, the University has outstanding Students are normally admitted Employment prospects ability overall, and strength in the degree curriculum has been resources to sustain its teaching to a four-year honours degree A student who leaves the As a science graduate from science or mathematics subjects. covered adequately. See tables and research programmes. programme. However, students University after one, two or Aberdeen you will be well Beyond this we do not usually on pages 64-65 and 66-67 for The University has recently who opt to complete their three years of study can apply equipped for a wide range insist on specific subjects. more information. invested in the development studies after one, two or to be re-admitted to complete of high-quality employment of a state-of-the-art Science three years can also receive a more advanced qualification. opportunities. With a good In some cases, such as chemistry, Enhanced Study Teaching Hub which is currently an appropriate qualification. honours classification you physics and mathematics, previous You may have the opportunity to being built and is due to open will also be qualified for study of the subject is usually take Enhanced Study options as in 2021. study towards a higher desirable in order to cope with part of your degree and participate degree or PhD study. the first year material. in co-curricular activities. See pages 22 and 23 for more information.

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Entry requirements Degrees in Sciences (continued)

Why undertake a year’s A complete package! Course structure industrial placement? For students wishing to maximise Indeed, science income in Scotland The Bio-business components will Employers now expect an their career opportunities we offer by GDP is amongst the best in the concentrate on models that relate impressive list of skills, knowledge the complete package of Medical world; however, when it comes to directly to the commercialisation and experience in their graduate Science degrees with Industrial commercialisation of our science of science and technology. recruits. They welcome ‘transferable Placement and Bio-business. These – making that critical journey There are three courses studied skills’ acquired during a work five-year MSci degrees will prepare from the lab to the marketplace as part of the Bio-business option: placement, such as communication, the student for either a career in – we could be better. To help Introduction to Bio-business can numeracy, use of IT, group work industry or a further postgraduate solve this issue, we introduced be taken in either first or second and time management. In addition qualification, eg PhD or MBA. Bio-Business options. year; Bio-business and Advanced to allowing you to experience For information please visit: Bio-business are taken in third workplace culture, completing an abdn.ac.uk/sms/ What is Bio-business? and fourth year respectively. industrial placement makes you a undergraduate/medical- This exciting programme aims The teaching is in the form of more effective employee following sciences/industrial- to introduce undergraduate lectures, tutorials and seminars graduation. Increasingly, placements placements students to the basic concepts with assessment by presentation, or periods of work experience are of business and how these can essays and reports. Experts from being used as a tool by employers Why choose Aberdeen? be used in conjunction with their Bio-business, intellectual property, for pre-selecting the best students The Bio-business options here scientific training. The courses will law and finance will be brought for graduate roles. An industrial at the University of Aberdeen are give students an unprecedented in specifically to teach our Bio- Five-year degrees and MSci Medical Science placement year may therefore a unique opportunity for you as a insight into the rapidly expanding business students. Students will industrial placements industrial placement year become a passport to employment medical scientist to find out about Medical Sciences industry – a even be given the chance to run A number of our degree All degree programmes offered by where employers consider a work the commercialisation of scientific sector where Scotland’s excellence their own virtual biotechnology programmes offer students the the School of Medical Sciences placement as a central part of their ideas. You will be given the chance is acknowledged around the world. company to see if they have opportunity to study for 5 years offer the opportunity for students graduate recruitment process. to learn about the biotechnology We will challenge students to think what it takes to be a director and graduate with an integrated to undertake a year’s placement and pharmaceutical industries about the nature of research when of a business in this burgeoning Masters degree instead of a BSc. in an industrial, commercial or Finding a placement and help in understanding the driven by commercial outcomes. sector, and to develop the skills The format of the extra year varies research environment, provided The application process for language of the Bio-business sector. required when pitching for funding. in each discipline but all involve the student successfully completes placements starts at the beginning The Bio-business options are for Why take Bio-business For information please visit: either an extended research their first three years to a of the academic year prior to scientists who want to become options? abdn.ac.uk/ug/ project or some time spent in an satisfactory standard. Students the placement commencing. business savvy while maintaining The Bio-business programme biobusiness-options industrial, commercial or research can spend the fourth year of their Throughout the application the quality of their science. will produce graduates who are environment where students degree in paid employment and process students receive the full first-class scientists but with will obtain a breadth of practical graduate after five years with support of the Industrial Placement Background the potential to be the next experience to complement their an MSci (an integrated Masters Coordinator and the University The biotechnology industry is generation of bio-entrepreneurs. degree programme. The following Degree) instead of a BSc. Careers Service. Students remain one of the fastest growing areas Many of the future recruitment degrees are available as 5 year registered with the University in the UK and at the University opportunities for students with degree programmes: We currently have links with a during their placement year, and of Aberdeen we want to be medical science skills will involve • MChem number of different companies receive guidance and advice the first in the higher education roles in Bio-business rather • MSci (Computing Science) and have placed students in from a University tutor for the sector to train our graduates for than exclusively research at the • MGeol companies such as Novartis, duration of the year in industry. these emerging opportunities. bench. Bio-business options will • MSci (Biological Sciences) GlaxoSmithKline, The Sanger At the end of their placement Scotland is often at the broaden career opportunities, • MSci (Medical Sciences) Institute and NIMR, as well as year students return to the forefront of ground-breaking allowing successful students to a number of smaller companies University to complete their final scientific achievements. pursue postgraduate training for both in the UK and abroad. year of study: their honours year. a PhD or MBA.

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Degrees in Sciences 2022 – BSc/BSc (honours) BSc degrees (excluding Biomedical Sciences, Msci, MChem and MGeol)

TYPE OF GENERAL FIRST YEAR ENTRY FIRST YEAR SECOND YEAR SECOND YEAR TYPE OF GENERAL FIRST YEAR ENTRY FIRST YEAR SECOND YEAR SECOND YEAR QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS REQUIREMENTS SUBJECT ENTRY SUBJECT QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS REQUIREMENTS SUBJECT ENTRY SUBJECT REQUIREMENTS REQUIREMENTS REQUIREMENTS REQUIREMENTS

SQA – Scottish National 5 at Standard: Applicants who BB from two STANDARD 2AH at AB from EB – European Pass First A minimum of 75% overall. Minimum of Qualifications minimum grade C, achieve AABB or better over S4 Science or OFFER HOLDERS two Science or Baccalaureate Foreign Language. 75% in each of required in and S5 are likely to be made an Mathematics ONLY – A Mathematics two sciences. the following offer of admission. This may be subjects from minimum of 3AH subjects (including subjects: English, unconditional or it may be your senior phase at ABB. the subject(s) Higher National . See page 48 for Mathematics, and conditional, dependent upon of education nominated Certificates/ more information, either Chemistry academic profile. Good (S4- S6). For some Second year for honours). Diplomas or visit abdn.ac.uk/ or Physics. performance in additional degrees a specific entry is not study/articulation. Highers/Advanced Highers subject may be open to adjusted may be required. required. See offer holders. individual degree Minimum: Applicants who pages for details. Offers of admission Foundation Apprenticeships achieve the minimum of BBB Admission is competitive, and Applicants choosing to resit a The University recognises that over S4 and S5 are encouraged to apply and may be made consequently precise entry Higher in which they achieved Skills Development Scotland, a conditional offer. Good requirements may vary from year a grade C or below in their first alongside other partners, is performance in additional Highers/Advanced Highers to year. An applicant’s academic attempt will normally be required working with industry to increase will normally be required. profile will normally be the to achieve an A-grade in their the range of work-based learning Adjusted: Applicants who most significant factor in our second attempt. If the Higher at opportunities for pupils in the achieve BB (or below) over S4 decision making. Additionally, C was achieved in S4, this policy senior phase of secondary schools. and S5, and who meet one or more widening access criteria, certain features of the personal does not apply, even if the resit The development of Foundation may be made a conditional offer. statement and reference may help is not until S6. We are keen to Apprenticeships is one such Good performance in additional Highers/Advanced Highers will to strengthen an applicant’s case. encourage people from the widest initiative and this qualification will be required. Where it is a school’s policy for possible range of backgrounds to normally be considered in lieu of an applicant to take one Higher participate in university studies, and one SQA Higher at grade B across GCE – General GCSE at C (or Standard: BB from two STANDARD AB from two Certificate of Grade 4), or above 3 A Levels at BBB. Science or OFFER HOLDER Science or in fourth year and three more in we appreciate that not all applicants a range of degree programmes. Education in English or Mathematics ONLY – A Mathematics fifth year, we count all four but have the same opportunity to meet English Language, Minimum: 3 A Levels at BBC. subjects. For minimum of subjects (including the applicant must include two our typical entry requirements. Articulation routes Mathematics and Adjusted: 3 A Levels at CCC, some degrees a 3 A Levels at ABB. the subject(s) in either Chemistry, for applicants who meet one or specific subject nominated science or mathematics subjects. The University welcomes or Physics or Dual may be required. Second year for honours). more widening access criteria. entry is not For this reason we take certain applications for degree level study Award Science. One of the A Levels will be in See individual degree pages open to adjusted Where applicants are taking Highers information into account when from students with HNC and HND the subject that is being studied. offer holders. for details. across fourth, fifth and sixth year deciding on the exact grades we qualifications, and has a number of BTEC Level 3 GCSE at C or DDM (Minimum) Main subjects we normally look for a better might require in any given case. college articulation routes in place Extended Diploma above in English or (Note: BTEC Level 3 Extended to be Science or performance than the minimum. Please see pages 51-53, called which lead to advanced entry into English Language, Certificate (Subsidiary Diploma) Mathematics. We do not double-count a Higher ‘Entry requirements explained’ our degree programmes. For full Mathematics and achieved at Distinction level, is in either Chemistry, normally acceptable in lieu of and an Advanced Higher in the for more information. information contact your college, or Physics or Dual one A Level at grade B). same subject, but we do consider or see our website: Award Science. that a B grade at Advanced Higher Scottish Baccalaureate abdn.ac.uk/study/college- ILC – Irish Leaving O in English, A minimum of five H with H3 from two is equivalent to an A grade at The Scottish Baccalaureate articulation Certificate/ Mathematics and three at H2 and two at H3, Science or Ardteistimeireacht in either Chemistry including a minimum of H3 Mathematics Higher, so an Advanced Higher may qualification is a good preparation [email protected]. or Physics. from two Science or subjects. be used to upgrade a Higher. for entry to university. The Mathematics subjects. qualification will be considered IB – International SL or HL in English A minimum of 32 points Two Science or A minimum of 6 at HL in alongside Advanced Highers, for Baccalaureate and Mathematics. including 5 5 5 at HL. Mathematics 34 points. the subject(s) direct entry into year two across subjects at HL. nominated for honours. a range of degree programmes.

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Degrees in Sciences 2022 – BSc/BSc (honours) BSc Biomedical Sciences MChem, MGeol, and MSci in Biological/Medical Sciences

TYPE OF GENERAL FIRST YEAR ENTRY FIRST YEAR SUBJECT SECOND YEAR SECOND YEAR TYPE OF GENERAL FIRST YEAR ENTRY FIRST YEAR SUBJECT SECOND YEAR SECOND YEAR QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS REQUIREMENTS REQUIREMENTS ENTRY SUBJECT QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS REQUIREMENTS REQUIREMENTS ENTRY SUBJECT REQUIREMENTS REQUIREMENTS

SQA – Scottish National 5 at grades A minimum of AB from Higher A minimum of 2 Advanced Highers SQA – Scottish National 5 at grades A minimum of AB from Chemistry A minimum of 2 Advanced Qualifications A, B or C in English, 4H at AAAB (C Chemistry and 3 Advanced Highers at AB from Qualifications A, B or C, in English, 4H at AAAB (C and another science 3 Advanced Highers Highers at AB from Mathematics or B at AH may another Science or at AAB. Chemistry Mathematics and in or B at AH may (MChem) or from at AAB. Chemistry and and in either substitute for B or Mathematics subject. and Biology. either Chemistry substitute for B or Chemistry and another science Chemistry or Physics. A at H respectively) or Physics. A at H respectively) Biology (MSci). (MChem) or from obtained over S4 obtained over S4 Chemistry and and S5 or a minimum and S5 or a minimum Biology (MSci). of 5H at AAAAB of 5H at AAAAB obtained over S4, obtained over S4, S5 and S6. S5 and S6.

GCE – General GCSE at C A minimum of AB from Chemistry A minimum of AB from Chemistry GCE – General GCSE at C A minimum of 3 AB from Chemistry A minimum of AB from Chemistry Certificate of (or Grade 4), or 3 A Levels at ABB. and another 3 A Levels at AAB. and Biology. Certificate of (or Grade 4), or A Levels at ABB. and another science 3 A Levels at AAB. and another science Education above in English Science or Education above in English (MChem) or from (MChem) or from or English Language, Mathematics subject. or English Language, Chemistry and Chemistry and Mathematics and Mathematics and Biology (MSci). Biology (MSci). in either Chemistry, in either Chemistry, or Physics or Dual or Physics or Dual Award Science. Award Science.

ILC – Irish Leaving O in English, A minimum of five H2 from Chemistry ILC – Irish Leaving O in English, A minimum of five H H2 from Chemistry Certificate/ Mathematics and H with four at and another Certificate/ Mathematics and with four at H2 and and another science Ardteistimeireacht in either Chemistry H2 and one at Science or Ardteistimeireacht in either Chemistry one at H3 with H2 (MChem) or from or Physics. H3 with H2 from Mathematics subject. or Physics. from Chemistry and Chemistry and Chemistry and one other Science Biology (MSci). one other Science or Mathematics or Mathematics subject. subject. IB – International SL or HL in English A minimum of 6 points at HL A minimum of 6 points minimum IB – International SL or HL in English A minimum of 6 points at HL A minimum of 6 points minimum Baccalaureate and Mathematics. 34 points. required from each 36 points. at HL required from Baccalaureate and Mathematics. 34 points. required from each 36 points. at HL required of Chemistry and Chemistry and of Chemistry and from Chemistry another science another science another Science or and Biology. (MChem) or from (MChem) or from Mathematics subject. Chemistry and Chemistry and Biology (MSci). Biology (MSci).

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Science Teaching Hub Our brand new, state-of-the-art Science Teaching Hub will open in early 2022. This fully digitalised building has been designed to provide flexible laboratory spaces to accommodate interdisciplinary teaching. It will provide specialist teaching, training and learning across a number of disciplines including, chemistry, medicine, medical sciences, biological sciences and geosciences.

This modern, digitally focussed The digitalisation of this specialist • Digital screens on every space has been created with our building will enhance your learning workbench will allow in-depth students in mind. The open plan and mirror real industry experience: demonstrations to be seen concept allows flexible working • Digital microscope teaching and annotated clearly. space available to students at facilities demonstrated • A completely paperless all levels of study, providing an through world-leading environment will integrate the inspiring and engaging zone in interfaces will extend the virtual learning environment which to learn. The advanced laboratory environment to with actual data capture. facilities and digital interfaces will the field using innovative and • A safe working environment provide you with the skills and proven blended technologies. to equip you with the science experiences to make your mark • State-of-the-art analytical skills of the future. in the workplace in a safe and tools will provide experience structured manner. of real world scenarios.

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From Archaeology to Zoology, and everything in between, we have over university 350 first degree programmes for you to choose from. Plus, most of our degrees include Enhanced Study options, giving you the flexibility to learn about other topics outside of your chosen subject. with choices Undergraduate Guide 2022 OUR PROGRAMMES

Entry requirements Accountancy See table on page 58 for more information SQA HIGHERS Accountancy at Aberdeen gives you a thorough grounding in theory, practice University league rankings Standard: and business skills, taught by experts in accounting practice, with the advantage AABB of real-life employers and scenarios integrated in to your programme. You will gain 4th in the UK for Accountancy and Finance – The Complete University Guide 2021. Applicants who have achieved AABB (or better), are encouraged a path to professional accreditation, and the skills, experience and attributes to to apply and will be considered. Good performance in additional Highers Advanced Highers may be required. give you a head start whether you aim for chartered accountancy or another Recent graduate roles include Minimum: option in the fast-moving world of business and finance. • Audit Assistant • Business Development Manager BBB • Financial Analyst Applicants who have achieved BBB (or are on course to achieve this by the end of S5) are encouraged to apply and will be considered. Why choose Aberdeen? Example degree structure • Fund Accountant Good performance in additional Highers/Advanced Highers will • Trainee Tax Accountant normally be required.

• A UK top three university for the impact of Course information is provided for guidance only and Adjusted: world-leading research carried out by our business is subject to change. Core or compulsory courses are Recent graduate employers and management experts. (Times Higher Education shown which are correct at the time of going to print. BB rankings by subject for REF 2014). • Anderson Anderson & Brown Applicants who have achieved BB, and who meet one of the YEAR 1 • GE widening access criteria (page 52) are encouraged to apply • Aberdeen is the main European centre for the • Johnston Carmichael and will be considered. Good performance in additional • Accounting and Accountability oil and gas industry. International accountancy • KPMG Highers/Advanced Highers will be required. • Accounting and Entrepreneurship firms, multinational companies and financial • Standard Life • The Economics of Business and Society services all have offices in the city. • Valu-Trac Investment Management HNC/HND • Finance 1: Finance, Risk and Investment For information on college entry see page 48. • We have professional facilities to assist you • The Context of Business Accreditations with your studies. For example, we have a virtual A LEVELS Bloomberg trading floor to help integrate the YEAR 2 The University of Aberdeen’s courses are accredited Standard: real activity of financial markets into your degree. • Management Accounting 2 by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland • Financial Accounting 2 (ICAS), CIMA (Chartered Institute of Management BBB • The Business School is home to the biggest societies • Understanding Statistics Accountants) and ACCA (Association of Chartered Minimum: on campus including the Economics and Business Certified Accountants), which can form part of a direct Society, InternNetwork, Aberdeen University YEARS 3 AND 4 path to being granted exemptions from the examinations BBC Consulting Group, the Trading and Investment Club, • Audit Practice necessary to get professional qualification status. Adjusted: AIESEC, and the Fintech and Blockchain Club. • Financial Accounting 3 • Management Accounting 3 Graduate employment statistic CCC • Taxation 95% of graduates go on to work and/ National 5/GCSE, or equivalent in Mathematics • Audit Theory and Evolution is required. • Accounting and Sustainability or further study within 15 months – Discover Uni 2020. • Dissertation in Accountancy For more information on our definition of standard, You may also like minimum and adjusted entry qualifications, please see page 51. For more information on widening • Business Management – page 94 access criteria, see page 52. • Finance – page 138 • Economics – page 112 For advanced entry and alternative entry requirements see page 58.

SINGLE HONOURS • MA Accountancy

JOINT HONOURS

More course information: For joint honours please see pages 226-230. abdn.ac.uk/ug/accountancy

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Animal Behaviour See table on page 64 for more information

SQA HIGHERS Why do wolves hunt in packs while cats hunt alone? Why do birds sing? YEAR 3 Standard: Why do some animals have multiple mates and others only one? • Statistical Analysis of Biological Data • Animal Evolution and Biodiversity AABB^ Animal Behaviour is an interdisciplinary degree and field of science that • Animal Management and Welfare • Behavioural Biology Applicants who have achieved AABB (or better), are encouraged examines the interactions between behaviour and biology. An organism’s to apply and will be considered. Good performance in additional • Field Skills in Animal Behaviour evolutionary history and current environmental conditions drive behaviour, Highers/Advanced Highers may be required. and feedback from behavioural decisions in turn drives evolutionary processes. YEAR 4 Minimum: ^ • Honours Project (Semester 1) BBB Our Animal Behaviour degree differs from our Zoology degree because it • Behavioural Ecology and Conservation Applicants who have achieved BBB (or are on course to achieve this includes courses from Psychology in the first two years. Our programme focuses by the end of S5) are encouraged to apply and will be considered. Recent graduate employers Good performance in additional Highers/Advanced Highers will on the full range of human-animal relationships, wild animal behaviour alongside normally be required. opportunities to explore companion, domestic and captive exotic animals. • Adjusted: Lanta Animal Welfare • ^ • Slovak Wildlife Society Working for Wildlife BB Why choose Aberdeen? Example degree structure Applicants who have achieved BB, and who meet one of the Career development widening access criteria (page 52) are encouraged to apply and will be considered. Good performance in additional • Unique programme offering study in the fields of Course information is provided for guidance only and Graduates in Animal Behaviour can expect employment Highers/Advanced Highers will be required. biology and psychology – understand behaviour is subject to change. Core or compulsory courses are opportunities in industries such as pharmaceuticals A LEVELS from all angles: evolution, development, shown which are correct at the time of going to print. and applied medicine, conservation and natural resource mechanisms and adaptive significance. management, education and research. Students who Standard: YEAR 1 complete this programme at an appropriate level of • Teaching from researchers in biology and psychology ^ • Frontiers in Biological Sciences achievement will also be able to continue with BBB gives access to the cutting edge of both subject areas. • Introduction to Psychology 1 and 2 postgraduate study in a relevant discipline. Minimum: • Academic and transferable skills are built in to the • Diversity of Life 1 and 2 ^ learning experience to maximise employability. • Ecology and Environmental Science National Student Survey BBC • The Cell Adjusted: 85% overall satisfaction – Discover Uni 2020. • Field courses in the second and third years provide ^ training in field-based sampling, observational and YEAR 2 CCC experimental methods. Biological Enhanced Skills Training Graduate employment statistic • ^ Including good performance in at least two Mathematics/Science • Advanced Psychology A: Concepts and Theory In the REF 2014, the University of Aberdeen was subjects by the end of your senior phase of education. • • Genetics, Genomes and Evolution 85% of graduates go on to work and/ 15th across the UK in Biological Sciences for research • Ecology or further study within 15 months – Discover Uni 2020. For more information on our definition of standard, impact and 1st in the UK for Agriculture, Veterinary • Advanced Psychology B: Concepts and Theory minimum and adjusted entry qualifications, please and Food Science. (Times Higher Education rankings • Principles of Animal Physiology You may also like see page 51. For more information on widening by subject for REF 2014.) One of the following field courses: access criteria, see page 52. • Zoology – page 222 • You will have the opportunity to get involved • Coastal Biodiversity For advanced entry and alternative entry in research through summer research assistantships, • Parasitology requirements see page 64-65. project work and a compulsory final year • Freshwater and Terrestrial Ecology research project. • Marine and Fish Population Ecology • Littoral and Sublittoral Marine Biology Field Course SINGLE HONOURS • We host regular careers events, where you will have • Field Biology • BSc Animal Behaviour the opportunity to listen to and meet prospective employers from outside the University, giving you excellent opportunities to get a fulfilling and challenging job in a biological field. More course information: abdn.ac.uk/ug/bio-env-sciences

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Animal Behaviour See table on page 64 for more information and Welfare (Advanced Entry) HND Recent graduate job roles Satisfactory completion of HND (240 SCQF credit points) Exciting opportunity for students with an HND in Animal Care to enter • Animal Training year 3 of Scotland’s only BSc programme in Animal Behaviour and Welfare. • Business Owner A in all Graded Units • Research Assistant You will learn to critically evaluate and interpret both scientific literature Curriculum to include: Ecology and Ecosystems (H39A 34) or University of Career development and real-world animal welfare scenarios through practical activities in class Aberdeen Online Introductory Ecology course (BI1913) and Statistics for Science (H8XT 33) or University of and self-study for assignments. Graduates in Animal Behaviour and Welfare will have a Aberdeen Online Statistics Course (BI2021) Our programme focuses on the full range of human-animal relationships, wild set of graduate attributes that prepare them for a variety of jobs in animal science and the biosciences animal behaviour alongside opportunities to explore companion, domestic including: SINGLE HONOURS and captive exotic animals. • Animal sanctuaries • Zoos or wildlife parks • BSc Animal Behaviour and Welfare • Relevant industry and conservation organisations • Education or research Why choose Aberdeen? Example degree structure Students who complete this programme at an appropriate level of achievement will also be Our BSc Animal Behaviour and Welfare prepares Course information is provided for guidance only and able to continue with postgraduate study in a students for graduate careers by providing an exciting is subject to change. Core or compulsory courses are relevant discipline. opportunity to explore the science that underpins our shown which are correct at the time of going to print. understanding of animal behaviour and welfare. University League Rankings YEAR 3 We are the only University in Scotland to offer HND • Statistical Analysis of Biological Data Top 20 in the UK for Biological Sciences – The Times Animal Care students the opportunity to “top up” • Animal Evolution and Biodiversity and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2021. their qualifications with a BSc Honours degree. This • Animal Management and Welfare additional qualification will enhance your • Behavioural Biology You may also like employability and open up additional opportunities • Field Skills in Animal Behaviour in terms of career options and further study. • Zoology – page 222 • Biology – page 88 Upon completion of the programme, you will have: YEAR 4 • Developed a thorough knowledge and • SBS Honours Project understanding of core and critical concepts • Topics in Animal Welfare in animal behaviour and welfare. • Behavioural Ecology and Conservation • Become skilled in collecting, manipulating and analysing data that is relevant to research questions in animal behaviour and welfare. • Learned how to plan, execute and present an independent piece of work. • Developed the skills and confidence to construct a reasoned argument to support your position on ethical issues relevant to animal welfare. • Practised communication of science with both peers and non-scientists.

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Anthropology See table on page 58 for more information

SQA HIGHERS

Anthropology at Aberdeen is a fascinating exploration of what it means to be human University league rankings Standard: in diverse societies and cultures across the world. We explore questions of identity, AABB politics, environment and religion – among many others – using the first-hand 2nd in Scotland and 11th in the UK for Anthropology – The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2021. Applicants who have achieved AABB (or better), are encouraged experience of staff who carry out long-term research. Our expertise covers the to apply and will be considered. Good performance in additional Highers Advanced Highers may be required. polar north, Scotland and the UK, Tibet, Central Asia, north and South Recent graduate job roles America. Our Anthropology programme is a brilliant foundation for many careers. Minimum: • Business Consultant • English Teacher BBB • Event Organiser Applicants who have achieved BBB (or are on course to achieve this by the end of S5) are encouraged to apply and will be considered. Why choose Aberdeen? Example degree structure • Graduate Researcher Good performance in additional Highers/Advanced Highers will • Inclusion Worker normally be required. • International Development Worker • Anthropology research and teaching at Aberdeen Course information is provided for guidance only and Adjusted: are closely linked. We offer a fresh vision of is subject to change. Core or compulsory courses are • International Editor Anthropology as a contemporary discipline shown which are correct at the time of going to print. • Journalist BB Translator with real-world relevance. • Applicants who have achieved BB, and who meet one of the YEAR 1 widening access criteria (page 52) are encouraged to apply • If you are a Single Honours student, you’ll receive Recent graduate employers and will be considered. Good performance in additional • Introduction to Anthropology: Peoples of the World practical methods training and you will have the Highers/Advanced Highers will be required. • Introduction to Anthropology: Questions of Diversity opportunity to take part in fieldwork for your own • research project. Joint honours students can carry • Africa Risk Consulting HNC/HND YEAR 2 out library-based dissertations. Both Single and Joint • International Justice Mission For information on college entry see page 48. Honours students get personal supervision from a • Key Debates in Anthropology • National Trust for Scotland member of staff. • Reimagining Colonialism • UNESCO A LEVELS • University of Helsinki Standard: • Our staff carry out long-term fieldwork with YEAR 3 • YouGov communities around the world and bring • Anthropological Theory BBB their research into their teaching. • Doing Anthropological Research National Student Survey Minimum: • Ethnography • We use a wide range of primary sources and • Research Project Part 1 92% overall satisfaction – Discover Uni 2020. BBC practical examples to give you skills in analysis, Adjusted: interpretation and communication. Optional courses of your choice including: • Medical Anthropology Graduate employment statistic CCC • A vibrant student Anthropology Society organises • Religion, Power and Belief 95% of graduates go on to work and/ academic and social events to bring together • Emotion, Self and Society or further study within 15 months – Discover Uni 2020. For more information on our definition of standard, students and staff outside the classroom. • Nature and Society minimum and adjusted entry qualifications, please see page 51. For more information on widening YEAR 4 You may also like access criteria, see page 52. • Research Project • Sociology – page 214 For advanced entry and alternative entry Optional courses of your choice including: requirements see page 58. • More Than Human • Anthropology, Museums and Society SINGLE HONOURS • The Political Anthropology of Indigenous Rights • MA Anthropology • The Constitutional Imagination • Roads: Mobility, Movement and Migration JOINT HONOURS • Anthropology and Art For joint honours please see pages 226-230. • Anthropology of the North

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Example degree structure – MA Archaeology Entry requirements

Archaeology Course information is provided for guidance only and See tables on pages 58 and 64 for more information is subject to change. Core or compulsory courses at time of going to print are shown. SQA HIGHERS From the origins of our species to the events of yesterday, Archaeology is YEAR 1 Standard: the only discipline that offers you the human past in its entirety. It is a subject ^ that actively shapes our understanding of human past through discovery and • Caves to Kingdoms: an Introduction to AABB Prehistoric Archaeology insights made in the field, the lab or the library. Applicants who have achieved AABB (or better), are encouraged • Archaeology in Action to apply and will be considered. Good performance in additional • Death! (optional) Highers/Advanced Highers may be required.

YEAR 2 Minimum: Why choose Aberdeen? Example degree structure – BSc Archaeology ^ • Prehistoric Britain: From Boxgrove to Bede BBB • Test Tubes and Trowels: an Introduction • Our staff are leading scientists, researchers and Course information is provided for guidance only and Applicants who have achieved BBB (or are on course to achieve this to Archaeological Science fieldworkers in Northern Europe, , is subject to change. Core or compulsory courses are by the end of S5) are encouraged to apply and will be considered. • Past Lives the North Atlantic and high latitude regions shown which are correct at the time of going to print. Good performance in additional Highers/Advanced Highers will • The Archaeology of the North: normally be required. from Siberia and Mongolia to North America. Lifeways & Cultural Change YEAR 1 Adjusted: • Study in a school ranked top in Scotland for research. • Caves to Kingdoms: an Introduction to YEAR 3 ^ (Times Higher Education REF rankings by subject 2014). BB Prehistoric Archaeology • Archaeological Fieldwork Portfolio • Our approach is unique in the • Archaeology in Action • Professional Archaeology I: Field Methods Applicants who have achieved BB, and who meet one of the • Death! (optional) widening access criteria (page 52) are encouraged to apply and draws on some of the richest archaeological • Archaeological Research Project Part I and will be considered. Good performance in additional resources in the world. • Professional Archaeology II: Post – Excavation Highers/Advanced Highers will be required. YEAR 2 Analysis and Employment • Our staff are actively engaged in field projects • Prehistoric Britain: From Boxgrove to Bede A LEVELS in the north, including in Scotland itself, answering YEAR 4 • Test Tubes and Trowels: an Introduction Standard: questions about the human past from the earliest to Archaeological Science • Archaeological Research Project Part II ^ colonisation of the north to later expansions. • Past Lives • Current Issues in Archaeology BBB • The Archaeology of the North: A choice of specialist Archaeology courses Fieldwork is an important part of the degree, with • Minimum: • Lifeways & Cultural Change field-trips to see local monuments available at Level 1 ^ Recent graduate employers BBC and a range of field-school opportunities at Level 2. YEAR 3 Adjusted: Advanced Archaeological Science • MOLA Headland • Our degree system allows for joint degree study • ^ in these subjects, choice and flexibility in your • Professional Archaeology I: Field Methods • Pre-Construct Archaeology CCC programme of study – allowing you to follow • Archaeological Research Project Part I • University of Aberdeen your own particular interests and enthusiasms. • Professional Archaeology II: Post-excavation ^ BSc entry requires good performance in at least two Mathematics/ Science subjects by the end of your senior phase of education. Analysis and Employment Recent graduate roles • BSc + MA Degrees available • Archaeological Fieldwork Portfolio For more information on our definition of standard, • Archaeological Site Assistant minimum and adjusted entry qualifications, please YEAR 4 • Archaeological Tour Operator see page 51. For more information on widening • Archaeological Research Project Part II • Archaeologist access criteria, see page 52. • Current Issues in Archaeology • Assistant Manager • Bioarchaeology: Biological Approaches • Research Assistant For advanced entry and alternative entry in Archaeology requirements see page 58 and 64-65. • A choice of specialist Archaeology courses National Student Survey SINGLE HONOURS 92% overall satisfaction – Discover Uni 2020. • BSc Archaeology MA Archaeology University league rankings • JOINT HONOURS BSc +MA 2nd in Scotland and 12th in the UK for Archaeology and Degrees available More course information: Forensic Science – The Complete University Guide 2021. For joint honours please see pages 226-230. abdn.ac.uk/ug/archaeology

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Art History See table on page 58 for more information

SQA HIGHERS Join us in Art History at Aberdeen to study the art of Britain, Europe and the University league rankings Standard: wider world, at a university with its own historic collections of artworks and architecture dating back to 1495. We are rated top in Scotland for the work of 2nd in Scotland for History of Art, Architecture AABB and Design – The Complete University Guide 2021. our Art History researchers, and ranked 1st for overall student satisfaction in Applicants who have achieved AABB (or better), are encouraged to apply and will be considered. Good performance in additional the National Student Survey 2020. Recent graduate job roles Highers/Advanced Highers may be required. Minimum: • Collections Assistant • Curatorial Assistant Intern BBB Why choose Aberdeen? • Gallery Assistant Applicants who have achieved BBB (or are on course to achieve this • Museum and Galleries Assistant Gain an extensive knowledge of the history of art Visits at all levels of study to major galleries and by the end of S5) are encouraged to apply and will be considered. • • • Research Management Good performance in additional Highers/Advanced Highers will from the to the present day, covering a museums, including the National Galleries of • University Lecturer normally be required. wide range of media and techniques. Our curriculum Scotland, and a final year week-long visit to a city Adjusted: aims to situate European art in its global of artistic significance, most recently Paris. Recent graduate employers connectedness and its full complexities. • A packed annual programme of cultural events, both BB • • A programme with vocational components, working on campus and across the city, including MayFest, Applicants who have achieved BB, and who meet one of the • Courtauld Institute of Art in collaboration with the University of Aberdeen the NuArt Festival of street art and Look Again widening access criteria (page 52) are encouraged to apply • Meissen Porcelain and will be considered. Good performance in additional Museums and Special Collections. festival of art and design. • National Galleries of Scotland Highers/Advanced Highers will be required. • • Our magnificent art collection, including the A LEVELS generous gifts from alumni through the centuries. Example degree structure In addition, modern artworks by leading Scottish National Student Survey Standard: artists make our spaces special and add Course information is provided for guidance only and BBB thought-provoking inspiration to our campus. is subject to change. Core or compulsory courses shown 100% overall satisfaction – Discover Uni 2020. are correct at the time of going to print. Minimum: • Historic Treasures include the , You may also like a 12th-century illuminated manuscript, the YEAR 1 BBC MacBean Stuart and Jacobite Print Collection, • Introduction to Art History • History – page 160 Adjusted: and the archive of • Modern Art original glass plate negatives made by this • Encountering Art: Museums through History CCC pioneering Victorian photographer. YEAR 2 For more information on our definition of standard, • The spectacular, award-winning Sir Duncan Rice minimum and adjusted entry qualifications, please • Object Lessons: 10 Works in Context Library with excellent art-historical resources. see page 51. For more information on widening • Art Matters: Materials and Techniques access criteria, see page 52. • Aberdeen Art Gallery’s extensive range of artworks, • What is Art? which includes one of the best collections of YEARS 3 & 4 For advanced entry and alternative entry Victorian paintings outside . The Gallery requirements see page 58. reopened in 2019, following a major project of • Curation: Theory and Practice refurbishment and reinvestment. • Dissertation in Art History SINGLE HONOURS • A choice of courses, including: • With Dundee within easy reach by public transport, – Italian Mural Painting and the • MA Art History the V&A Design Museum, the McManus Galleries Making of Visual Cultures, 1400-1500 and Dundee Contemporary Arts offer further – Art and Society in 18th-Century England JOINT HONOURS opportunities to engage with a wealth of art – Romantic Revivals: Medievalism, c.1790-1890 For joint honours please see pages 226-230. collections and exhibitions. – Photography and Contemporary Art: 1960-Now – Queer Beauty: Masculinities in 19th-Century Art More course information: abdn.ac.uk/ug/history-of-art

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Biochemistry See table on page 64 for more information

SQA HIGHERS Biochemistry is the branch of science that combines biology with chemistry Recent graduate job roles Standard: to study the molecules in living organisms, and how they interact with each other. ^ Biochemists make important contributions to our understanding of how life works, • Analyst AABB • Biomedical Support Worker Applicants who have achieved AABB (or better), are encouraged leading to advances in health, agriculture and many other areas. Many advances • Business Planning Coordinator to apply and will be considered. Good performance in additional in medicine result from progress in the biochemical understanding of disease. • Chemist Highers Advanced Highers may be required. • Clinical Scientist Minimum: • Drug Discovery Scientist ^ • Lab Technician BBB Why choose Aberdeen? Example degree structure • Office Coordinator Applicants who have achieved BBB (or are on course to achieve this • Publishing Editor by the end of S5) are encouraged to apply and will be considered. • Teaching combines core knowledge with Course information is provided for guidance only and Good performance in additional Highers/Advanced Highers will normally be required. developments at the forefront of science, is subject to change. Core or compulsory courses are Recent graduate employers allowing you to gain an understanding of life shown which are correct at the time of going to print. Adjusted: you can apply in many different areas. • Aberdeen City Council ^ YEAR 1 • Accunostics BB • Teaching staff are actively involved in world-leading • Introduction to Medical Sciences • Charles River Laboratories Applicants who have achieved BB, and who meet one of the research at the Institute of Medical Sciences, widening access criteria (page 52) are encouraged to apply • Chemistry for the Life Sciences 1 and 2 • GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) a dedicated research facility. and will be considered. Good performance in additional • The Cell • PA Consulting Highers/Advanced Highers will be required. • Research projects provide you with the opportunity • Royal Society of Chemistry to experience working in a research focused YEAR 2 HNC/HND National Student Survey laboratory environment. • Genes and Evolution For information on college entry see page 48. • Molecular Biology of the Gene You will receive training in both science 93% overall satisfaction – Discover Uni 2020. • • Foundation Skills for Medical Sciences A LEVELS and employment-related skills. • Energy for Life • Microbes, Infection and Immunity Graduate employment statistic Standard: Innovative and flexible teaching allows you • • Research Skills for Medical Sciences ^ to follow special interests. 90% of graduates go on to work and/ BBB YEAR 3 or further study within 15 months – Discover Uni 2020. Minimum: • Opportunities for gaining (paid) experience ^ Molecular Biology of the Cell in industry are available to you during the • You may also like BBC degree programme. • The Molecular Control of Cell Function Adjusted: • Biology – page 88 ^ YEAR 4 • Chemistry – page 98 CCC • Honours Biochemistry – Option 1 and Option 2 • Molecular Biology – page 186 • Honours Advanced Molecular Biology ^ Including good performance in at least two Mathematics/Science • Biochemistry Honours Research Project subjects by the end of your senior phase of education. For more information on our definition of standard, minimum and adjusted entry qualifications, please see page 51. For more information on widening access criteria, see page 52.

For advanced entry and alternative entry requirements see page 64-65.

SINGLE HONOURS • BSc Biochemistry • MSci Biochemistry with Industrial Placement More course information: (for entry requirements see page 67) abdn.ac.uk/ug/biochemistry

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Biological Sciences See table on page 64 for more information

SQA HIGHERS YEAR 4 Studying biological sciences helps you develop a broad understanding of the Standard: Honours Project nature of living things, from molecules and cells, organisms and populations, • ^ • Grant proposal (5 year MSci) to communities and biomes. AABB Applicants who have achieved AABB (or better), are encouraged YEAR 5 (MSCI ONLY) The five-year undergraduate Masters (MSci) programme is for those who wish to to apply and will be considered. Good performance in additional • Research Project Highers/Advanced Highers may be required. graduate with a qualification that goes beyond the traditional four-year honours • Public Communication of Science Minimum: degree. The additional year helps you to develop your research skills during an • Plus two options from our MSc programmes BBB^ extended laboratory or field-based project. Career development Applicants who have achieved BBB (or are on course to achieve this by the end of S5) are encouraged to apply and will be considered. Why choose Aberdeen? Example degree structure Graduates find full-time employment in a wide range Good performance in additional Highers/Advanced Highers will of careers. Typical employers include universities, research normally be required. • Our programme focuses on both the molecular and Course information is provided for guidance only and institutes, Government agencies (eg SEPA, NatureScot), Adjusted: organismal aspects of biology, bringing together is subject to change. Core or compulsory courses are environmental consultancies, charities (including WWF and ^ practical lab and field based teaching with cell shown which are correct at the time of going to print. RSPB), the NHS, libraries and commercial enterprises in BB biology, genetics, evolutionary genomics, ecology aquaculture, animal nutrition and animal health. One of Applicants who have achieved BB, and who meet one of the the great advantages of having a Biological Sciences widening access criteria (page 52) are encouraged to apply and physiology. You will have the opportunity to YEAR 1 and will be considered. Good performance in additional specialise in your area of interest, choosing a focus • Frontiers in Biological Sciences degree from the University of Aberdeen is that it Highers/Advanced Highers will be required. in animal, plant or environmental science. • Diversity of Life 1 and 2 provides you with a very broad range of skills to offer employers. Not only do we train students in scientific • The BSc programme differs from our biology • Ecology and Environmental Science HNC/HND methodology in the laboratory and in the field, we programme in having a more explicit focus on • The Cell For information on college entry see page 48. molecular biology and modern techniques as applied • Chemistry for Life Sciences 1 incorporate what we call ‘graduate attributes’ into the to non-human organisms. whole curriculum. Employers now expect an impressive list of skills, knowledge and experience in their graduate A LEVELS • You will benefit from the range of teaching and YEAR 2 recruits and we aim to help you acquire these. Standard: research we have to offer in everything from advanced • Biological Enhanced Skills Training (BEST) ^ molecular research in the laboratory to pioneering • Genetics, Genomes and Evolution Recent graduate employers BBB field work in the mountains, deep sea and tropics. • Ecology Minimum: • Principles of Animal Physiology or Plants, • You can gain invaluable experience from attending at • Environmental Consultancy ^ least one of our highly-rated residential field courses People and the Environment • Environmental Protection Agency BBC in the Isle of Cumbrae, Shetland, Aberdeenshire, the • One of the following field courses: • Natural England Adjusted: Cairngorms, Spain, Greece, South Africa or at one of – Field Biology • National Trust for Scotland ^ our own facilities, namely The Lighthouse (Sea Mammal – Coastal Biodiversity • Royal Society for the Protection of Birds CCC Research Centre) on the Black Isle, and the field centre – Freshwater and Terrestrial Ecology • Science Communication (eg Scubazoo) ^ Including good performance in at least two Mathematics/Science at Bettyhill, on the north coast of Sutherland. – Parasitology • NatureScot subjects by the end of your senior phase of education. • You will have the opportunity to get involved in our – Marine and Fish Population Ecology • Scottish Seabird Centre research through summer research assistantships, – Littoral and Sublittoral Marine Biology For more information on our definition of standard, project work and a compulsory final year research National Student Survey minimum and adjusted entry qualifications, please project. YEAR 3 see page 51. For more information on widening 100% overall satisfaction – Discover Uni 2020. access criteria, see page 52. • At our regular careers events you will have the • Statistical Analysis of Biological Data opportunity to listen to and meet prospective • Animal Evolution and Biodiversity University league rankings For advanced entry and alternative entry employers from outside the University, giving you • Environmental Physiology or requirements see page 64-65. excellent opportunities to get a fulfilling and Plant-Environment Interactions 6th in Scotland and 20th in the UK for Biological challenging job in a biological field. • Ecological Genomics SINGLE HONOURS Science – The Times and Sunday Times Good University • Lab Skills in Bioscience • The MSci programme is available for entry after Guide 2021. • BSc Biological Sciences programme year 3 from these other programmes: • MSci Biological Sciences (for entry requirements Animal Behaviour, Biology, Conservation Biology, You may also like see page 67) Ecology, Environmental Science, Marine Biology, Plant More course information: and Soil Science, Zoology. abdn.ac.uk/ug/bio-env-sciences • Biology – page 88

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Biology See table on page 64 for more information SQA HIGHERS

Our Biology programme starts with a foundation of animal, plant and marine biology YEAR 4 Standard: then opens up, allowing you to specialise, taking advantage of the breadth of courses You will carry out a research project and complete five ^ courses of your choosing. The research project can be AABB available in biological sciences. Common areas of specialisation include conservation undertaken in any of the biological disciplines. Applicants who have achieved AABB (or better), are encouraged ecology, disease biology, physiology, behaviour and evolution. to apply and will be considered. Good performance in additional Highers Advanced Highers may be required. Career development The Biology programme differs from the Biological Sciences programme in that it Minimum: includes more flexibility in your course choices and does not require that you take Biology courses are designed to provide a broad set ^ of specialist and generic skills. A considerable number BBB chemistry in the first year. of graduates continue their education by studying for Applicants who have achieved BBB (or are on course to achieve this higher degrees. Graduates find full-time employment by the end of S5) are encouraged to apply and will be considered. Good performance in additional Highers/Advanced Highers will in a wide range of careers. Typical employers include normally be required. universities, research institutes, Government agencies Adjusted: (eg SEPA, NatureScot), environmental consultancies, Why choose Aberdeen? Example degree structure environmental charities, the NHS, and commercial BB^ enterprises in aquaculture, animal nutrition and animal Applicants who have achieved BB, and who meet one of the • Having over fifty members of staff with different Course information is provided for guidance only and health. Not only do we train students in scientific is subject to change. Core or compulsory courses are widening access criteria (page 52) are encouraged to apply research interests means that later in your degree methodology in the laboratory and in the field, we and will be considered. Good performance in additional you can work within one of our research groups, shown which are correct at the time of going to print. incorporate what we call ‘graduate attributes’ into the Highers/Advanced Highers will be required. carrying out cutting-edge research in an area of YEAR 1 whole curriculum. Employers now expect an impressive biology that attracts you. list of skills, knowledge and experience in their graduate HNC/HND • Frontiers in Biological Sciences recruits and we aim to help you acquire these. For information on college entry see page 48. • Our researchers work on birds, mammals, • Diversity of Life 1 and 2 invertebrates in terrestrial and marine environments • The Cell Recent graduate employers A LEVELS and plants in all environments from alpine to • Ecology and Environmental Science the tropics. Standard: YEAR 2 • Clyde River Foundation • You will benefit from the extraordinary breadth • Life WolfAlps BBB^ of teaching and research we have to offer and have • Genetics, Genomes and Evolution • RSPB the opportunity to get involved in everything from • Biological Enhanced Skills Training (BEST) • Minimum: advanced molecular research in the laboratory to • Ecology BBC^ pioneering field work in the mountains, deep sea • Plants, People, and the Environment National Student Survey Adjusted: and tropics. • Principles of Animal Physiology • Fundamentals in Marine Biology 100% overall satisfaction – Discover Uni 2020. CCC^ • You can gain invaluable experience from attending One of the following field courses: at least one of our highly-rated residential field • Plants and their Habitats in Northern Scotland University league rankings ^ Including good performance in at least two Mathematics/Science courses in the Isle of Cumbrae, Shetland, • Parasitology subjects by the end of your senior phase of education. Aberdeenshire, the Cairngorms, Spain, Greece, • Coastal Biodiversity Top 20 in the UK for Biological Sciences – For more information on our definition of standard, South Africa or at one of our own facilities, namely • Marine and Fish Population Ecology The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2021. minimum and adjusted entry qualifications, please The Lighthouse (Sea Mammal Research Centre) • Freshwater and Terrestrial Ecology see page 51. For more information on widening access on the Black Isle, and the field centre at Bettyhill, • Littoral and Sublittoral Marine Biology Field Course You may also like criteria, see page 52. on the north coast of Sutherland. Field Biology • For advanced entry and alternative entry • Biological Sciences – page 86 • You will have the opportunity to get involved in our YEAR 3 requirements see page 64-65. research through summer research assistantships, project Accreditations SINGLE HONOURS work, and a compulsory final year research project. • Statistical Analysis of Biological Data • Animal Evolution and Biodiversity This degree is accredited by the Royal Society • BSc Biology • At our regular careers events, you will have the • Plant Environment Interactions or of Biology. opportunity to listen to and meet prospective Environmental Physiology employers from outside the University, giving you • Population Ecology or Ecological Genomics excellent opportunities to get a fulfilling and More course information: challenging job in a biological field. abdn.ac.uk/ug/bio-env-sciences

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Biomedical Sciences See table on page 66 for more information

SQA HIGHERS Biomedical Scientists bring together a broad range of subjects including anatomy, University league rankings Standard: biochemistry, developmental biology, molecular biology, pharmacology and ^ physiology. These combine to generate powerful multidisciplinary approaches 4th in Scotland and 6th in the UK for Anatomy AAAB and Physiology – The Times and Sunday Times to help unravel the problems associated with human diseases and to develop Good University Guide 2021. A LEVELS and therapies to treat them. Biomedical Scientists are, therefore, Recent graduate job roles Standard: often found at the cutting edge of medical research. ABB^ • Clinical Safety Scientist • Data Transformation Analyst ^ Including Chemistry and one other Science or Mathematics subject. Why choose Aberdeen? Example degree structure • Junior Scientific Advisor See table on page 66 for more information. • Laboratory Researcher For more information on our definition of standard, • Our degrees provide you with the scientific content Course information is provided for guidance only and minimum and adjusted entry qualifications, please of pre-clinical medicine and the opportunity to study is subject to change. Core or compulsory courses are Recent graduate employers see page 51. For more information on widening access cellular processes from the whole-body perspective. shown which are correct at the time of going to print. criteria, see page 52. • Charles River Laboratories • You will gain a deep understanding in core medical YEAR 1 • deCODE Genetics Advanced entry – See page 66 for more information sciences and have the opportunity to study specific • Introduction to Medical Sciences • Icelandic Red Cross subjects such as medical sciences and a specialism • Chemistry for Life Sciences 1 and 2 • NHS SINGLE HONOURS chosen from anatomy, developmental biology, • The Cell • Pro Pharma Group • BSc Biomedical Sciences (Anatomy) molecular biology, pharmacology and physiology. • Scotia Biologics • BSc Biomedical Sciences (Developmental Biology) YEAR 2 • BSc Biomedical Sciences (Molecular Biology) • Biomedical scientists in Aberdeen have made major National Student Survey medical advances, including co-discovery of insulin • Human Anatomy 1 and 2 • BSc Biomedical Sciences (Pharmacology) (receiving a Nobel Prize) and discovery of the brain’s (Dissection of Human Cadaveric Material) • BSc Biomedical Sciences (Physiology) 93% overall satisfaction (for Anatomy) – • MSci Biomedical Sciences (Anatomy) morphine-like chemicals, the endorphins. • Physiology of Human Cells Discover Uni 2020. • Physiology of Human Organ Systems with Industrial Placement • You will acquire core skills and knowledge vital for • MSci Biomedical Science (Developmental Biology) • Molecular Biology of the Gene Graduate employment statistic a successful career. This will also provide you with • Energy for Life (Biochemistry) with Industrial Placement the ideal training for progression to graduate • MSci Biomedical Sciences (Molecular Biology) 95% of graduates go on to work and/ programmes in medical research, medicine, YEAR 3 with Industrial Placement or further study within 15 months (Anatomy) – dentistry and other healthcare professions. MSci Biomedical Science (Pharmacology) Specialised courses in: • Discover Uni 2020. with Industrial Placement • Anatomy • Excellent teaching: 93% of our students were • MSci Biomedical Sciences (Physiology) • Developmental Biology satisfied with teaching on courses in Medical with Industrial Placement Sciences and 95% of our students were satisfied • Molecular Biology • Pharmacology that staff made the subject interesting (National For entry requirements for the MSci degrees in • Physiology Student Survey 2020). Biomedical Sciences, see table on page 67. • Modern teaching facilities and laboratories YEAR 4 will enhance your learning and provide you One half of the year explores biomedical topics with an opportunity to experience working within your chosen specialist discipline. The other in a research focused laboratory environment. half comprises a full-time, ten-week research project within a research institution, experiencing original research work in an active environment.

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Entry requirements Biotechnology See table on page 64 for more information

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Biotechnology is a technology based on the unique properties of biological Career development Standard: molecules, cells and organisms. It provides new ways of diagnosing disease, AABB^ producing antibiotics, pharmaceuticals and chemical feedstocks for industrial The potential of biotechnology to provide new health products, new fuels such as hydrogen, advances in Applicants who have achieved AABB (or better), are encouraged processes, reducing industrial contamination of the environment and improving agriculture and management of the environment to apply and will be considered. Good performance in additional Highers/Advanced Highers may be required. food safety. (eg oil spill clean-up) is immense but at present only partly tapped. Biotechnology is well-placed to Minimum: The study of biotechnology at Aberdeen involves the study of microbiology, contribute significantly to future sustainable technology BBB^ biochemistry and genetics. Knowledge of all three subjects is crucial in an area development. Recent Biotechnology and related degree graduates went on to be employed as: Applicants who have achieved BBB (or are on course to achieve this where microorganisms are frequently being genetically engineered to perform by the end of S5) are encouraged to apply and will be considered. Good performance in additional Highers/Advanced Highers will novel or enhanced biochemical reactions, and will become increasingly important • Biotechnologist normally be required. • Key account specialist as synthetic biology is used throughout biotechnological processes. Adjusted: • Research scientist • Technologist BB^ Applicants who have achieved BB, and who meet one of the Why choose Aberdeen? Example degree structure Recent graduate employers widening access criteria (page 52) are encouraged to apply and will be considered. Good performance in additional • You will gain a broad base of knowledge regarding Course information is provided for guidance only and • Ayva Pharma Highers/Advanced Highers will be required. biotechnology at the molecular and cellular levels. is subject to change. Core or compulsory courses are • Genesis Diagnostics shown which are correct at the time of going to print. • Novartis HNC/HND • We deliver first-class courses in Biochemistry, • Oxford Genetics For information on college entry see page 48. Genetics, Microbiology and Immunology. YEAR 1 University league rankings A LEVELS • Innovative and flexible teaching allowing you • Introduction to Medical Sciences • Chemistry for the Life Sciences 1 Standard: to follow your own particular interests. Top 20 in the UK for Biological Sciences – • The Cell ^ The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2021. BBB • The University has a strong reputation in spinning • Chemistry for the Life Sciences 2 Minimum: out biotechnology start-up companies. For instance, Graduate employment statistic there are over 30 patents worldwide pending YEAR 2 BBC^ or granted for their immunisation technology • Genes and Evolution 97% of graduates go on to work and/ Adjusted: developed from shark immune systems. Molecular Biology of the Gene • or further study within 15 months – Discover Uni 2020. ^ • Foundation Skills for Medical Sciences You will have opportunities to gain (paid) CCC • • Energy for Life experience in industry. You may also like • Microbes, Infection and Immunity ^ Including good performance in at least two Mathematics/Science subjects by the end of your senior phase of education. • Training is provided in both specialist • Research Skills for Medical Sciences • Biochemistry – page 84 and employment-related skills. • Microbiology – page 182 For more information on our definition of standard, YEAR 3 minimum and adjusted entry qualifications, please • Molecular Biology of the Cell see page 51. For more information on widening • The Molecular Control of Cell Function access criteria, see page 52. For advanced entry and alternative entry YEAR 4 requirements see page 64-65. • Honours Advanced Molecular Biology • Biotechnology Honours Options SINGLE HONOURS • Biotechnology Honours Research Project • BSc Biotechnology (Applied Molecular Biology) • MSci Biotechnology (Applied Molecular Biology) with Industrial Placement (for entry requirements see page 67) More course information: abdn.ac.uk/ug/biotechnology

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Entry requirements Business Management See table on page 58 for more information

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Business Management at Aberdeen explores the theory and practice of how people University league rankings Standard: and organisations are managed in a highly competitive global business environment. AABB You will benefit from real-life scenarios and the input of national and local 11th in the UK for Business Studies – The Complete University Guide 2021. Applicants who have achieved AABB (or better), are encouraged employers, giving you the skills, experience and attributes for a head start across to apply and will be considered. Good performance in additional a wide range of careers in the international business world. Recent graduate employers Highers/Advanced Highers may be required. Minimum: • Aalto University • Allianz BBB Why choose Aberdeen? Example degree structure • EC-OG Applicants who have achieved BBB (or are on course to achieve this • Microsoft by the end of S5) are encouraged to apply and will be considered. • UK top three University for the impact of the Course information is provided for guidance only and • PwC Good performance in additional Highers/Advanced Highers will world-leading research being done by our is subject to change. Core or compulsory courses are normally be required. academics in business and management (Times shown which are correct at the time of going to print. Graduate employment statistic Adjusted: Higher Education REF rankings by subject 2014.) YEAR 1 95% of graduates go on to work and/ BB • A Business Management programme which • Managing Organisations or further study within 15 months – Discover Uni 2020. perfectly balances theory and practical work, Applicants who have achieved BB, and who meet one of the • The Economics of Business and Society widening access criteria (page 52) are encouraged to apply with strong links to local and global businesses • Accounting and Entrepreneurship You may also like and will be considered. Good performance in additional giving you cutting-edge insights into the subject. Highers/Advanced Highers will be required. The University of Aberdeen has its own YEAR 2 • Accountancy – page 72 • HNC/HND dedicated service, ABVentures, which offer • Marketing • Finance – page 138 students advice and support for starting a • Operations Management • Economics – page 112 For information on college entry see page 48. business or social enterprise. • Understanding Statistics • International Business – page 166 • Real Estate – page 210 A LEVELS • We have research centres, including ACREEF YEARS 3 AND 4 Standard: (the Aberdeen Centre for Research in Energy Specialised management courses for honours Economics and Finance) headed by leading students have a mixture of compulsory and elective BBB international economist and courses in subjects such as: Minimum: author Professor Alex Kemp, adviser to the • Research Methods for Business, Scottish Government. • Human Resource Management, BBC • Aberdeen is home to CELMR (the Centre for • Business Ethics Adjusted: European Labour Market Research) which leads • New Venture Development research in education, skills and labour markets. • Consultancy & Change CCC • Understanding & Managing Behaviour For more information on our definition of standard, in Organisations • The city of Aberdeen plays a huge role in minimum and adjusted entry qualifications, please Europe’s energy industry. International see page 51. For more information on widening accountancy firms, multinational companies The courses we offer are based around our staff’s access criteria, see page 52. and financial services all have offices in the city. specialist research areas. Honours students will complete a dissertation in Business Management For advanced entry and alternative entry • The Business School is home to the biggest societies (or in their other joint honours subject). requirements see page 58. on campus including the Economics and Business Society, InternNetwork, Aberdeen University SINGLE HONOURS Consulting Group, the Trading and Investment Club, • MA Business Management AIESEC, and the Fintech and Blockchain Club. • MA Business Management with Information Systems • Professional training facilities, including our Bloomberg virtual trading floor, integrating real JOINT HONOURS activity in financial markets into our students courses. More course information: For joint honours please see pages 226-230. abdn.ac.uk/ug/business-management

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Celtic and Anglo-Saxon Studies Entry requirements See table on page 58 for more information

SQA HIGHERS Celtic and Anglo-Saxon Studies at Aberdeen is an exciting programme, building Recent graduate job roles Standard: on a strong track record of Celtic teaching to offer a fascinating, flexible and interdisciplinary study of the Celtic, Anglo-Saxon and Scandinavian peoples. A significant proportion of our graduates go on to AABB pursue postgraduate study in Celtic, Anglo-Saxon or You will cross traditional boundaries of literature, history and culture, and Applicants who have achieved AABB (or better), are encouraged Scandinavian Studies. to apply and will be considered. Good performance in additional develop skills which open wide career options across the arts, media and more. • Librarian Highers/Advanced Highers may be required. • of the Linnean Society Minimum: • University Lecturer • Museum Intern BBB Why choose Aberdeen? Example degree structure • School Teacher (Primary or Secondary) Applicants who have achieved BBB (or are on course to achieve this • Specialist Technician A unique programme in Scotland, emphasising critical Course information is provided for guidance only and by the end of S5) are encouraged to apply and will be considered. • Good performance in additional Highers/Advanced Highers will thinking and small-group discussion, to gain in-depth is subject to change. A selection of our courses are Recent graduate employers normally be required. knowledge of history, literature and languages, plus shown. These are correct at the time of going to print. Adjusted: transferable skills to boost your employability. • An Comunn Gàidhealach YEARS 1 AND 2 • All teaching is on our beautiful, Medieval King’s • Blackwell’s BB • Songs, Myths and Hero-Tales of the Old North GUARD Archaeology College campus, and the surrounding countryside • Applicants who have achieved BB, and who meet one of the • Lost Gods and Monsters of the North is rich in archaeological and historic remains of • Highland Council widening access criteria (page 52) are encouraged to apply • Arthur in Medieval Celtic and Scandinavian Literature and will be considered. Good performance in additional Scotland’s Celtic and Nordic past. • Council Museums • Vikings: An Introduction • University of Highers/Advanced Highers will be required. • Love, Loss and Revival: Gaelic Ireland, • Our academic staff are leading international A LEVELS researchers who have published widely on Celtic, 1700 to the Present Graduate employment statistic Anglo-Saxon, and Scandinavian literature and • The Celts, their Neighbours, and the Classical World Standard: history, revealing new discoveries and debunking • Latin, Modern Irish and Languages 4th in the UK for graduate prospects BBB popular myths. (for beginners) – The Complete University Guide 2021. • Latin Language and Literature 1 Minimum: • A vibrant Celtic Society, one of the oldest, National Student Survey most famous and liveliest student societies in YEARS 3 AND 4 BBC the University, organising social and cultural events, Courses offered include: 95% overall satisfaction – Discover Uni 2020. Adjusted: including Welsh and Irish-themed evenings and • Old Gaelic Language traditional music sessions. • Medieval Welsh Language CCC • Old English Language We keep classes small, encourage plenty of group • • Early Modern Gaelic Language and Texts For more information on our definition of standard, discussions and give you individual attention. You • Tales of Vengeance and Enchantment: minimum and adjusted entry qualifications, please will also get the opportunity to explore thoughts The Heroic Age in Irish and Icelandic Saga Literature see page 51. For more information on widening and ideas with your classmates and our staff. • Dangerous Liaisons: Love, Sex and Romance access criteria, see page 52. in the Celtic West and the Old North • Scottish Archeology For advanced entry and alternative entry • Viking Archaeology requirements see page 58. • Dissertation (research project on a subject of your choice) SINGLE HONOURS • MA Celtic and Anglo-Saxon Studies

JOINT HONOURS For joint honours please see pages 226-230.

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Entry requirements Chemistry See table on page 64 for more information SQA HIGHERS Chemistry is not just about chemicals in laboratories – chemistry touches every YEAR 4 Standard: aspect of our daily lives. Chemistry is about understanding how matter changes • Honours Chemistry Research Project ^ • Advanced Chemistry Topics AABB and how these changes affect everything from the food we eat and air we • Integrated Chemistry Applicants who have achieved AABB (or better), are encouraged breathe, to the medicines we take and the energy we use to power our homes, to apply and will be considered. Good performance in additional Highers/Advanced Highers may be required. cars and phones. YEAR 5 (MCHEM STUDENTS ONLY) • MChem Chemistry Applications Minimum: Students who study chemistry at university go on to work in a wide range • MChem Project Placement BBB^ of highly rewarding careers, tackling the problems we face today in areas Career development Applicants who have achieved BBB (or are on course to achieve this such as drug discovery, energy, environmental protection, forensics, food and by the end of S5) are encouraged to apply and will be considered. Good performance in additional Highers/Advanced Highers will agriculture as well as academic careers in teaching or cutting-edge research. Recent graduates have gone on to work in: normally be required. • Analytical Chemistry Research Assistant • Assistant Scientist Adjusted: • Lab Technician BB^ Why choose Aberdeen? Example degree structure • Product development Chemist • Quality Assurance Chemist Applicants who have achieved BB, and who meet one of the Chemistry has been taught at Aberdeen for over Course information is provided for guidance only and widening access criteria (page 52) are encouraged to apply • • Technical Support Engineer and will be considered. Good performance in additional 200 years and we were one of the first universities is subject to change. Core or compulsory courses are • Chemistry Teacher (Postgraduate teaching Highers/Advanced Highers will be required. to introduce chemistry as a subject in its own right. shown which are correct at the time of going to print. qualification required) HNC/HND • Industries need a steady supply of skilled Medicinal YEAR 1 University league rankings For information on college entry see page 48. Chemists, Synthetic Chemists, Analytical Chemists • Chemistry for the Physical Sciences 1 and Environmental Chemists, making chemistry A LEVELS • Elements of Chemistry 1 Top 20 in the UK for Chemistry – The Times and a great subject to study. • Chemistry for the Physical Sciences 2 Sunday Times Good University Guide 2021. Standard: • Our first year course “Elements of Chemistry” • Elements of Chemistry 2 ^ Recent graduate employers BBB is designed to inspire and to help you become a confident learner and develop skills in literacy, YEAR 2 Minimum: • ASCO numeracy, communication, data collection, analysis • Chemical Kinetics and Thermodynamics ^ • Charles River Laboratories and interpretation, discussion and presentation • Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy BBC • Lifescan Scotland of ideas and laboratory methods. • Organic and Biological Chemistry Adjusted: • TauRx Therapeutics • Inorganic Chemistry ^ • The MChem (five-year programme) is our flagship • Optional Chemistry course : CCC degree. Entry into the final two years is dependent Accreditations Introduction to Materials ^ Including good performance in Chemistry and one other on achieving at least an upper second class honours Our MChem and BSc degrees are accredited by the Mathematics/Science subject by the end of your senior phase level of performance in third year. YEAR 3 of education. Royal Society of Chemistry. • Our MChem degree features a final year, four-month • General Chemistry For more information on our definition of standard, minimum and adjusted entry qualifications, please research project placement in the specialisation of • Inorganic and Solid State Chemistry You may also like • Environmental Chemistry see page 51. For more information on widening access your choice. This is usually carried out at an overseas criteria, see page 52. university or research institute. • Organic and Biological Chemistry • Biochemistry – page 84 • Molecular Structure and Reactivity For advanced entry and alternative entry • 80% of our research in chemistry was rated as ‘world requirements see page 64-65. leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’ at 2014 REF. SINGLE HONOURS • BSc Chemistry • BSc Environmental Chemistry • MChem Chemistry (5 years) • MChem Environmental Chemistry (5 years) More course information: abdn.ac.uk/ug/chemistry

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Computing (MA) and Entry requirements Computing Science (BSc) See tables on pages 58 and 64 for more information SQA HIGHERS Are you excited by the power of computers and information technology? University league rankings Standard: Do you think you might want to get into Software, Big Data, Machine Learning, ^ Internet of Things, or Cyber Security? Our programmes will provide you with 2nd in Scotland and 5th in the UK for AABB Computing Science – The Times and Sunday Times deep knowledge and powerful abilities in a subject in very high demand, giving Applicants who have achieved AABB (or better), are encouraged Good University Guide 2021. to apply and will be considered. Good performance in additional you skills in programming, data management, software engineering, systems, Highers/Advanced Highers may be required. Recent graduate job roles security, AI and creative computational problem-solving. Minimum: ^ • Applications Developer BBB • Cloud Developer Applicants who have achieved BBB (or are on course to achieve this Why choose Aberdeen? Example degree structure • Development Engineer by the end of S5) are encouraged to apply and will be considered. • IT Security Officer Good performance in additional Highers/Advanced Highers will • Our graduates develop the ability to understand, Course information is provided for guidance only and • Software Engineer normally be required. design, and build, innovative and complex is subject to change. Core or compulsory courses are • Systems Administrator and Manager Adjusted: Technology Analyst computer systems. shown which are correct at the time of going to print. • ^ • Web Designer BB • We work hard to give you opportunities to broaden YEAR 1 Applicants who have achieved BB, and who meet one of the your horizons, and to develop technical, professional Recent graduate employers • Programming for Sciences and Engineering widening access criteria (page 52) are encouraged to apply and personal skills for your future career. and will be considered. Good performance in additional • Object-oriented Programming • Coca-Cola Highers/Advanced Highers will be required. • Computer Architecture • Our reputation of very high quality computing • Danske Bank • Modelling and Problem-solving for Computing A LEVELS degrees, combined with our strong focus • Google on employability, open up a wide range • Procter & Gamble Standard: YEAR 2 of career options. • Rockstar North ^ • Introduction to Data Management for Data Science BBB • You will benefit from the international research • Mathematics for Computing Science Accreditations Minimum: and teaching reputation of the Computing Science Algorithmic Problem Solving • ^ department, and the very strong links to industry. • Human Computer Interaction Our Computing degrees are accredited by the BBC • Modern Programming Languages British Computer Society (BCS). • Flexible degree programmes available with Adjusted: options to suit your needs. ^ YEAR 3 Joint honours CCC • You will have the opportunity to study at one • Operating Systems Distributed Systems and Security For joint honours please see pages 226-230. ^ BSc entry requires good performance in at least two Mathematics/ of a range of partner universities, allowing you • Science subjects by the end of your senior phase of education. to experience living in another country during • Principles of Software Engineering your studies. • Software Engineering and Professional Practice For more information on our definition of standard, minimum and adjusted entry qualifications, please • Our Aberdeen Software Factory is a student-run YEAR 4 see page 51. For more information on widening software house, where you can gain experience, • Security access criteria, see page 52. and build your CV, by working on large projects • Computational Intelligence with real clients. • Research Methods For advanced entry and alternative entry • Single Honours Computing Project requirements see page 58 and 64-65.

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Entry requirements

Conservation Biology See table on page 64 for more information

SQA HIGHERS As concerns around the world grow for conserving biodiversity, this fascinating degree Career development Standard: prepares you for an exciting and important future career. You’ll build your knowledge ^ in ecology, zoology, plant and soil science, evolution and genetics and learn about the One of the great advantages of having a Conservation AABB Biology degree from the University of Aberdeen is that arguments and the effectiveness of different approaches to conservation, developing Applicants who have achieved AABB (or better), are encouraged it provides you with a very broad range of skills to offer to apply and will be considered. Good performance in additional a practical understanding of conservation. employers. Not only do we train students in scientific Highers/Advanced Highers may be required. methodology in the laboratory and in the field, but we Minimum: also incorporate what we call ‘graduate attributes’ into ^ the whole curriculum. Employers now expect an BBB Why choose Aberdeen? Example degree structure impressive list of skills, knowledge and experience in their Applicants who have achieved BBB (or are on course to achieve this graduate recruits and we aim to help you acquire these. Our staff are active in conservation research Course information is provided for guidance only and by the end of S5) are encouraged to apply and will be considered. • Good performance in additional Highers/Advanced Highers will and the development of policy. They work in is subject to change. Core or compulsory courses are Many career possibilities are open to graduate normally be required. close collaboration with many external organisations. shown which are correct at the time of going to print. Conservation Biologists. Our graduates have gone Adjusted: Our conservation scientists advise the UK on to work in UK conservation agencies, National Parks, ^ Government on conservation conflicts, climate YEAR 1 national and international NGOs, environmental BB change mitigation and critical loads for air pollutants. Frontiers in Biological Sciences consultancy, environmental protection agencies, • Applicants who have achieved BB, and who meet one of the • Diversity of Life 1 and 2 environmental law, environmental education, industry, • Throughout the programme, you will get the widening access criteria (page 52) are encouraged to apply • Ecology and Environmental Science local government environmental departments and will be considered. Good performance in additional opportunity to learn from field course teaching • Plants and Their Habitats in Northern Scotland and research. Highers/Advanced Highers will be required. that covers a range of diverse environments. • The Cell There is a specific field course to explore As a Conservation Biologist you will be in increasing HNC/HND conservation issues across Scotland and you YEAR 2 demand in similar posts with an edge over more may also participate in other field courses For information on college entry see page 48. traditionally qualified graduates. With your scientific in Scotland and overseas (for example, • Genetics, Genomes and Evolution training you will also be in demand for jobs requiring the Mediterranean). • Ecology A LEVELS • Conservation Biology general graduate abilities. Standard: • We invite practitioners to deliver teaching sessions One of the following field courses: ^ to provide case studies that illustrate current • Parasitology Recent graduates have been employed as: BBB conservation problems and the tools that can be • Coastal Biodiversity • Biologist used to address those problems. • Marine and Fish Population Ecology • Community Engagement and Membership officer Minimum: • Freshwater and Terrestrial Ecology • Medial Laboratory Assistant BBC^ • 15th across the UK in Biological Sciences • Littoral and Sublittoral Marine Biology Field Course • Trainee Countryside Education Officer for research impact. (Times Higher Education • Field Biology Adjusted: REF rankings by subject 2014). National Student Survey ^ YEAR 3 CCC University league rankings 100% of students found the course • Conservation in Practice ^ Including good performance in at least two Mathematics/Science intellectually stimulating – Discover Uni 2020. subjects by the end of your senior phase of education. Top 20 in the UK for Biological Sciences – • Statistical Analysis of Biological Data Animal Evolution and Biodiversity The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2021. • You may also like For more information on our definition of standard, • Population Ecology minimum and adjusted entry qualifications, please • Society and Environment Accreditations • Biology – page 88 see page 51. For more information on widening • Conservation Issues in Scotland – Field Trip • Biological Sciences – page 86 access criteria, see page 52. Accredited by the Royal Society of Biology. • Ecology – page 110 YEAR 4 • Environmental Science – page 132 For advanced entry and alternative entry • Honours Project (semester 1) requirements see page 64-65. • Topics in Conservation Biology • Wildlife Conservation and Management: SINGLE HONOURS Concepts and Practice • BSc Conservation Biology More course information: abdn.ac.uk/ug/bio-env-sciences

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Entry requirements

Criminology and Sociology See table on page 58 for more information

SQA HIGHERS This new interdisciplinary programme combines dedicated criminology courses Career development Standard: from the Department of Sociology with courses from the School of Psychology and the School of Law to provide you with an informed understanding of deviance, As governments face increasing constraints on public AABB spending, understanding crime and other social problems crime, law, and criminal justice. Applicants who have achieved AABB (or better), are encouraged is a key concern for policymakers and stakeholders. This to apply and will be considered. Good performance in additional degree will develop the key critical thinking, analytical Highers/Advanced Highers may be required. and research skills for a career in social and public policy Minimum: fields in all sectors (public, voluntary, and private), as well Why choose Aberdeen? Example degree structure as more specifically within criminal justice organisations. BBB Applicants who have achieved BBB (or are on course to achieve this • This programme is delivered by experts in Course information is provided for guidance only and is University league rankings criminology, sociology, law, and psychology to subject to change. Core or compulsory courses are by the end of S5) are encouraged to apply and will be considered. Good performance in additional Highers/Advanced Highers will provide you with a critically informed understanding shown which are correct at the time of going to print. 10th in the UK for Sociology – normally be required. of the causes of crime, the wide-ranging impacts of The Guardian University Guide 2021. crime and the effectiveness of crime prevention YEAR 1 Adjusted: measures such as law, policing and prisons. • Introduction to Sociology I: Self, Identity and Society You may also like BB • Introduction to Sociology II: Systems of Power • You will investigate how crime and criminality are Applicants who have achieved BB, and who meet one of the • Criminal Law • Sociology – page 214 defined and understood, how crime and punishment widening access criteria (page 52) are encouraged to apply • English Criminal Law and Legal System • Psychology – page 208 and will be considered. Good performance in additional relate to a broad range of social and psychological • Introductory Psychology 1: Concepts and Theory • Law – page 170 Highers/Advanced Highers will be required. factors, and how key aspects of the legal system • Introductory Psychology 2: Concepts and Theory developed and are applied. A LEVELS • You will examine how technological advances are YEAR 2 affecting crime and crime detection, how social • Sociology of Everyday Life I: The Embodied Self Standard: arrangements contribute to social order and disorder • Sociology of Everyday Life II: Global Issues in and how key aspects of social relations and the 21st Century BBB organisations have developed over time. • Introduction to Criminology Minimum: • Crime: Theories and Concepts • Our interdisciplinary approach equips you with a • Advanced Psychology A: Concepts and Theory BBC wide range of skills to inform your understanding of • Advanced Psychology B: Concepts and Theory Adjusted: individuals, social relations and organisations, as well as the psychosocial conditions that contribute to YEAR 3 CCC disorder, instability and crime. You will also gain • Thinking Sociologically insight into the evolution and operation of the For more information on our definition of standard, • Social Research Methods criminal justice system, including policing, prisons, minimum and adjusted entry qualifications, please • Biological Psychology probation and policy. see page 51. For more information on widening • Social Psychology access criteria, see page 58. • You will explore public, media and legal perspectives • Crime and Social Justice • Policing and Society on crime and society, and address the way these For advanced entry and alternative entry perspectives relate to different groups based on requirements see page 64-65. social class, age, gender, race, ethnicity, sexuality, YEAR 4 mental health and citizenship status. • Research Project 1 SINGLE HONOURS • Research Project 2 • MA Criminology and Sociology • Option Course in Law • Face Recognition • Forensic Psychology

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Minimum entry requirements (Graduate entry only) Dentistry • Graduate entry only: A first or upper second-class honours degree in medicine, medical science or a health-related degree (such as biomedical science, Dentistry at Aberdeen is designed specifically for graduates, capitalising on YEAR 4 biochemistry, pharmacy). the knowledge and skills you already have to ensure you become a first-class In Year 4 you will hone and apply diverse and multiple • Undergraduates who are in their final year of study areas of knowledge within integrated oral care. on an honours degree programme must ensure dental professional. This will include team working, ethical applications and that their academic reference includes a management skills. You will be expected to complete prediction of their expected degree classification. and present several full and complex cases to demonstrate We cannot consider an undergraduate whose Why choose Aberdeen? Example degree structure a high level of clinical skill and understanding. application form lacks this information. • We cannot accept applications from international • The University of Aberdeen Dental School offers Course information is provided for guidance only and Career development students at this time. the only graduate entry, four year, BDS programme is subject to change. Core or compulsory courses are • Non-academic requirements: Your work in Scotland. shown which are correct at the time of going to print. Our programme will lead to full General Dental Council experience, hobbies and other non-academic (GDC) registration. Following vocational training, a dentist activities are taken into account in the application • The programme has been designed specifically YEAR 1 may work as an associate, partner or in general process. Visit abdn.ac.uk/dental for graduates and encompasses a variety of modern practice, join the community dental service, the armed In Year 1, you will develop a sound understanding of • Universities Clinical Aptitude Test (UCAT): educational methods for teaching and learning. forces dental service, work in a hospital with a view to the oral environment, basic aspects of dental health The University of Aberdeen Dental School uses There is a focus on more independent and reflective becoming a consultant, or become a clinical academic and disease, together with an appreciation of the the UCAT to help select applicants for our learning, and clinical work is introduced from year contributing to the training of the next generation principles of patient management, communication programme. All candidates must complete the one to maximise clinical experience. of dental graduates. and ethical practice. You will begin practical training UCAT by the appropriate closing date for that in the clinical skills lab and have direct patient contact year’s entry. Visit ucat.ac.uk • The Dental School is a modern, purpose-built Recent graduate employers in your second term. facility with state-of-the-art equipment and SINGLE HONOURS teaching facilities. NHS dental practices in: YEAR 2 • BDS Dentistry • Aberdeen • You will be part of a wider community of students In Year 2 you will have a clear understanding of the • Dundee who study on the Foresterhill health campus, clinical relevance of the subjects you are learning. • Edinburgh including medical and science students, You will develop reflective skills in relation to your • Fort William undergraduates and postgraduates. learning and further develop your clinical and • Glasgow communication skills in the restorative clinics. • Inverness • You will have excellent student support systems This regular patient contact is supported by and access to other shared facilities such as the • Northern Ireland training in the clinical skills lab and will develop • medical/dental library and the Suttie Centre your clinical experience in a variety of settings. for Teaching and Learning in Healthcare. • Newcastle • Royal Air Force • The University and NHS Grampian continue to YEAR 3 • invest in new facilities on the Foresterhill campus, In Year 3 you will continue to develop the ability to demonstrating the commitment to the training apply your knowledge to clinical situations. You will University league rankings and education of healthcare professionals. be able to assess the needs of patients and tailor your knowledge to match these. You will be introduced to 1st in the UK for Dentistry – • All students also spend some time in purpose working within the paediatric, emergency and special The Guardian University Guide 2021. built outreach facilities in Elgin (NHS Grampian) care clinics. You will have the opportunity to enhance and in Stornoway (NHS Western Isles) which your clinical skills and patient management in outreach Graduate employment statistic provide our senior dental students with excellent placements and with a number of visits to observe real-life experience in the community dental setting. clinicians working in specialist areas of dentistry. Our medicine and dentistry graduates go on to earn more than graduates from any other UK University. • 1st in the UK for overall student satisfaction in Source: Department for Education LEO (published 2019) Dentistry according to the National Student Survey – median earnings 1 year after graduation. (NSS) 2020.

More course information: abdn.ac.uk/study/ug/dentistry

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Entry requirements

Divinity (BD and BTh) See table on page 58 for more information

SQA HIGHERS Divinity at Aberdeen focuses on the study of the Christian faith and tradition in the context YEAR 3 Standard: of its history, its beliefs and practices, and its role today. Whether you have a vocational • 90 credits from level 3 Divinity and Religious Studies courses or intellectual interest in learning more about Christianity, Aberdeen is the place for you. AABB Our Divinity degree is recognised by the , and offers students YEAR 4 Applicants who have achieved AABB (or better), are encouraged to apply and will be considered. Good performance in additional transferable skills which open a wide range of career options in addition to ministry. • Dissertation (30 credits) Highers/Advanced Highers may be required. • 90 credits from level 4 Divinity Minimum: The degree (BD) is designed for students who are looking for a and Religious Studies courses specialised and comprehensive study of the Christian tradition, or who are preparing BBB YEARS 1-4 for a future in full-time ministry. The study of the biblical languages (Hebrew and Greek) Applicants who have achieved BBB (or are on course to achieve this • Optional courses of your choice make by the end of S5) are encouraged to apply and will be considered. by candidates for this degree is encouraged, but not compulsory. The designated degree up the remaining credits for each year Good performance in additional Highers/Advanced Highers will of BD normally takes three years and the honours degree normally takes four years. • 120 credit points per year required normally be required. • Full list of optional courses available online Adjusted: The Bachelor of Theology degree (BTh) is designed to be more flexibly structured than the BD. It provides flexibility of course choice and the chance to combine the study University league rankings BB Applicants who have achieved BB, and who meet one of the of Theology with subjects in other disciplines in the early years of the programme. Global Top 25 for Divinity, Theology and Religious widening access criteria (page 52) are encouraged to apply It is particularly suited to the needs of those considering teaching religious and Studies – QS World University Rankings 2020. and will be considered. Good performance in additional Highers/Advanced Highers will be required. moral education in schools. The BTh can also be taken via distance learning. National Student Survey A LEVELS

92% overall satisfaction – Discover Uni 2020. Standard: Why choose Aberdeen? Example degree structure Recent graduate job roles BBB • These programmes offer a wide variety of courses, Core or compulsory courses for the BD and BTh are Minimum: including biblical languages, the history of the church shown which are correct at the time of going to print. • Ordained Minister in the west, the Reformation in Scotland, classical and • Children’s Ministry Leader BBC contemporary Christian doctrine, the role of religion YEAR 1 AND 2 • Government Apprentice Adjusted: Graduate Management Trainee in ethical and political debates, religious aspects of During the first two years of study students take a • TEFL teacher CCC disability, religious rituals and philosophy of religion. number of Divinity courses from a specified list • Youth Worker including classes such as Jesus in History and Culture, • • Our department is host to an international For more information on our definition of standard, Introduction to the Hebrew , Rise of Christianity, community of respected scholars, studying various Recent graduate employers minimum and adjusted entry qualifications, please Pilgrim City, Tradition of Western Ethics, What Does it aspects of theology and ministry studies. see page 51. For more information on widening Mean to be Human, Theology from Jesus to Calvin, Church of England access criteria, see page 52. Introduction to Christian Theology, Ancient Religions, • • Our department is home to specialist research and Church of Scotland Philosophy of Religion. • teaching centres including the Centre for Ministry • Kingdom Discipleship For advanced entry and alternative entry Studies, the Centre for Spirituality, Health and Disability, • NHS Highland requirements see page 58. and the Aberdeen Centre for Protestant Theology. • University of SINGLE HONOURS • You will receive a warm welcome and have Accreditations • BD (Bachelor of Divinity) access to excellent library facilities including the • BTh (Bachelor of Theology) award-winning and the The Bachelor of Divinity is recognised by the Church • MA Theology and Religion (see page 220) historic Divinity Library. of Scotland. • Our department is located in beautiful surroundings, including the stunning King’s College Chapel, the construction of which was started in 1495 by Bishop Elphinstone, founder of the University. More course information: abdn.ac.uk/ug/divinity

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Entry requirements Ecology See table on page 64 for more information

SQA HIGHERS

Interested in wildlife and natural ecosystems, the relationship between the natural University league rankings Standard: world and people, the impacts of climate change and other environmental AABB^ problems? An Ecology degree at Aberdeen will enable you to explore the science Top 20 in the UK for Biological Sciences – The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2021. Applicants who have achieved AABB (or better), are encouraged of all these topics, taught by experts who are actively involved in ecological to apply and will be considered. Good performance in additional Highers/Advanced Highers may be required. research and its applications to environmental management and nature Career development conservation. Minimum: Our Ecology degree provides you with academic ^ training and transferable skills relevant to both specialist BBB Why choose Aberdeen? Example degree structure employment in ecology and the wider biology graduate Applicants who have achieved BBB (or are on course to achieve this job market. Our graduates have gone on to develop by the end of S5) are encouraged to apply and will be considered. This degree combines the biology and ecology of Course information is provided for guidance only and Good performance in additional Highers/Advanced Highers will • specialist careers in ecological research, nature normally be required. plants, animals and ecosystems, with the opportunity is subject to change. Core or compulsory courses are conservation, local government, environmental Adjusted: to include subjects in marine biology and shown which are correct at the time of going to print. protection, forestry, ecological consultancy, conservation biology in your programme. ^ YEAR 1 environmental law, outdoor education and the media. BB Our teaching reflects our research and is always Applicants who have achieved BB, and who meet one of the • • Frontiers in Biological Sciences One of the great advantages of a degree from the up to date. You’ll be taught by different members Diversity of Life 1 and 2 widening access criteria (page 52) are encouraged to apply • University of Aberdeen is that it provides you with and will be considered. Good performance in additional of staff who are active in field ecologic research • Ecology and Environmental Science a very broad range of skills to offer employers. Not only Highers/Advanced Highers will be required. from the tropics to the Arctic, and from the deep • Plants and Their Habitats in Northern Scotland do we train students in scientific methodology in the sea to the mountains. • The Cell HNC/HND laboratory and in the field, we incorporate what we call • You will have the opportunity to get involved in YEAR 2 ‘graduate attributes’ into the whole curriculum, including For information on college entry see page 48. our research through summer research assistantships communication, working with others, use of specialist • Biological Enhanced Skills Training (BEST) IT and time management. A LEVELS and project work. • Ecology • Plants, People and the Environment Standard: • As an ecology student, you will attend at least two Students in the School of Biological Sciences have the • Genetics, Genomes and Evolution ^ residential field courses selected from our range opportunity to collaborate with external organisations BBB One of the following field courses: of courses in the Isle of Cumbrae, Shetland, such as NatureScot and RSPB, for example whilst Minimum: • Parasitology Aberdeenshire, the Cairngorms, Spain, Greece, undertaking an honours project. In addition to allowing ^ South Africa and at one of our own facilities, • Coastal Biodiversity you to develop a valuable link with a potential employer, BBC namely The Lighthouse (Sea Mammal Research • Marine and Fish Population Ecology this gives you the opportunity to experience the Adjusted: Centre) on the Black Isle, and field centre at • Freshwater and Terrestrial Ecology application of your learning in the ‘real world’ and ^ Bettyhill, on the north coast of Sutherland. • Littoral and Sublittoral Marine Biology to develop a range of skills, all of which will make you CCC • Field Biology a more effective employee following graduation. • You will benefit from being in contact with those ^ Including good performance in at least two Mathematics/Science YEAR 3 subjects by the end of your senior phase of education. working as ecologists from a number of research Recent graduate employers and conservation organisations based in and • Statistical Analysis of Biological Data For more information on our definition of standard, around Aberdeen. • Ecosystem Processes or Marine Ecology • Environmental Consultancy minimum and adjusted entry qualifications, please see page 51. For more information on widening and Ecosystems National Trust for Scotland • access criteria, see page 52. • At our regular careers events you will have the • Population Ecology • Charles Rivers Laboratories opportunity to listen to and meet prospective • Field Ecology Skills • Institute For advanced entry and alternative entry employers from outside the University, giving you Experimental Community Ecology • • NatureScot requirements see page 64-65. excellent opportunities to get a fulfilling and YEAR 4 • Subsea7 challenging job in a biological field. SINGLE HONOURS You will carry out a research project on a selected topic. Graduate employment statistic You will also choose five advanced courses from a wide • BSc Ecology

range available and can opt to take any field trip that 85% of graduates go on to work and/ you have not taken before if places are available. or further study within 15 months – Discover Uni 2020. More course information: abdn.ac.uk/ug/bio-env-sciences

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Entry requirements

Economics See table on page 58 for more information

SQA HIGHERS Taught by leading economists, Economics at Aberdeen gets to grips with the global University league rankings Standard: economy and the factors that influence wealth from a social and financial perspective. You will gain a thorough understanding of economic theories and models and explore 17th in the UK for Economics – AABB The Complete University Guide 2021. Applicants who have achieved AABB (or better), are encouraged how they work in the real world, gaining skills that will be very attractive to top to apply and will be considered. Good performance in additional employers. There is also an opportunity to take the financial economics route Recent graduate job roles Highers/Advanced Highers may be required. which explores how the subject is applied to the financial world. Minimum: • Actuarial Consultant • Assistant Portfolio Manager BBB • Economist Applicants who have achieved BBB (or are on course to achieve this by the end of S5) are encouraged to apply and will be considered. Why choose Aberdeen? Example degree structure • Graduate Business Analyst • Management Consultant Good performance in additional Highers/Advanced Highers will normally be required. • An excellent teaching environment, committed to Course information is provided for guidance only and • Trainee Accountant Adjusted: the needs of industry, which integrates research in is subject to change. Core or compulsory courses are to teaching, grows transferable skills and develops shown which are correct at the time of going to print. Recent graduate employers BB intellectual skills on a range of contemporary • Aberdeen Standard Investments Applicants who have achieved BB, and who meet one of the economic problems. YEAR 1 widening access criteria (page 52) are encouraged to apply • Cazenove Capital • The Economics of Business and Society and will be considered. Good performance in additional • The Business School is home to the biggest societies • EY Highers/Advanced Highers will be required. • The Global Economy on campus including the Economics and Business • RSM Society, InternNetwork, Aberdeen University • Willis Towers Watson A LEVELS YEAR 2 Consulting Group, the Trading and Investment Standard: Club, AIESEC, and the Fintech and Blockchain Club. • Intermediate Microeconomics Graduate employment statistic • Intermediate Macroeconomics BBB • The University of Aberdeen has its own 91% of graduates go on to work and/ Minimum: dedicated service, ABVentures, which offers YEARS 3 AND 4 or further study within 15 months – Discover Uni 2020. students advice and support for starting a If you are studying a single honours in Economics, BBC business or social enterprise. you will need to obtain 240 credits over years 3 and 4 You may also like Adjusted: by studying a range of Economics courses, at least • ACREEF (the Aberdeen Centre for Research in 90 credits of which are at level 4. • Accountancy – page 72 CCC Energy Economics and Finance) headed by Business Management – page 94 • National 5/GCSE, or equivalent in Mathematics leading international petroleum economist and PPE (Philosophy, Politics & Economics) – page 196 YEAR 4 • is required. author Professor Alex Kemp, adviser to the • Finance – page 138 Scottish Government. You will also choose four advanced courses from a wide range available, including a dissertation. For more information on our definition of standard, • Home to CELMR (the Centre for European minimum and adjusted entry qualifications, please Labour Market Research) which leads research see page 51. For more information on widening access in education, skills and labour markets which criteria, see page 52. are very topical today. For advanced entry and alternative entry • The city of Aberdeen plays a huge role in Europe’s requirements see page 58. energy industry. Many financial organisations have offices in the city. SINGLE HONOURS • MA Economics • MA Financial Economics

JOINT HONOURS For joint honours please see pages 226-230. More course information: abdn.ac.uk/ug/economics

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Our School of Engineering is a multidisciplinary and international academic What does General Engineering mean? Degrees in the School of Engineering community offering accredited degrees across all five engineering disciplines: Chemical Engineering; Civil Engineering; Electrical and Electronic Engineering; Professional engineers don’t work in teams consisting MEng Programmes (5 years) of a single discipline. Real engineering projects require • Engineering* Mechanical Engineering and . multidisciplinary teams of Chemical, Civil, Electrical • Chemical Engineering and Electronic, Mechanical and Petroleum Engineers • Civil Engineering Study with us and you’ll graduate with the ability to immediately work in to work together. • Civil and Environmental Engineering multidisciplinary teams and understand how your decisions impact upon • Civil and Structural Engineering other engineers. These sought-after qualities enhance your employability To achieve this effectively, professional engineers must • Civil Engineering with Management have a mutual understanding of what each discipline • Civil Engineering with Subsea Technology and make you a more effective engineer in the work place. does, why they do it, how they do it and how they • Electrical and Electronic Engineering impact upon one another’s activities. Studying your • Electrical and Electronic Engineering with degree in a General Engineering unit such as ours allows Renewable Energy you to develop this critical ability from day 1. • Electronic and Software Engineering • Mechanical Engineering Materials, mechanics, thermodynamics, mathematics, • Mechanical Engineering with Management design, safety, management, ethics and sustainability: • Mechanical Engineering with Subsea Technology these are amongst the topics and fundamentals which • Mechanical and Electrical Engineering underpin all engineering disciplines. Study with us and • Mechanical Engineering with Biomechanics you’ll learn about these topics in an interdisciplinary • Petroleum Engineering environment during the first two years of your degree and then develop theses skills further when you BEng Programmes (4 years) specialise in your chosen discipline in the honours years. • Engineering* The honours years of your degree with us will focus on • Chemical Engineering your chosen engineering discipline and you’ll finish your • Civil Engineering degree by undertaking an interdisciplinary group design • Civil and Environmental Engineering project in which you’ll work on a real project with • Civil and Structural Engineering engineers from outside your own discipline. • Civil Engineering Graduate Apprenticeship • Electrical and Electronic Engineering A further benefit of our approach to General Engineering • Electronic and Software Engineering is that, regardless of which degree you register for, we • Mechanical Engineering can help you to choose your optional courses to keep • Mechanical Engineering with Oil and Gas Studies your honours degree options open. This gives you time • Mechanical and Electrical Engineering in which to experience a bit of everything and do your • Petroleum Engineering research before truly deciding which engineering discipline is the one for you.

More course information: *Students can apply to the MEng or BEng Engineering programme, abdn.ac.uk/ug/engineering but will choose a specific discipline to move into by year 3.

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These courses are as follows: Why choose Aberdeen?

• Graduating with experience of interdisciplinary • Opportunities to study abroad on international engineering and an ability to immediately work exchange in Year 2. in multidisciplinary teams makes you attractive • Engineering Work Experience is a new second year to employers. the Chemistry for 2 Sciences Physical Design Electronics Chemical Kinetics and Thermodynamics and Organic Biological Chemistry Solids and Structures Systems Electronic Geology for to Intro Engineers Petroleum course designed in partnership with the University’s MEng Chemical Engineering • • • • With the correct choice of electives, we can get you Careers Service to develop students’ work readiness. MEng Civil Engineering • 1.5 years into your degree with the option available to specialise in any honours engineering discipline. • We support student-led design, build and compete MEng Civil and Environmental Engineering • projects including our TAU Racing Team (IMechE MEng Civil and Structural Engineering • • We can also get you 2 years into your degree Formula Student) and Team ProtoTAU (Shell MEng Civil Engineering with Management • and still have the option available to specialise Eco-marathon) – you can get involved in these from MEng Civil Engineering with Subsea Technology • in multiple honours disciplines. day 1 regardless of the degree you’re registered for. MEng Electrical and Electronic Engineering • • • Join a diverse and international community MEng Mechanical Engineering • • Example degree structure of 1,000 undergraduate students across five MEng Mechanical and Electrical Engineering • • • engineering disciplines. YEAR 1 MEng Mechanical Engineering with European Studies • • • We’ve invested in your education and The following courses are compulsory for all degrees MEng Mechanical Engineering with Management • • development: £600k in redesign of engineering in the School of Engineering: MEng Mechanical Engineering with Subsea Technology • • teaching laboratories and over £1M in teaching • Principles of Electronics MEng Petroleum Engineering • • • and research equipment over the last 5 years. • CAD and Communications in Engineering Practice BEng Chemical Engineering • • • • Fundamentals of Engineering Materials BEng Civil Engineering • • Be taught by experts – 85% of our academic • Engineering Mathematics 1 BEng Civil and Environmental Engineering • team’s research was rated as world-leading or • Fundamental Engineering Mechanics internationally excellent in the most recent UK BEng Civil and Structural Engineering • Research Excellence Framework (REF 2014). YEAR 2 BEng Electrical and Electronic Engineering • • BEng Mechanical Engineering • • • You’ll benefit from our close links with industry The following courses are compulsory for all degrees BEng Mechanical and Electrical Engineering • • • through guest lectures, industry-relevant in the School of Engineering: design projects, site visits & field trips and • Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics BEng Mechanical Engineering with Oil and Gas Studies • • networking events. • Process Engineering BEng Petroleum Engineering • • • • Engineering Mathematics 2 • Accredited MEng and BEng degree programmes • Design and Computing in Engineering Practice across five engineering disciplines provide the first • Electrical and Mechanical Systems YEARS 3, 4 AND 5 steps to becoming a Chartered Engineer (CEng). In each of Years 1 and 2 you’ll study three additional Courses for these years are detailed on their respective 15-credit courses which may be: compulsory for programme pages within this prospectus. your chosen Honours discipline; required for you to keep other Honours discipline options open; University league rankings Graduate employment statistic optional and used to broaden your curriculum or focus on specific skills. • 2nd in Scotland for General Engineering – 97% of graduates go on to work and/ The Complete University Guide 2021. or further study within 15 months – Discover Uni 2020. • 3rd in Scotland and 8th in the UK for Electric and Electrical Engineering – The Complete University Guide 2021. • 3rd in Scotland for Chemical Engineering – The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2021. More course information: • 3rd in Scotland for Civil Engineering – abdn.ac.uk/ug/engineering The Complete University Guide 2021.

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Entry Requirements BEng (4 years) Entry Requirements MEng (5 years)

Engineering (continued) SQA HIGHERS SQA HIGHERS

Standard: Standard: (Mathematics and Physics or (Mathematics and Physics or ABBB Engineering Science required^) AABB Engineering Science required^) Applicants who achieve the Standard entry requirements over Applicants who achieve the Standard entry requirements over S4 and S5 will be made either an unconditional or conditional S4 and S5 will be made either an unconditional or conditional offer of admission. offer of admission. Minimum: (Good performance required A LEVELS BBB in Mathematics and Physics^) Standard: Applicants who achieve our Minimum entry requirements over (AB required, to include Mathematics, S4 and S5 are encouraged to apply and will be considered. ABB plus at least one from Physics, Design & Good performance in additional Highers/Advanced Highers will Technology, Engineering or Chemistry) normally be required in order to receive an offer of admission. Applicants who are predicted to achieve the Standard entry Adjusted: requirements are encouraged to apply and may be made (Good performance required a conditional offer of admission. BB in Mathematics^) Applicants who meet one or more widening access criteria and who Please note: For entry to Chemical and Petroleum Engineering achieve a good performance in Maths and one other subject may be an SQA Higher or GCE A Level or equivalent qualification in made an adjusted offer of entry. Good performance in additional Chemistry is required for entry to year 1, in addition to the Highers/Advanced Highers will be required in order to receive an offer general Engineering requirements. of admission. ^ These subjects can be either held at the time of application View all our entry requirements at: or be achieved during the appropriate admissions cycle. abdn.ac.uk/study/ug-entry Accreditations Offers of admission HNC/HND For information on college entry see page 48. According to your choice of curriculum, our MEng Applicants should note that achieving the minimum A LEVELS honours degree is an accredited five-year honours entry requirements may not on its own guarantee an programme satisfying the educational base for offer of admission. Consequently, we may need to ask Standard: a Chartered Engineer (CEng) by the Institution of for more than the minimum. An applicant’s academic (Good performance required in Mathematics, plus at least one from Physics, Design & Chemical Engineers, the Institution of Civil Engineers, profile will normally be the most significant factor in BBB Technology, Engineering or Chemistry) the Institution of Structural Engineers, the Institution our decision-making. Certain features of the personal Applicants who are predicted to achieve the Standard entry of Energy and Technology, the or statement may help to strengthen an applicant’s case. requirements are encouraged to apply and may be made the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. an offer of admission. Foundation Apprenticeships Minimum: (Good performance required in Mathematics, The BEng honours degree is an accredited four-year BBC plus at least one from Physics, Design & honours degree programme partially satisfying the The University recognises that Skills Development Technology, Engineering or Chemistry) educational base for a Chartered Engineer (CEng), Scotland, alongside our partners, is working with Applicants who are predicted to achieve the Minimum entry requirements are encouraged to apply and will be considered. while it fully meets the educational base for industry to increase the range of work-based Adjusted: Incorporated Engineer (IEng) registration. learning opportunities for pupils in the senior phase (Good performance of secondary schools. The development of Foundation BB required in Mathematics) Articulation routes Apprenticeships is one such initiative and this Applicants who meet one or more widening access criteria and who qualification will normally be considered in lieu of are predicted to achieve a good performance in Mathematics and The University welcomes applications for degree level one SQA Higher at grade B. (Please note a Foundation one other subject may be made an adjusted offer of entry. study from students with HNC and HND qualifications, Apprenticeship cannot be substituted in lieu of Please note: For entry to Chemical and Petroleum Engineering and has a number of college articulation routes in Higher Maths. See overleaf for full entry requirements). an SQA Higher or GCE A Level or equivalent qualification in place which lead to advanced entry into our degree Chemistry is required for entry to year 1, in addition to the programmes. For full information contact your college, general Engineering requirements. visit abdn.ac.uk/study/college-articulation or email For more information on our definition of Standard, [email protected]. Minimum and Adjusted entry qualifications please see page 51. For extensive information on all of our entry requirements, visit abdn.ac.uk/study/ug-entry More course information: abdn.ac.uk/ug/engineering

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Chemical engineering integrates chemistry, physics, mathematics and biology to design and develop the processes behind nearly every product from foods to fuels. This is achieved by changing the chemical, physical, and/or biochemical states of substances. Chemical engineering is at the heart of increasing our quality of life, developing new sources of energy, and improving our environment and the impact of our existence on it. For instance, chemical engineering contributes to the manufacturing of new drugs at affordable costs, the production of daily consumables ranging from toothpaste to milk products, production of energy from traditional and renewable sources, and addressing environmental problems including pollution of water and air and global warming via more efficient processes or even environmental remediation.

Our degrees in Chemical Engineering Example degree structure

YEAR 4 MEng PROGRAMME (5 YEARS) The courses taken on our MEng/BEng Chemical Recent graduate job roles • Chemical Engineering Engineering programmes are as follows. • Process Safety • Process Control • Graduate Chemical/Process Engineer BEng PROGRAMME (4 YEARS) YEARS 1 AND 2 • Biochemical Engineering • Project Assistant for Biopharmaceuticals • Separation Processes • Chemical Engineering For courses in the first two years, please refer to the and Technology General Engineering section on page 114. • Individual Project (MEng/BEng) • Junior Well Integrity Engineer Group Design Project (BEng) Why choose Aberdeen? • • Technical Safety Engineer YEAR 3 • Graduate Operations Support Engineer YEAR 5 (MEng only) • Aberdeen is known as the Energy Capital of Europe. • Chemical Thermodynamics • Supply Chain Graduate You can access the multinational companies which • Heat, Mass and Momentum Transfer • Upstream Oil and Gas Processing support and form the foundation of this global • Fluid Mechanics • Computational Fluid Dynamics Recent graduate employers industry through summer internship, field trips, • Chemical Reaction Engineering • Air and Water Pollution Control and industry talks. • Separation Processes • Process Plant, Equipment and Operations Our recent graduates are employed across • Process Modelling • Mathematical Optimisation a broad spectrum of industries including: • As we transition beyond oil and gas as a fuel, • Chemical Engineering Design • The Engineer in Society • Johnson Matthey Aberdeen is becoming a hub for alternative • Engineering Analysis and Methods • MEng Group Design • The Dow Chemical Company and renewable energy technology including • Project and Safety Management • BP offshore wind. University league rankings • Unilever • Mace Group • The Chemical engineering department also leads • 3rd in Scotland and 9th in the UK • Heineken the way in the sustainable production of chemicals for Chemical Engineering – • Genesis Oil and Gas Consultants and materials with its Leverhulme doctoral training The Times and Sunday Times • centre, as well has having close ties to local Good University Guide 2021. • Tenaris pharmaceutical industry and Scotland’s second • Nexen largest industry: food and drink. • Forsyths • PM Group • Our IChemE accredited chemical engineering degrees provide you with your first step into becoming a chartered engineer.

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Civil Engineering (together with its associated disciplines of Structural Engineering and Environmental Engineering) is all about the environment and infrastructure that makes up the modern world. Civil Engineers design, build and maintain (and decommission where appropriate) everything from transport infrastructure to power stations, from oil refineries to renewable energy schemes, hospitals, stadiums and much more. They also design water supply and effluent treatment systems and flood protection and environmental protection schemes. Civil Engineering within the School of Engineering has one of the best hydraulic laboratory facilities in Scotland associated with a high level research profile.

Our degrees in Civil Engineering Example degree structure

MEng PROGRAMME (5 YEARS) The courses you’ll study on each of our Civil Engineering degree variants can be found at abdn.ac.uk/study/ • Civil Engineering YEAR 4 • Civil and Environmental Engineering undergraduate/subject-areas/349/civil-engineering Recent graduate job roles • Civil and Structural Engineering • Geotechnics • Civil Engineering with Management More information on the Civil Engineering Graduate • Civil Engineering Hydraulics • Graduate Civil (or Civil and Structural) Engineer • Civil Engineering with Subsea Technology Apprenticeship can be found at • Advanced Structural Design • Graduate Design Coordinator abdn.ac.uk/business-info/working-with-students/ • Advanced Structural Analysis • Structural Engineer BEng PROGRAMME (4 YEARS) graduate-apprenticeships-1183 • Individual Project (MEng/BEng) • Bridge Engineer • Group Design Project (BEng) Civil Engineering • Site Engineer • The courses taken on our MEng/BEng Civil and Civil and Environmental Engineering • Graduate Transport Engineer • Structural Engineering programmes are as follows. YEAR 5 (MEng only) • Civil and Structural Engineering Recent graduate employers • Civil Engineering Graduate Apprenticeship • Offshore Structural Design YEAR 1 AND 2 • Structural Vibrations Why choose Aberdeen? For courses in the first two years, please refer to the • The Engineer in Society • Arch Henderson General Engineering section on page 114. • MEng Group Design • Atkins • Civil Engineering at the University of Aberdeen • Fairhurst is consistently rated among the top Civil YEAR 3 One course from: • Jacobs Engineering programmes in the UK, rated highly • Geotechnics • Numerical Simulation of Waves • Mott MacDonald for Teaching Quality, Student Satisfaction and • Stress Analysis • Computational Fluid Dynamics • Network Rail for Graduate Employability. • Fluid Mechanics • Skanska • Mechanics of Structures Two courses from: • VolkerStevin • All our degrees have been accredited by the relevant • Design of Structural Elements • Marine and Wind Energy • professional engineering institutions, providing • Structural Dynamics • Mathematical Optimisation • Kier GroupVolkerStevin you with your first step towards becoming • Civil Engineering Design and Surveying • Pipelines and Solid Mechanics • Kier Group a Chartered Engineer. • Engineering Analysis and Methods • Riser Systems and Hydrodynamics • Project and Safety Management • Engineering Risk and Reliability Analysis • Benefit from delivery of excellent teaching – at a recent NSS students gave Civil Engineering at the University league rankings University of Aberdeen the highest rating for Teaching Quality and Student Satisfaction of any UK University. 3rd in Scotland and 10th in the UK for Civil Engineering – The Complete University Guide 2021. • Work on projects associated with the modern world and use state of the art equipment and More course information: software for your studies. abdn.ac.uk/ug/engineering

122 123 Undergraduate Guide 2022 OUR PROGRAMMES Engineering – Electrical and Electronic

Electrical and electronic engineering is a varied and exciting discipline which provides core enabling technologies for the modern world. The results of the diverse work of electrical and electronic engineers ranges from the power systems that harness the sun’s energy to tweezers so small they can manipulate individual atoms.

Our degrees in Electrical and Electronic Engineering

MEng PROGRAMME (5 YEARS) • Electrical and Electronic Engineering • Ranked Top 10 in the UK for EEE by the Complete • Electrical and Electronic Engineering University Guide 2020 and the Times Higher with Renewable Energy Education Subject Rankings 2020. • Electronic and Software Engineering • Mechanical and Electrical Engineering • We have 6 CEng, 2 IET and 3 IEEE Senior The courses taken on our MEng/BEng Electrical and YEAR 5 (MEng only) Members within the EEE staff. Electronic Engineering programmes are as follows. • Modern Technologies in Electrical and BEng PROGRAMME (4 YEARS) Electronic Engineering In line with our research-led teaching strategy, the • Electrical and Electronic Engineering • YEARS 1 AND 2 • Advanced Control Engineering EEE has well-funded research labs in HVDC Power • Electronic and Software Engineering For courses in the first two years, please refer to the • Optical Systems and Sensing Systems, Electronic and Communications Research, • Mechanical and Electrical Engineering General Engineering section on page 114. • Renewable Energy Integration to Grid Laser technology and Robotics. • Mathematical Optimisation Why choose Aberdeen? YEAR 3 • The Engineer in Society Example degree structure • Control Systems • MEng Group Design • We deliver teaching in world-class facilities, including • Signals, Systems and Signal Processing laboratories dedicated to areas of work such as The courses you’ll study on each of our Electrical and • C/C++ Programming University league rankings satellite communications, computer aided design, Electronic Engineering degree variants can be found at • Electrical Power Engineering electrical machines, materials testing, laser welding, abdn.ac.uk/ug/electrical-and-electronic-engineering • Digital Systems • 3rd in Scotland and 8th in the UK for hydraulics and fluids, large structures and geotechnics. • Communications Engineering Electrical and Electronic Engineering – The Complete University Guide 2021. • The Institute of Energy and Technology and the • Electrical and Electronics Engineering Design • Engineering Analysis and Methods AUSA EEE Society are highly active, offering you Recent graduate job roles the chance to network and grow your skills. • Project and Safety Management • ROV Project Manager • We are well connected with local, national and YEAR 4 • Subsea Controls Engineer international industry, where you get the chance • Sensing and Instrumentation • Automation Control Engineer to experience real-life industry challenges and • Electrical Machines and Drives • Software Engineer projects, through guest lectures, company visits • Computer and Software Engineering • Telecoms Software Engineer and networking events. • Communications Engineering • Engineering Project Coordinator • Individual Project (MEng/BEng) We are an Academic Partner of The Institution • • Group Design Project (BEng) of Engineering and Technology (IET), thereby Recent graduate employers facilitating direct exchange of knowledge between the industry and students. Through • Cisco Systems this partnership university sponsors IET Student • Huawei Membership for students registered in UG EEE • SMT degree programmes. More course information: • Lufthansa abdn.ac.uk/ug/engineering • Railways Network

124 125 Undergraduate Guide 2022 OUR PROGRAMMES Engineering – Mechanical

Mechanical engineers design, manufacture, operate and maintain a wide variety of products, using knowledge and methods from physics and maths with creativity, problem solving and team work. Virtually every product in the modern world has been shaped in some way by a mechanical engineer, from everyday items to new technologies. The world needs more mechanical engineers to help tackle some of the biggest issues of today. This includes providing low-cost, sustainable energy to power our homes and industries, efficient and sustainable transport solutions to help keep the world connected and machines to increase yields and reduce waste in agriculture and food production.

Our degrees in Mechanical Engineering Example degree structure

MEng PROGRAMME (5 YEARS) The courses you’ll study on each of our Mechanical • Mechanical Engineering Engineering degree variants can be found at YEAR 4 • Mechanical Engineering with Management abdn.ac.uk/ug/mech-engineering Recent graduate job roles • Mechanical Engineering with Subsea Technology • Fluid Dynamics The courses taken on our MEng/BEng Mechanical • Mechanical and Electrical Engineering • Dynamics 2 • Graduate Mechanical Engineer Engineering programmes are as follows. • Mechanical Engineering with Biomechanics • Heat and Momentum Transfer • Engineering Consultant • Nonlinear Mechanics • Graduate Sustainability Engineer YEARS 1 AND 2 BEng PROGRAMME (4 YEARS) • Individual Project (MEng/BEng) • Engineering Manager • Mechanical Engineering For courses in the first two years, please refer to the • Group Design Project (BEng) • Reliability Engineer • Mechanical Engineering with Oil and Gas Studies General Engineering section on page 114. • Mechanical and Electrical Engineering YEAR 5 (MEng only) Recent graduate employers YEAR 3 • Computational Fluid Dynamics Why choose Aberdeen? • Stress Analysis • The Engineer in Society • Atkins • Engineering Materials • Advanced Composite Materials • Babcock • We are well connected with local, national and • Fluid Mechanics • Engineering Risk and Reliability Analysis • BrewDog international industry, particularly the energy sector, • Dynamics 1 • MEng Group Design • Jaguar Landrover who contribute via guest lectures, industry focused • Mechanics of Structures • Loganair projects, company visits and networking events. • Engineering Thermodynamics One course from: • Nissan • Design of Mechanical Elements • Numerical Simulation of Waves • Onesubsea • All our mechanical engineering degrees are • Engineering Analysis and Methods • Fire and Explosion Engineering • Reliance Energy accredited by the Institute of Mechanical Engineers • Project and Safety Management • Wood (IMechE), providing the first step to becoming a One course from: chartered engineer. • Mathematical Optimisation • You will get practical, hands-on experience in our • Pipelines and Soil Mechanics modern labs and with industry relevant software. • Riser Systems and Hydrodynamics • Be ready for industry by building professional skills in group and individual projects. • Opportunity to undertake research during the 4th year individual project, in areas such as aerospace, automotive, renewable energy, oil & gas, advanced materials, advanced manufacturing, More course information: biomechanics and many more. abdn.ac.uk/ug/engineering

126 127 Undergraduate Guide 2022 OUR PROGRAMMES Engineering – Petroleum

Petroleum engineers are concerned with the design and development of front-end engineering technologies required in the exploration and exploitation of oil and gas reservoirs. Petroleum engineers also develop skills in project management & economics and environmental impact assessment. The skills developed in studying petroleum engineering within a general engineering school like Aberdeen enable our graduates to contribute to the energy transition agenda (e.g. Geothermal wells and Carbon Capture and Storage) and make them highly sought after by major energy and non-energy companies around the world. In addition to car and aeroplane fuels, there are many other common items manufactured from crude oil such as asphalt, ink, aspirin, fertilizers, toothpaste, etc. There will therefore continue to be a need for petroleum engineers in a wide variety of industry sectors. Aberdeen is based in the heart of the North Sea energy industry and is an International Centre of Excellence for exploration and production of oil and gas.

Our degrees in Petroleum Engineering Example degree structure YEAR 5 (MEng only) Recent graduate employers Non-conventional Hydrocarbon Engineering MEng PROGRAMME (5 YEARS) YEARS 1 AND 2 • • TOTAL • • BP • Petroleum Engineering For courses in the first two years, please refer to the Facilities Engineering • • General Engineering section on page 114. • • Weatherford BEng PROGRAMME (4 YEARS) The Engineer in Society • • Add Energy • Petroleum Engineering YEAR 3 MEng Group Design • • Eriell Group • Fluid Mechanics • National Oilwell Varco Why choose Aberdeen? • Heat, Mass and Momentum Transfer One course from: • Caspian Oil Services • and Reservoir Characterisation Numerical Simulation of Waves • • Shell • Our undergraduate Petroleum Engineering degree • Drilling and Well Engineering Computational Fluid Dynamics • • ConocoPhillips has a strong foundation in general engineering. • Reservoir Engineering I: Fundamentals Well Plugging and Abandonment • • Stena Drilling Ltd. • Well Testing • • Our strong links with the energy industry give you • Petroleum Engineering Design Recent graduate job roles • the chance to experience real-life industry projects, • Engineering Analysis and Methods through guest lectures, company visits and • Project and Safety Management • Wellsite Engineer networking events. • Reservoir Engineer YEAR 4 • Petroleum Engineer • Hands-on laboratory experiments and use of • Production Engineer industry standard software as well as group design • Geomechanics • Drilling Engineer exercises based on real field data supervised by • Petroleum Production Engineering and Technology • Operations Engineer practising professionals from industry prepares • Reservoir Engineering II: Performance • Rig Engineer you for work after graduation. • Field Development and Petroleum Economics • Individual Project (MEng/BEng) • Technical assistant • Our award-winning Society of Petroleum • Group Design Project (BEng) Engineers Student Chapter helps you to build strong relationships with members and gain insight into energy industry. More course information: abdn.ac.uk/ug/engineering

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English See table on page 58 for more information

SQA HIGHERS English at Aberdeen gives you all the advantages of a highly-rated teaching, league rankings Standard: and creative hub, taught by internationally renowned academics and writers. You will be inspired by the wonderful environment of a historic university with 14th in the UK for English – AABB The Complete University Guide 2021. an award-winning library, outstanding archival treasures, and an exciting calendar Applicants who have achieved AABB (or better), are encouraged to apply and will be considered. Good performance in additional of literary events. Recent graduate job roles Highers/Advanced Highers may be required. Minimum: • Editorial Assistant • Journalist BBB Why choose Aberdeen? Example degree structure • Project Manager Applicants who have achieved BBB (or are on course to achieve this • Social Account Manager Rated 2nd in the UK for the quality of research Course information is provided for guidance only and by the end of S5) are encouraged to apply and will be considered. • Good performance in additional Highers/Advanced Highers will in English language and literature in the 2014 is subject to change. Core or compulsory courses Recent graduate employers normally be required. REF national assessment of research quality shown are correct at the time of going to print. Adjusted: at UK universities. • Birkbeck YEAR 1 • Dekko Comics • An international profile through major literary BB • Acts of Reading • JP Morgan projects such as the Edinburgh Edition of the Applicants who have achieved BB, and who meet one of the • Controversial Classics Waverley Novels of . widening access criteria (page 52) are encouraged to apply • Rethinking Reading National Student Survey and will be considered. Good performance in additional • The WORD Centre for Creative Writing, promoting Highers/Advanced Highers will be required. YEAR 2 94% overall satisfaction (for Creative Writing) – creative projects in fiction, non-fiction and A LEVELS collaborative mixed-media in all the languages • Encounters with Shakespeare Discover Uni 2020. of north-east Scotland (from Doric to Polish). • The Tragedy of Knowledge Standard:

• The spectacular, award-winning Sir Duncan Rice YEAR 3 BBB Library, home to literary treasures collected over Minimum: • Medieval/Renaissance 500 years, charting the power of the written word • Romantic/Victorian from ancient papyri and Medieval manuscripts BBC • Contemporary/Modern to contemporary e-books and other media. • Creative Writing Adjusted: • Historic collections including rare printed books, CCC the 12th century Aberdeen Bestiary, MacBean Stuart YEAR 4 and Jacobite collection, the novels of Walter Scott A wide range of research specialist courses which For more information on our definition of standard, and an exceptional collection of Charles Dickens’ promote a deep understanding of the subject may minimum and adjusted entry qualifications, please first editions. be taken. see page 51. For more information on widening access criteria, see page 52. • Research centres include the internationally Courses are taught in seminar groups of up to 15 students. recognised Centre for the Novel, the Sir Herbert The programme of study also includes a supervised For advanced entry and alternative entry Grierson Centre for Textual Criticism and dissertation in English or Creative Writing. requirements see page 58. Comparative Literary History, and the Research Institute of Irish and Scottish Studies. SINGLE HONOURS • MA English • MA English with Creative Writing • MA English and Scottish Literature

JOINT HONOURS For joint honours please see pages 226-230.

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Environmental Science See table on page 64 for more information

SQA HIGHERS An Environmental Science degree at Aberdeen will allow you to understand more University league rankings Standard: about the environment on a local and global scale. It will allow you to appreciate ^ the impact humans are having on the environment and how it can be managed. 16th in the UK for Geography & Environmental AABB Science – The Times and Sunday Times Good This programme includes elements of Environmental Biology, Geography and Applicants who have achieved AABB (or better), are encouraged University Guide 2021. to apply and will be considered. Good performance in additional Geology, Soil Science and Chemistry. This degree will enable you to explore Highers/Advanced Highers may be required. Career development the science of all these topics, taught by experts who are actively involved Minimum: ^ in environmental science research. Completing a degree in Environmental Science at the BBB University of Aberdeen will give you the essential skills required to pursue a career in the environmental science Applicants who have achieved BBB (or are on course to achieve this by the end of S5) are encouraged to apply and will be considered. sector and the wider biology graduate job market. Why choose Aberdeen? Example degree structure Good performance in additional Highers/Advanced Highers will You will be equipped with the knowledge, understanding normally be required. and practical experience to take the necessary action Course information is provided for guidance only and Adjusted: • Our degree in Environmental Science aims to train in resolving environmental conflicts. This includes is subject to change. Core or compulsory courses shown ^ you to recognise and understand the threats and nature conservation, in government or non-government are correct at the time of going to print. BB conflicts in the environment today and appreciate conservation organisations and also in countryside Applicants who have achieved BB, and who meet one of the the steps required to develop solutions. departments of local government. YEAR 1 widening access criteria (page 52) are encouraged to apply • You will benefit from the opportunity to work and will be considered. Good performance in additional • Frontiers in Biological Sciences Highers/Advanced Highers will be required. outdoors and apply your classroom and field work The combination of academic training, transferable skills • Diversity of Life 1 and 2 knowledge to real-life situations. and skills-based training that students gain during the • The Earth through Geological Time Environmental Science programme at the University A LEVELS • There is a focus on research-led teaching for • Ecology and Environmental Science of Aberdeen means that as well as learning theory, they Standard: this degree. The School of Biological Sciences • Global Worlds, Local Challenges also have the opportunity to gain experience of applying ^ has an international reputation for excellence • Earth’s Materials their knowledge to real-life and environmental situations. BBB

in inter-disciplinary research in terrestrial, Minimum: YEAR 2 aquatic and marine environments. Recent graduate employers ^ • Biological Enhanced Skills Training BBC You will have opportunities to interact with • • Ecology • Clyde River Foundation Adjusted: organisations, such as NatureScot, oil and gas Life WolfAlps • Physical Environments • ^ companies and remediation companies. • Conservation Biology • RSPB CCC • Plants, People and the Environment • Shetland Islands Council • 92% of the research in the School is considered to be • Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) ^ Including good performance in at least two Mathematics/Science subjects by the end of your senior phase of education. world-leading or internationally excellent (REF 2014). YEAR 3 National Student Survey • At our regular careers events you will have the • Statistical Analysis of Biological Data For more information on our definition of standard, opportunity to listen to and meet prospective • Global Soil Geography minimum and adjusted entry qualifications, please 91% overall satisfaction – Discover Uni 2020. employers from outside the University, giving you • Ecosystem Processes see page 51. For more information on widening excellent opportunities to get a fulfilling and • Soils for Food Security access criteria, see page 52. You may also like challenging job in a biological field. • Applied Environmental Analysis • Society and Environment For advanced entry and alternative entry • Ecology – page 110 requirements see page 64-65. YEAR 4 • Conservation Biology – page 102 SINGLE HONOURS You will carry out a research project and complete Accreditations advanced courses such as: Environmental Impact • BSc Environmental Science Assessment, Remediation Technology, Environmental Royal Society of Biology Pollution, or Environmental Management Plan among others.

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Exercise and Health Science See table on page 64 for more information SQA HIGHERS

Exercise and Health Science examines the role of sport and exercise as a means of University league rankings Standard: improving quality of life. We are proudly ranked 2nd in the UK for Sports Science AABB^ 2nd in the UK for Sports Science – (which includes Exercise and Health Science) by the Complete University Guide 2020. Applicants who have achieved AABB (or better), are encouraged The Complete University Guide 2021. to apply and will be considered. Good performance in additional Highers/Advanced Highers may be required. Career development Minimum: Why choose Aberdeen? Example degree structure Graduates find employment in many areas of biomedical BBB^ and human-based science subjects allied to medicine, • More industries and sectors are recognising Course information is provided for guidance only and Applicants who have achieved BBB (or are on course to achieve this the benefits of exercise and nutrition for health – is subject to change. Core or compulsory courses shown and also the sport and leisure sectors, where their by the end of S5) are encouraged to apply and will be considered. meaning there are plenty of career opportunities are correct at the time of going to print. understanding of the basis of human performance adds Good performance in additional Highers/Advanced Highers will waiting for you! to their other skills. Many students will continue in normally be required. YEAR 1 research posts where the project work in the honours Adjusted: • 2016 saw the opening of the new purpose-built year provides valuable experience. Others will go on to • Introduction to Medical Sciences ^ Rowett Institute of Nutrition and Health building at a more vocational medical related MSc in, for example, • Introduction to the Science of Sport, BB the University’s Foresterhill Campus. It is equipped Physiotherapy or Dietetics; or a postgraduate Exercise and Health Applicants who have achieved BB, and who meet one of the with state-of the-art laboratory facilities, write-up qualification in Primary Teaching, PE or Biology. Graduates widening access criteria (page 52) are encouraged to apply • Chemistry for the Life Sciences 1 and 2 areas and a specialist Human Nutrition Unit. may also begin careers in the public health industry, and will be considered. Good performance in additional • The Cell Highers/Advanced Highers will be required. occupational health and therapy, social work and related • Fitness, Performance and Survival • You will develop a practical knowledge of research social services, the mass media and marketing. skills and methods related to the basic sciences • A further 30 credits from Sustained Study, HNC/HND Discipline Breadth or Sixth Century Courses underpinning the use of exercise in health and fitness. Recent graduate employers For information on college entry see page 48.

YEAR 2 A LEVELS • Aberdeen Sports Village • Physiology of the Human Cells • City University Standard: The Science of Sports Performance • • NHS ^ • Foundation Skills for Medical Sciences • Skipton Building Society BBB • Advanced Psychology A • University of Minimum: • Physiology of Human Organ Systems ^ • Exercise and Health Graduate employment statistic BBC • Research Skills for Medical Sciences Adjusted: • A further 15 credit points from Sustained Study, 85% of graduates go on to work and/or ^ Discipline Breadth or Sixth Century Courses further study within 15 months – Discover Uni 2020. CCC ^ Including good performance in at least two Mathematics/Science YEAR 3 subjects by the end of your senior phase of education. • Sports Psychology For more information on our definition of standard, • Clinical Exercise Physiology minimum and adjusted entry qualifications, please • Nutrition, Health and Disease see page 51. For more information on widening • A further 45 credits from Discipline Breadth access criteria, see page 52. or Sixth Century Courses For advanced entry and alternative entry requirements see page 64-65. YEAR 4 SINGLE HONOURS • Year 4 comprises focused studies on Exercise BSc Exercise and Health Science and Health, the Science of Ageing and Nutrition, • • MSci Exercise and Health Science Obesity and Metabolic Health. An important with Industrial Placement (5 years) feature is the ten-week research project, carried (for entry requirements see page 67) out in research laboratories at the University or in local research institutes. If you choose Please note, we also offer a BSc in Sports and Exercise Science. See page 218 for more information. More course information: to follow the five-year MSci course, your abdn.ac.uk/ug/exercise-health fourth year will be spent on (paid) placement.

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Film and Visual Culture See table on page 58 for more information

SQA HIGHERS Film and Visual Culture at Aberdeen takes you on a fascinating and unique journey Recent graduate job roles Standard: through the history and theory of visual culture and more than 100 years of cinema, in the vibrant environment of a leading teaching and research university, a buzzing • Bookseller AABB • Freelance Production Assistant regional cultural scene, and a region of outstanding natural beauty and inspiration. Applicants who have achieved AABB (or better), are encouraged • Metascanner to apply and will be considered. Good performance in additional • Sales and Marketing Developer Highers/Advanced Highers may be required. • Self-employed Filmmaker Minimum: Sports Journalist Why choose Aberdeen? • • TEFL teacher BBB • in Film and Visual Culture • A curriculum that balances history, theory and • The spectacular, award-winning Sir Duncan Rice Applicants who have achieved BBB (or are on course to achieve this • Video Producer creative production, as you learn to apply a critical Library providing a stunning, iconic and inspiring by the end of S5) are encouraged to apply and will be considered. analysis of developments in cinema and visual culture. study environment with state-of-the-art learning Good performance in additional Highers/Advanced Highers will Recent graduate employers normally be required. technology and reference works on film and • Director’s Cut, the University’s popular events series, visual culture. Adjusted: which invites leading international filmmakers for • China Education Association masterclasses with students, and ‘in conversation’ • Through exhibitions, artists’ talks and collaborations, • iMetaFilm BB • Sky events, filmed for the web and for teaching. our programme establishes an exciting platform Applicants who have achieved BB, and who meet one of the where students, creative professionals and the • The Big Partnership widening access criteria (page 52) are encouraged to apply • Sir David Attenborough, Gurinder Chadha, public can engage with contemporary culture and • University of Aberdeen and will be considered. Good performance in additional John Akomfrah, Jane Treays, Mania Akbari, critical discourses across disciplinary boundaries. Highers/Advanced Highers will be required. Ruth Beckermann, Award winners Graduate employment statistic A LEVELS Kevin Macdonald and Pawel Pawlikowski are among Example degree structure our guests on the Director’s Cut series. 4th in the UK for graduate prospects – Standard: The Complete University Guide 2021. • The George Washington Wilson Centre for Course information is provided for guidance only and BBB is subject to change. Core or compulsory courses shown Visual Culture, promoting interest and organising Minimum: events in visual culture, including film, photography, are correct at the time of going to print. art history, anthropology and museum studies, BBC through its VIEW programme of events. YEAR 1 Adjusted: • Introduction to Visual Culture • A programme that offers the opportunity to make • Introduction to Film and the Cinematic Experience CCC films, using our Media Lab video production and post-production facility. YEAR 2 For more information on our definition of standard, • Strong emphasis on applied learning as well as theory, • Visualising Modernity minimum and adjusted entry qualifications, please so you develop a range of practical skills that will • Visualising Revolution see page 51. For more information on widening give you a good grounding in your future career. access criteria, see page 52. YEARS 3 AND 4 • Courses as diverse as Cinematic Cities, Cinema and • A wide range of research specialist courses which For advanced entry and alternative entry Science, Performance Art, On Documentary, promote a deep understanding of the subject, requirements see page 58. Confronting the Nazi Past in German and Austrian and a supervised dissertation in the final year, Film, Landscapes of Film and Film and Politics. which can include a practical element. SINGLE HONOURS • MA Film & Visual Culture • An exciting and flourishing cultural scene in north-east Scotland, including Aberdeen Art JOINT HONOURS Gallery and Belmont Filmhouse, which celebrates world cinema in all its brilliance For joint honours please see pages 226-230. and diversity, and frequently partners with this academic programme. More course information: abdn.ac.uk/ug/film-visual-culture

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Finance See table on page 58 for more information

SQA HIGHERS Finance at Aberdeen gives you a powerful understanding of the principles of University league rankings Standard: finance in a fast-moving global setting, and the business skills to take advantage of the many opportunities available to sought-after Aberdeen graduates across 4th in the UK for Accountancy and Finance – AABB The Complete University Guide 2021. the business and public sector, which are to be expected to grow further with the Applicants who have achieved AABB (or better), are encouraged to apply and will be considered. Good performance in additional increasing number of innovations in the financial world. Recent graduate job roles Highers/Advanced Highers may be required. Minimum: • Assistant Portfolio Manager • Assistant Tax Advisor BBB Why choose Aberdeen? Example degree structure • Business Development Manager Applicants who have achieved BBB (or are on course to achieve this • Credit Specialist UK top three university for impact of world-leading Course information is provided for guidance only and by the end of S5) are encouraged to apply and will be considered. • • Financial Analyst Good performance in additional Highers/Advanced Highers will research carried out by our business and management is subject to change. Core or compulsory courses shown • Investor Relations Executive normally be required. experts – Times Higher Education REF rankings are correct at the time of going to print. • Trade Support Analyst Adjusted: by subject 2014. • Trainee Chartered Accountant YEAR 1 • An excellent teaching environment, committed to BB • The Economics of Business and Society Recent graduate employers the needs of industry, which integrates research into Applicants who have achieved BB, and who meet one of the • Finance 1: Finance, Risk and Investment teaching, enables transferable skills and develops widening access criteria (page 52) are encouraged to apply • Accounting and Entrepreneurship • American Express and will be considered. Good performance in additional intellectual skills on a range of contemporary • The Global Economy • Experian Highers/Advanced Highers will be required. financial challenges. • EY A LEVELS • The city of Aberdeen plays a huge role in Europe’s YEAR 2 • Johnston Carmichael energy industry. International accountancy firms, • Finance 2: Business Finance • Morgan Stanley Standard: multinational companies and financial services • Financial Markets and Regulation • Valu-Trac Investment Management BBB all have offices in the city. • Understanding Statistics Graduate employment statistic Minimum: • Professional training facilities, including our YEARS 3 AND 4 Bloomberg virtual trading floor – integrating 95% of graduates go on to work and/or BBC • Finance 3: Corporate Finance real activity in financial markets into our further study within 15 months – Discover Uni 2020. • International Financial Management Adjusted: students’ courses. • Empirical Methods in Finance You may also like CCC • The Business School is home to the biggest societies • Advanced Corporate Finance • Dissertation in Finance on campus including the Economics and Business • Accountancy – page 72 National 5/GCSE, or equivalent in Mathematics is • Financial Strategy and Investment Management Society, InternNetwork, Aberdeen University • Financial Economics – page 140 required. • Derivatives and Treasury Management Consulting Group, the Trading and Investment • Economics – page 112 Financial Analysis Club, AIESEC, and the Fintech and Blockchain Club. • For more information on our definition of standard, minimum and adjusted entry qualifications, please • The spectacular, award-winning Sir Duncan Rice see page 51. For more information on widening Library, with brilliant study facilities, state-of-the-art access criteria, see page 52. learning technology, and an extensive collection of reference books, journals and other media for For advanced entry and alternative entry finance and business studies. requirements see page 58.

SINGLE HONOURS • MA Finance

JOINT HONOURS For joint honours please see pages 226-230. More course information: abdn.ac.uk/study/finance

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Financial Economics See table on page 58 for more information

SQA HIGHERS Financial Economics is designed to provide you with extensive knowledge and University league rankings Standard: understanding of the world of economics and finance. The programme explores the main theories of economics and how to apply them to finance. It will also give you the 17th in the UK for Economics – AABB The Complete University Guide 2021. opportunity to work with advanced techniques, which are often used in the workplace. Applicants who have achieved AABB (or better), are encouraged to apply and will be considered. Good performance in additional Recent graduate job roles Highers/Advanced Highers may be required.

Minimum: Actuarial Consultant Why choose Aberdeen? Example degree structure • • Assistant Portfolio Manager BBB • Economist • In year 4 of Financial Economics, you will get the Course information is provided for guidance only and Applicants who have achieved BBB (or are on course to achieve this • Graduate Business Analyst opportunity to specialise by choosing suggested is subject to change. Core or compulsory courses shown by the end of S5) are encouraged to apply and will be considered. • Management Consultant pathways, such as Behavioural and Experimental are correct at the time of going to print. Good performance in additional Highers/Advanced Highers will • Trainee Accountant normally be required. Finance, Financial Investment, and Macroeconomics, Policy, and Finance. YEAR 1 Adjusted: Recent graduate employers • Finance, Risk and Investment • An excellent teaching environment, committed BB • Accounting and Entrepreneurship to the needs of industry, which integrates research • Aberdeen Standard Investments • The Economics of Business and Society Applicants who have achieved BB, and who meet one of the into teaching, enables transferable skills and • Cazenove Capital widening access criteria (page 52) are encouraged to apply • The Global Economy develops intellectual skills on a range of • EY and will be considered. Good performance in additional contemporary financial challenges. • RSM Highers/Advanced Highers will be required. YEAR 2 • Willis Towers Watson A LEVELS • Aberdeen is the main European centre for the oil • Intermediate Microeconomics and gas industry, international accountancy firms, • Intermediate Macroeconomics Graduate employment statistic Standard: multinational companies and financial services • Business Finance all have offices in the city. • Financial Markets and Regulations 91% of graduates go on to work and/or BBB further study within 15 months – Discover Uni 2020. Minimum: • The spectacular, award-winning Sir Duncan Rice YEARS 3 AND 4 Library, with brilliant study facilities, state-of-the-art • Mathematical and Statistical Methods in Economics You may also like BBC learning technology, and an extensive collection • Econometrics Adjusted: of reference books, journals and other media • Finance 3: Corporate Finance • Economics – page 112 for finance and business studies. • Asset Pricing • Finance – page 138 CCC • Dissertation in Financial Economics • Accountancy – page 72 • ACREEF (the Aberdeen Centre for Research For more information on our definition of standard, in Energy Economics and Finance) headed by minimum and adjusted entry qualifications, please leading international petroleum economist Example of the suggested pathway in Behavioural and Experimental Finance: see page 51. For more information on widening and author Professor Alex Kemp, adviser to access criteria, see page 52. the Scottish Government. Year 3: Mathematical and Statistical Methods in Economics, Finance 3: Corporate Finance, • Home to CELMR (the Centre for European Labour Econometrics, Asset Pricing. For advanced entry and alternative entry Market Research) which leads research in education, requirements see page 58. skills and labour markets so topical today. Year 4: Advanced Microeconomics, Experimental Economics, Behavioural and Experimental Finance, SINGLE HONOURS Dissertation in Financial Economics. • MA Financial Economics • MA Economics

JOINT HONOURS For joint honours please see pages 226-230.

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French See table on page 58 for more information

SQA HIGHERS French at Aberdeen has an outstanding reputation. We offer broad, flexible and Recent graduate job roles Standard: diverse programmes covering language, literature, history and culture, researching topics from the Middle Ages to the present day and the Caribbean to North • Scottish Government Fast Streamer AABB • Business Relations Coordinator Africa. You will have four or five year options, study periods abroad, and many Applicants who have achieved AABB (or better), are encouraged • EU Policy and Events Stagiaire to apply and will be considered. Good performance in additional subject combinations for which a major European language adds a huge advantage • Human Rights Officer Highers/Advanced Highers may be required. • Language Assistant in today’s world. Minimum: • Marketing Coordinator • NGO Technical Advisor BBB • Translation Project Manager Applicants who have achieved BBB (or are on course to achieve this Why choose Aberdeen? Example degree structure by the end of S5) are encouraged to apply and will be considered. Recent graduate employers Good performance in additional Highers/Advanced Highers will • A dynamic French Society, organising social and Course information is provided for guidance only and normally be required. topical events throughout the year, and a brilliant is subject to change. Core or compulsory courses shown • Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Adjusted: way to get to know other students studying or are correct at the time of going to print. • Scotland Europa speaking French. • Wills Towers Watson BB • Rosetta Translation YEAR 1 Applicants who have achieved BB, and who meet one of the • The spectacular, award-winning Sir Duncan Rice • Glenfiddich • Level 1 French Language widening access criteria (page 52) are encouraged to apply Library, with stunning study facilities, state-of-the-art • Hilton Worldwide and will be considered. Good performance in additional • Literature and Culture of Modern learning technology, and a first-class collection of • Microsoft Highers/Advanced Highers will be required.

French books and films for your course. YEAR 2 A LEVELS University league rankings • A packed campus programme of events, exhibitions, • Advanced French Language Standard: invited speakers and the popular annual May Festival • French Identities: Individual and Society 3rd in Scotland and 5th in the UK for French – The which welcomes international figures, experts, • Introduction to French Linguistics Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2021. BBB authors and scientists to campus every spring, with Minimum: an increasingly European flavour. YEAR 3 National Student Survey • Junior Honours French Language BBC • Your time abroad as a visiting student at locations • Semester OR Academic year spent in 100% Overall Satisfaction – Discover Uni 2020. including Lyon, Rennes, Grenoble, Réunion, Brussels Adjusted: French-speaking country and Geneva, or working either as a language assistant You may also like CCC or on internships, including with the Institute YEARS 4 AND 5 of French Petroleum School in Paris. • Level 4 French Language • Gaelic Studies – page 144 For more information on our definition of standard, minimum and adjusted entry qualifications, please • International recognition as a centre for study • French Dissertation • German – page 158 see page 51. For more information on widening and research in French, with research covering not • Paris Transnational City of Culture • Spanish and Latin American Studies – page 216 access criteria, see page 52. only France, but also French-speaking Africa and • Literature and Photography the Caribbean. • Modernity and Change in Post-War France • French Cinema For advanced entry and alternative entry • You’ll benefit from language courses being taught in • The African Novel in French requirements see page 58. small groups and literature and culture courses being taught by a combination of lectures and tutorials. SINGLE HONOURS • MA French Studies (available as 4 or 5 year options)

JOINT HONOURS For joint honours please see pages 226-230.

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Entry requirements

Gaelic Studies See table on page 58 for more information

SQA HIGHERS Aberdeen is the perfect location to explore the Gaelic language, its history, Career development Standard: literature and Gaelic culture up to the present day. Whether you are a native speaker or complete beginner, you will be inspired by our world-leading experts Opportunities for graduates fluent in Scottish Gaelic AABB are very good. Teaching, Gaelic language planning, arts in the Gaelic field, and gain valuable skills and wide career options. Applicants who have achieved AABB (or better), are encouraged management, and digital archivism are all career options, to apply and will be considered. Good performance in additional and the commitment in Scotland to Gaelic broadcasting Highers/Advanced Highers may be required. Tha Obar Dheathain na dheagh àite gus ionnsachadh mu chànan na Gàidhlig agus means continued demand for Gaelic graduates to work Minimum: eachdraidh, litreachas agus cultar na Gàidhlig suas gus an latha an-diugh. Chan eil in the media. Recent graduates have been employed as: e gu diofar ma tha thu nad neach-labhairt fhileanta no a’ tòiseachadh às ùr, gheibh • Assistant Gaelic Development Officer BBB thu brosnachadh agus teagasg bho eòlaichean eadar-nàiseanta, agus gheibh thu • Client Account Manager Applicants who have achieved BBB (or are on course to achieve this • EU Policy and Events Stagiaire by the end of S5) are encouraged to apply and will be considered. sgilean cudromach agus cothroman farsaing ’son obair. • Journalism Good performance in additional Highers/Advanced Highers will normally be required. • HR Administrator • Project Assistant Adjusted: Why choose Aberdeen? Example degree structure • Teaching • TV and Radio Broadcasting BB Applicants who have achieved BB, and who meet one of the • We have been teaching Gaelic for 100 years and Course information is provided for guidance only and Recent graduate employers widening access criteria (page 52) are encouraged to apply are home to the leading academic journal Scottish is subject to change. Core or compulsory courses shown and will be considered. Good performance in additional Gaelic Studies. are correct at the time of going to print. Highers/Advanced Highers will be required. • Bank of Scotland • Close links with the Research Institute of Irish and YEAR 1 • Bòrd na Gàidhlig A LEVELS Scottish Studies, and its literary magazine, Causeway/ • Scotland Europa • Gaelic Language 1A/Gaelic Language 1B Standard: Cabhsair, which frequently includes poems and short • University of Aberdeen • Gaelic Scotland stories from established and new Gaelic writers. BBB • Gaelic for Beginners 1A/Gaelic for Beginners 1B National Student Survey • The spectacular, award-winning Sir Duncan Rice Minimum: Library, with an extensive Gaelic collection. YEAR 2 95% overall satisfaction – Discover Uni 2020. BBC • Gaelic for Advanced Beginners 2A/ • A strong Gaelic theme in the University’s popular Gaelic for Advanced Beginners 2B You may also like Adjusted: May Festival, at which thousands attend to hear • Gaelic Folklore world-famous authors, poets, public figures, • Gaelic Language 2A/Gaelic Language 2B • French – page 142 CCC scientists and other experts, and debate big issues • Introduction to Gaelic Literature • German – page 158 For more information on our definition of standard, in arts, literature, and current affairs. • Spanish and Latin American Studies – page 216 minimum and adjusted entry qualifications, please YEARS 3 AND 4 • A warm welcome for students whatever your level see page 51. For more information on widening of Gaelic, and long-standing experience in teaching As well as studying Gaelic Language and undertaking access criteria, see page 52. this fascinating language to complete beginners. a dissertation, courses we regularly offer include: • Gaelic Dialectology For advanced entry and alternative entry • You will learn about Scotland’s oldest living language • The Gaelic Short Story requirements see page 58. and develop your language skills in a friendly and • Comparative Language Planning supportive environment. • Modern Irish Language SINGLE HONOURS • The Gaelic Novel • MA Gaelic Studies • The Gaelic Poetry Renaissance JOINT HONOURS For joint honours please see pages 226-230.

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Entry requirements Genetics See table on page 64 for more information

SQA HIGHERS YEAR 4 Genetics is the study of the inherited differences between individuals and is central Standard: to biology, medicine and biotechnology. It allows us to understand normal events • Honours Genetics – Option 1 ^ • Honours Genetics – Option 2 AABB such as development, growth and ageing in terms of the underlying molecular • Honours Advanced Molecular Biology Applicants who have achieved AABB (or better), are encouraged machinery of the cell and helps explain how these processes go wrong in disease. • Genetics Honours Research Project to apply and will be considered. Good performance in additional Highers/Advanced Highers may be required.

When organisms reproduce, the offspring tend to resemble their parents, but they Career development Minimum: are not identical to either parent, nor are they simply a mixture of the two parents. ^ One of the great advantages of a degree from the BBB Genetics is concerned with explaining the behaviour of inherited characteristics, University of Aberdeen is that it provides you with a Applicants who have achieved BBB (or are on course to achieve this in terms of the underlying genetic machinery which turns a single cell (the fertilised very broad range of skills to offer employers. Not only by the end of S5) are encouraged to apply and will be considered. do we train students in scientific methodology, we Good performance in additional Highers/Advanced Highers will egg) into a fly, a worm, or a human. Genetics also explains how, over longer time scales, normally be required. incorporate what we call ‘graduate attributes’ into the living things change, or evolve, to produce the dazzling diversity of life. whole curriculum, including communication, working Adjusted: with others, use of specialist IT and time management. BB^ Recent graduate employers Applicants who have achieved BB, and who meet one of the Why choose Aberdeen? Example degree structure widening access criteria (page 52) are encouraged to apply and will be considered. Good performance in additional • Bairds Malts • Genetics at the University of Aberdeen was ranked Course information is provided for guidance only and Highers/Advanced Highers will be required. • MHCRA 1st in the UK for student satisfaction in the 2020 is subject to change. Core or compulsory courses • Oxford Genetics HNC/HND National Student Survey. shown are correct at the time of going to print. For information on college entry see page 48. National Student Survey • Genetics has been revolutionised by the application YEAR 1 of new genome sequencing technologies. You will A LEVELS • Introduction to Medical Sciences benefit from the investment made in this technology 100% overall satisfaction – NSS 2020. • The Cell Standard: from the formation of the Centre for Genome • Chemistry for the Life Sciences 1 ^ Enabled Biology and Medicine at the University. Graduate employment statistic • Chemistry for the Life Sciences 2 BBB Minimum: • Throughout the programme there is a strong 85% of graduates go on to work and/or emphasis on medical and human genetics. YEAR 2 further study within 15 months – Discover Uni 2020. BBC^ Genes and Evolution • Adjusted: • Training is provided in both specialist and • Molecular Biology of the Gene You may also like ^ employment-related skills. • Foundation Skills for Medical Sciences CCC • Energy for Life • Biomedical Sciences – page 90 Innovative and flexible teaching allowing you • • Microbes, Infection and Immunity • Human Embryology and ^ Including good performance in at least two Mathematics/Science to follow special interests. subjects by the end of your senior phase of education. • Research Skills for Medical Sciences Developmental Biology – page 162 • You will have opportunities for gaining (paid) • Immunology – page 164 For more information on our definition of standard, YEAR 3 • Microbiology – page 182 minimum and adjusted entry qualifications, please experience in industry. see page 51. For more information on widening • The Molecular Biology of the Cell access criteria, see page 52. • Aberdeen is a top 25 UK university for Impact • Genetics and Collaboration in Biomedical Health Sciences • The Molecular Control of Cell Function OR For advanced entry and alternative entry (CWTS Leiden Ranking 2018) with a heritage • Fundamentals of Immunology requirements see page 64-65. of major innovations including insulin. SINGLE HONOURS • BSc Genetics • BSc Genetics (Immunology) • MSci Genetics with Industrial Placement (for entry requirements see page 67) • MSci Genetics (Immunology) with Industrial More course information: Placement (for entry requirements see page 67) abdn.ac.uk/ug/genetics

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Entry requirements

Geography See tables on pages 58 and 64 for more information

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Geography is key to understanding and resolving many of the most pressing National Student Survey Standard: problems faced by society, and our curriculum reflects the changing nature and ^ current approaches to address them. Geography at Aberdeen can be studied as 100% overall satisfaction – Discover Uni 2020. AABB Applicants who have achieved AABB (or better), are encouraged a BSc or an MA degree. MA Joint Honours programmes are available. University league rankings to apply and will be considered. Good performance in additional Highers/Advanced Highers may be required. 16th in the UK for Geography and Environmental Minimum: related subjects – The Times and Sunday Times Why choose Aberdeen? ^ Good University Guide 2021. BBB Applicants who have achieved BBB (or are on course to achieve this • Geography has been taught at Aberdeen since Geography staff conduct internationally recognised • Recent graduate job roles by the end of S5) are encouraged to apply and will be considered. the 1590s. We recently celebrated our centenary interdisciplinary research which we share with you, Good performance in additional Highers/Advanced Highers will as the department was established in 1919. especially in Year 3 and Year 4 teaching. normally be required. • Environmental/Transport Planner Adjusted: • Our degree programmes focus upon the key Our graduates are highly sought after and employed • Land Surveyor • ^ environmental, economic, societal and technological across the public, private and voluntary sectors • Marine Licensing Support Officer BB • PR Account Executive challenges we currently face in the world. ranging from local authorities to environmental Applicants who have achieved BB, and who meet one of the consultancies and hydrographic survey. • Project Administrator widening access criteria (page 52) are encouraged to apply • Field classes are a fun and integral part of the • Recruitment Consultant and will be considered. Good performance in additional learning experience with opportunities for local, • Our graduates are well placed to pursue Highers/Advanced Highers will be required. national and international field trips for all of our postgraduate opportunities. Recent graduate employers degree programmes. HNC/HND • AECOM For information on college entry see page 48. • The University is located close to some of the most Example degree structure • Cunnane Town Planning LLP environmentally important and geographically varied • DeepOcean Group A LEVELS landscapes in the whole of the UK, which provide Course information is provided for guidance only • Delta EE Standard: field sites for some of our teaching. and is subject to change. • Highlands and Islands Enterprise ^ • Scottish Government • Our degree programmes will equip you with a BBB • Whether you are registered for BSc or MA, • Scottish Wildlife Trust variety of skills including the ability to utilise Minimum: we make it possible for you to choose between • Shell UK quantitative and qualitive data and use GIS and ^ science, humanities or social-science-based • Standard Life remote sensing techniques. You will also acquire BBC Geography courses throughout your degree. Adjusted: transferable skills e.g. presentation and report Accreditations writing, which are important to both vocational • A student studying single honours in Geography CCC^ and non-vocational careers. will complete a four-year programme of study, Our BSc and MA Geography degree programmes are specialising fully in Geography in third and accredited by the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG). ^ BSc entry requires good performance in at least two Mathematics/ • You will have the opportunity to study abroad for fourth year. Science subjects by the end of your senior phase of education. one half session or the full academic year, typically For more information on our definition of standard, during your first or second year of study. We have a You may also like • Geography at Aberdeen can be studied as a BSc minimum and adjusted entry qualifications, please number of International Exchange partners in or an MA and Joint Honours programmes are • Geology – page 150 see page 51. For more information on widening Universities spanning Australia to the USA. available in both (BSc Geography-Geoscience and access criteria, see page 52. a wide range of joint MA Geography programmes • Geology and Petroleum Geology – page 152 Geophysics – page 154 • Our degrees are accredited by the Royal from Anthropology to Sociology). • For advanced entry and alternative entry Geographical Society (with IBG). We will provide • Geosciences – page 156 requirements see pages 58 and 64-65. you with a solid academic foundation in geographical knowledge and skills to prepare SINGLE HONOURS you to address contemporary global challenges. • BSc Geography • MA Geography

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Entry requirements Geology See table on page 64 for more information

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Geology – studying the Earth beneath our feet and it’s fascinating 4.5 billion Career development Standard: years of history, from volcanoes and earthquakes to dinosaurs and ancient rivers ^ Geology graduates can enter careers directly related to AABB – is central to our transition to a sustainable future. Applicants who have achieved AABB (or better), are encouraged the earth sciences, including finding and maintaining to apply and will be considered. Good performance in additional water resources (hydrogeology), energy (including for Highers/Advanced Highers may be required. example geothermal, moving us to a sustainable future), mining (including for the precious metals needed in all Minimum: modern technology, and for noble gases needed for ^ Why choose Aberdeen? Example degree structure BBB medical equipment), and environmental management. Applicants who have achieved BBB (or are on course to achieve this As scientists equipped to cope with uncertainty and • The BSc Geology programme provides you with the Course information is provided for guidance only and by the end of S5) are encouraged to apply and will be considered. absence of data, Geologists are also sought for their Good performance in additional Highers/Advanced Highers will skills you need to explore the processes that have is subject to change. Core or compulsory courses transferable skills and knowledge, for example, in the normally be required. shaped the Earth and its surface and subsurface shown are correct at the time of going to print. financial sector. environments through time, equipping you with Adjusted: powers to address the major modern world YEAR 1 ^ National Student Survey BB challenges, from climate change to sustainable • Earth Through Geological Time Applicants who have achieved BB, and who meet one of the energy, and from water security to natural disasters. • Earth’s Materials 3rd in Scotland and 12th in the UK for Geology – widening access criteria (page 52) are encouraged to apply and will be considered. Good performance in additional This programme is ideally suited to students who are The Complete University Guide 2021. Highers/Advanced Highers will be required. • YEAR 2 interested in the physical processes that have shaped • Stratigraphical Principles You may also like our planet and its near neighbours over the last 4.5 HNC/HND billion years, and who want to use our understanding • Petrology & Mineralogy For information on college entry see page 48. to anticipate and protect the earth’s future. • An Introduction to Field Geology • Geology and Petroleum Geology – page 152 Geophysics Geography – page 148 • • A LEVELS • You will learn how to use the latest fieldwork, digital • Geophysics – page 154 and technological skills and techniques to extract YEAR 3 • Geosciences – page 156 Standard: ^ valuable information recorded in Earth’s rocks, • Project BBB minerals and fossils: an archive that holds the keys to • Field and Mapping Techniques Minimum: many of the issues we face today such as climate • Structural Geology & Tectonics ^ change, water management, natural hazards and • Igneous & Metamorphic Petrology BBC transition from fossils fuels to geothermal energy • Sedimentology Adjusted: and other sources of renewable energy. • Field & Mapping Techniques 2 CCC^ • During your first two years, you will study the main YEAR 4 ^ Including good performance in at least two Mathematics/Science geological principles that underpin our subjects by the end of your senior phase of education. understanding of the structure and evolution of the • Independent Geological Mapping Project Earth. In particular, you will examine the origin, • Planetary Geology For more information on our definition of standard, structure and composition of the three major rock • Surface & Subsurface Digital Imaging minimum and adjusted entry qualifications, please see page 51. For more information on widening groups; igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary, • Geological Synthesis access criteria, see page 52. learning about the most fascinating and important geological events and how we date them, and For advanced entry and alternative entry developing the professional geological skills needed requirements see pages 58 and 64-65. to gather and interpret data in the field. SINGLE HONOURS • In the final two years, you will specialise more in the • BSc Geology topics that interest you, for example, climate change • MGeol Geology^^ through deep time, planetary geology and the ^^ Students are required to achieve a 2:1 in their BSc to secure a place effects of life, geology for society, and imaging and on the MGeol programme. interpreting the Earth. JOINT HONOURS More course information: For joint honours please see pages 226-230. abdn.ac.uk/ug/geology

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YEAR 5 (MGeol only) Entry requirements • Integrated Sedimentary Basin Systems Geology and • Geoscience Research Skills and Data Analysis See table on page 64 for more information • The Basin Fill • Geological Models SQA HIGHERS Petroleum Geology • Research Project Standard: University league rankings ^ Geology and Petroleum Geology is the study of how the Earth works, and in AABB particular, the nature and origin of the Earth’s natural resources. The BSc Geology 3rd in Scotland and 12th in the UK for Geology – Applicants who have achieved AABB (or better), are encouraged The Complete University Guide 2021. to apply and will be considered. Good performance in additional and Petroleum Geology begins with a thorough examination of main geological Highers/Advanced Highers may be required. principles and disciplines that underpin our understanding of the structure and Recent graduate job roles Minimum: evolution of the Earth, and how this knowledge can be used to discover and BBB^ • Energy Management Trainee extract natural resources. • Geologist Applicants who have achieved BBB (or are on course to achieve this • Graduate Geotechnical Engineer by the end of S5) are encouraged to apply and will be considered. Good performance in additional Highers/Advanced Highers will • Junior Broker normally be required. Why choose Aberdeen? Example degree structure • Software Testing Intern • Well Data Manager Adjusted: ^ • The BSc Geology and Petroleum Geology is Course information is provided for guidance only and BB accredited by the Geological Society of London. is subject to change. Core or compulsory courses shown Recent graduate employers Applicants who have achieved BB, and who meet one of the are correct at the time of going to print. Corex widening access criteria (page 52) are encouraged to apply • Field study forms a major part of our teaching, and • and will be considered. Good performance in additional our location in Aberdeen means our students benefit YEAR 1 • DataCo Highers/Advanced Highers will be required. from easy access to numerous wonderful field • Kier Group • Earth Through Geological Time locations throughout Scotland such as Arran, • RSK A LEVELS • Earth’s Materials Skye, and the , including many Standard: sites in the Geological Society of London’s 100 Graduate employment statistic YEAR 2 ^ Great Geosites. BBB • Stratigraphical Principles 88% of graduates go on to work and/or Minimum: • Being based at the heart of Europe’s energy industry • Petrology & Mineralogy further study within 15 months – Discover Uni 2020. also means that our programmes benefit from direct • Introduction to Field Geology BBC^ industry involvement, including industry advisory • Geophysics A percentage of our students also go on to study at panels, guest lectures, site visits, industry-supported MSc and PhD level at the University of Aberdeen. Adjusted: projects, and numerous career networking events. YEAR 3 CCC^ • Petroleum Geology Accreditations • You will have the opportunity to join Aberdeen • Field and Mapping Techniques ^ Including good performance in at least two Mathematics/Science University Geology Society the Student Chapter • Structural Geology & Tectonics Our BSc degree is accredited by the Geological Society subjects by the end of your senior phase of education. of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists • Igneous & Metamorphic Petrology of London. to expand your knowledge, skills and professional For more information on our definition of standard, • Sedimentology minimum and adjusted entry qualifications, please networks beyond the classroom. You may also like • Field & Mapping Techniques 2 see page 51. For more information on widening • One of the main components of the final year is the access criteria, see page 52. Geography – page 148 5-week independent field project, when students YEAR 4 • Geology – page 150 undertake independent research over the summer • Independent Geological Mapping Project • For advanced entry and alternative entry Geophysics – page 154 between years 3 and 4, and much of the autumn term • Petroleum Geology: Geochemistry and Geofluids • requirements see page 64-65. Geosciences – page 156 is focused on working on the report. • Surface & Subsurface Digital Imaging • • Geological Synthesis SINGLE HONOURS • Geology and Petroleum Geology graduates enter a Joint honours BSc Geology and Petroleum Geology variety of professions, particularly in exploration and • MGeol Geology (5 Years)^^ production in the oil and gas industry, but also in For joint honours please see page 230. • other sectors including the ground water industry, ^^Students are required to achieve a 2:1 in their BSc environmental consultancy and geological surveying. to secure a place on the MGeol programme. More course information: abdn.ac.uk/ug/geology

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Entry requirements

Geophysics See table on page 64 for more information

SQA HIGHERS Geophysics is the study of the Earth from the near-surface to the deep interior University league rankings Standard: through the use of quantitative physical methods. ^ 3rd in Scotland and 12th in the UK for Geology – AABB On this programme, you study forces such as gravity and magnetism and learn about The Complete University Guide 2021. Applicants who have achieved AABB (or better), are encouraged how these forces act on the Earth’s interior, crust, oceans and the atmosphere. to apply and will be considered. Good performance in additional Career development Highers/Advanced Highers may be required.

You will learn to combine a deep knowledge of geology and physics and apply Minimum: Our Geoscience degrees open up career opportunities practical field-based skills to areas ranging from to plate ^ with the global oil and gas industry, as well as other BBB tectonics and from environmental services to archaeological excavations. key sectors. Our degrees are highly respected by Applicants who have achieved BBB (or are on course to achieve this the oil and gas industry and our graduates are in high by the end of S5) are encouraged to apply and will be considered. demand. Geophysics is also a subject that opens up Good performance in additional Highers/Advanced Highers will tremendous opportunities for further study, either normally be required. Why choose Aberdeen? at MSc or PhD level. Adjusted: • The teaching of physics at Aberdeen has a long and ^ • Field study forms a major part of our teaching, Many of our Geoscience graduates find employment BB and our location in Aberdeen means our students illustrious history, with notable great physicists such within the hydrocarbon or mineral exploration and benefit from easy access to numerous wonderful as James Clerk Maxwell and G.P. Thomson counted Applicants who have achieved BB, and who meet one of the exploitation sectors. Additionally, postgraduate widening access criteria (page 52) are encouraged to apply field locations throughout Scotland such as Arran, amongst its former staff. specialised study is a popular pathway toward careers and will be considered. Good performance in additional Skye, and the Scottish Highlands, including many in the oil industry. With a good numerate and technical Highers/Advanced Highers will be required. sites in the Geological Society of London’s 100 degree such as Geophysics, employment prospects Example degree courses A LEVELS Great Geosites. are excellent. Standard: • Providing a knowledge of the way the Earth works Course information is provided for guidance only and National Student Survey is vital to understanding the nature and origin of is subject to change. BBB^ Earth resources. A degree in Geophysics from the Over 94% of our Geology and Physics students University of Aberdeen will allow you to learn about Topics you can study include (but are not limited to): Minimum: agreed that our staff are good at explaining things – the history, structure and dynamics of the Earth ^ • The Physical Universe Discover Uni 2020. BBC system, and the physics behind them. • The Earth Through Geological Time Adjusted: • Earth’s Materials Graduate employment statistic • Many past graduates have gone on to work for • Computer Programming and Principles ^ energy and other related companies in Aberdeen. • Petrology & Mineralogy CCC This has allowed us to develop very strong links with 88% of Geology and 85% of Physics graduates • Light Science go on to work and/or study within 15 months – ^ Including good performance in at least two Mathematics/Science local companies, which in turn means our students subjects by the end of your senior phase of education. • Dynamical Phenomena Discover Uni 2020. benefit from high level of industry links, including • An Introduction to Field Geology For more information on our definition of standard, guest lectures, site visits, industry-supported • Energy and Matter You may also like minimum and adjusted entry qualifications, please projects, and numerous career networking events. • Structural Geology & Tectonics see page 51. For more information on widening • Principles of Petroleum Geology • This programme specifically addresses the recognised • Geography – page 148 access criteria, see page 52. • The Physics of Waves need for qualified geophysicists within the • Geology – page 150 • Interpretation of Seismic Reflection Data hydrocarbons industry, by equipping students with • Geology and Petroleum Geology – page 152 For advanced entry and alternative entry • Sedimentology the particular skills for careers in the hydrocarbon, • Geosciences – page 156 requirements see page 64-65. minerals exploration or associated service industries. • Igneous & Metamorphic Petrology • Computational Geophysics SINGLE HONOURS • While traditionally graduates from the University • Statistical Physics & Stochastic Systems of Aberdeen have been attracted to careers in the • Advanced • BSc Geophysics oil and gas industry, many others have gone on to • Modelling Theory work in to other diverse areas including mineral • Interpreting the Subsurface exploration, environmental geophysics or associated service industries. More course information: abdn.ac.uk/ug/geophysics

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Entry requirements

Geosciences See table on page 64 for more information

SQA HIGHERS By combining our expertise in the disciplines of geology and physical geography, Example degree structure Standard: the BSc Geosciences is designed to give you a broad, multidisciplinary ^ understanding of the major environmental challenges we face today, including Course information is provided for guidance only and AABB is subject to change. Core or compulsory courses shown climate change, natural hazards, population, energy and natural resources, and the Applicants who have achieved AABB (or better), are encouraged are correct at the time of going to print. to apply and will be considered. Good performance in additional impact of humans on the environment. Highers/Advanced Highers may be required. YEAR 1 Minimum: • Global Worlds, Global Challenges ^ • Global Worlds, Local Challenges BBB • The Earth through Geological Time Applicants who have achieved BBB (or are on course to achieve this • Earth’s Materials by the end of S5) are encouraged to apply and will be considered. Good performance in additional Highers/Advanced Highers will YEAR 2 normally be required. • Mapping & Monitoring the Environment Adjusted: • Introduction to Field Geology ^ • Petrology & Mineralogy BB • Physical Environments Applicants who have achieved BB, and who meet one of the • Stratigraphical Principles widening access criteria (page 52) are encouraged to apply Skills and Techniques in Geosciences and will be considered. Good performance in additional • Highers/Advanced Highers will be required.

YEAR 3 A LEVELS

• Field and Mapping Techniques Standard: • Montane Environments ^ • Research Design BBB • Remote Sensing and GIS Minimum: • Techniques in Physical Geography ^ • Volcanology BBC Adjusted: YEAR 4 ^ Why choose Aberdeen? • Project CCC • Laboratory data acquisition and analysis Through lectures, coursework, field study and access • In addition, students also acquire practical field ^ Including good performance in at least two Mathematics/Science subjects by the end of your senior phase of education. to geographical information systems, this programme skills in the main geosciences techniques including Career Prospects covers the fundamentals of geoscience, from the origin mapping, field geology, remote sensing and GIS, For more information on our definition of standard, and formation of the Earth to the causes of climate to apply to your research and future career. • Cartographer minimum and adjusted entry qualifications, please change, to equip the next generation of experts with • Environmental Consultant see page 51. For more information on widening a deep appreciation of the science behind the way • 12th in the UK for Geology and related subject • Geologist access criteria, see page 52. the Earth works. areas – The Complete University Guide 2020. • Geophysicist (Oil and Gas) • Geographic Information System (GIS) Analyst For advanced entry and alternative entry • This programme emphasises the multidisciplinary Field study forms a major part of our teaching, • Planner requirements see page 64-65. • nature of earth sciences, offering you the opportunity and our location in Aberdeen means our students • Seismologist to specialise in the areas that interest you the most, benefit from easy access to numerous wonderful • Surveyor SINGLE HONOURS through your choice of optional courses and your field locations throughout Scotland such as Arran, final year research project. • BSc Geosciences Skye, and the Scottish Highlands, including many Graduate employment statistic sites in the Geological Society of London’s 100 Great Geosites. 88% of graduates go on to work and/or further study within 15 months – Discover Uni 2020. More course information: abdn.ac.uk/ug/geoscience

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Entry requirements

German See table on page 58 for more information

SQA HIGHERS , and are all countries with a diverse and turbulent Recent graduate job roles Standard: culture and history. In addition to studying German language, students will acquire a thorough understanding of past and current German culture, and its significance • Banking and financial services – accountant AABB • Communications – journalism, consultancy in the modern world. Applicants who have achieved AABB (or better), are encouraged • Education – secondary school teacher, to apply and will be considered. Good performance in additional language teacher Highers/Advanced Highers may be required.

• Hospitality and tourism – tour guide, Minimum: travel consultant Why choose Aberdeen? Example degree structure • International business – HR, finance, PR, BBB investment analyst • Gaining a degree in German Studies is possible for Course information is provided for guidance only and Applicants who have achieved BBB (or are on course to achieve this • Media and marketing – copywriting students with or without any previous experience is subject to change. Core or compulsory courses are by the end of S5) are encouraged to apply and will be considered. • Translation and Interpretation of learning German. At level 1 students may choose shown which are correct at the time of going to print. Good performance in additional Highers/Advanced Highers will normally be required. the ‘beginners’ or the ‘qualified’ pathway (for those Recent graduate employers with about 5 years learning German at school, YEAR 1 Adjusted: or equivalent). • All students will take a language and culture course • Emirates Airline BB appropriate to their current German skills – • German at Aberdeen has an outstanding reputation, • Government of Luxembourg ‘beginners’ or ‘qualified’ Applicants who have achieved BB, and who meet one of the top-rated for teaching, with broad, flexible and • Network Retail widening access criteria (page 52) are encouraged to apply diverse programmes covering language, literature, and will be considered. Good performance in additional YEAR 2 history and culture and many subject combinations. University league rankings Highers/Advanced Highers will be required. • Modern German Culture 3 and 4 You’ll also have the opportunity to spend at least one A LEVELS semester abroad. • Intensive language study at appropriate level 3rd in the UK for Linguistics – The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2021. Standard: • The German Society is open to all students interested YEAR 3, 4 & 5 in German and the German-speaking countries, This degree is offered as a 5-year option with an You may also like BBB organising drama performances and other events integrated year abroad consisting of study or work Minimum: such as Kaffee and Kuchen, a German Stammtisch, abroad (Mode A), or a 4-year option, in which students • French – page 142 film showings, and visits by German speakers spend their fourth semester on a university exchange • Gaelic Studies – page 144 BBC and writers. abroad (Mode B). • Spanish and Latin American Studies – page 216 Adjusted: • You will get the opportunity to study and/or work • German Language Study for Honours CCC abroad as a Language Assistant or visiting student. • Dissertation • Selection of specialised modules on We offer exchange scholarships with the Universities For more information on our definition of standard, culture and history including: of Zurich, Kiel and Greifswald. We also have Erasmus minimum and adjusted entry qualifications, please Love, Marriage and Adultery in German Literature partnerships with Leipzig, Cologne, Bonn, Trier – see page 51. For more information on widening access Film and Politics: German and Austrian Filmmakers and Graz. – criteria, see page 52. – Viennese Modernism Fairy Tales and Feminism • German is available as one of the languages under – For advanced entry and alternative entry Means and Motives: German Crime Fiction the Sustained Studies Programme. This means that – requirements see page 58. students from most disciplines can take German – Environmental Crisis in Literature and Culture Images of Childhood language courses up to level 3 thus enhancing their – SINGLE HONOURS CV and employability. – Border Crossings: German Travel Writing • MA German Studies (available as 4 or 5 year options)

JOINT HONOURS For joint honours please see pages 226-230.

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Entry requirements

History See table on page 58 for more information

SQA HIGHERS Study with us at Aberdeen and immerse yourself in past human experience, University league rankings Standard: exploring the medieval, early modern and modern periods in Scotland, Europe and the wider world – at a university steeped in five hundred years of history. 18th in the UK for History – AABB Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2021. Applicants who have achieved AABB (or better), are encouraged 4th in Scotland for History – to apply and will be considered. Good performance in additional The Complete University Guide 2021. Highers/Advanced Highers may be required.

Why choose Aberdeen? Example degree structure Minimum: Career development and • The inspiration of our beautiful historic campus in Course information is provided for guidance only and recent graduate employment BBB Old Aberdeen, centred around King’s College, begun is subject to change. Core or compulsory courses shown Applicants who have achieved BBB (or are on course to achieve this in 1495 by University founder Bishop Elphinstone. are correct at the time of going to print. Employers value the skills acquired by history by the end of S5) are encouraged to apply and will be considered. graduates. Our graduates have progressed to Good performance in additional Highers/Advanced Highers will • Ranked one of the top for the YEAR 1 a wide variety of careers: normally be required. impact of its historical research – Times Higher • • Making History – An introduction Adjusted: Education REF rankings by subject 2014. Audit Associate to the subject at university level (compulsory) • • Civil Servant • Plus a choice of two courses from: BB • A degree which embeds historical methods and • Curator – Europe in the Twentieth Century Applicants who have achieved BB, and who meet one of the practices, while providing maximum subject choice • Director of an international creative agency – Renaissances and Reformations widening access criteria (page 52) are encouraged to apply across periods, themes and locations. • Interpretation Manager and will be considered. Good performance in additional – American Civilisations • IT procurement Officer Highers/Advanced Highers will be required. • Major international treasures including 7,000 • Journalist and Media Relations Manager early printed books, the magnificent 12th Century YEAR 2 • Parliamentary Office Manager HNC/HND Aberdeen Bestiary, large Jacobite collection, works • Choice of level 2 history courses, from: • Pharmaceutical Researcher of the Scottish Enlightenment, and fascinating For information on college entry see page 48. – Kingship, Clearances and Conflict: • Publisher local records dating from the Middle Ages. Debates in Scottish History • Secondary School Teacher and A LEVELS – Power and Piety: Medieval Europe, 1100-1500 Primary School Teacher – Birth of Modernity: Politics, Culture and Science • Senior corporate Partnerships Manager Standard: in Europe, 1700-1870 • Solicitor – Global Empire in the Long Nineteenth Century BBB – The Face of Battle: Historical Perspectives You may also like Minimum: on Warfare – Vikings: An Introduction • Art History – page 82 BBC Adjusted: YEARS 3 & 4 • Thinking History CCC • Special Subject • History in Practice For more information on our definition of standard, • Undergraduate Dissertation in History minimum and adjusted entry qualifications, please • Focused Honours Options reflecting student see page 51. For more information on widening and staff interests access criteria, see page 52.

For advanced entry and alternative entry requirements see page 58.

SINGLE HONOURS • MA History

JOINT HONOURS More course information: For joint honours please see pages 226-230. abdn.ac.uk/ug/history

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Human Embryology and Entry requirements Developmental Biology See table on page 64 for more information SQA HIGHERS

Human Embryology and Developmental Biology is the study of the fascinating University league rankings Standard: process in humans and animals that turns a single fertilised egg into a whole AABB^ new individual with all the many specialised cell types. 4th in Scotland and 6th in the UK for Anatomy and Physiology – The Times and Sunday Times Applicants who have achieved AABB (or better), are encouraged Good University Guide 2021. to apply and will be considered. Good performance in additional Highers/Advanced Highers may be required. Why choose Aberdeen? Example degree structure National Student Survey Minimum: ^ • You will be trained in embryology, developmental Course information is provided for guidance only and 88% overall satisfaction – Discover Uni 2020. BBB and reproductive biology (including fertility/IVF is subject to change. Core or compulsory courses shown Applicants who have achieved BBB (or are on course to achieve this science), stem cell technology, tissue regeneration, are correct at the time of going to print. Recent graduate job roles by the end of S5) are encouraged to apply and will be considered. and the causes of, and cures for, human birth defects. Good performance in additional Highers/Advanced Highers will normally be required. YEAR 1 • Assistant Scientist • You will benefit from access to excellent facilities Adjusted: • Chemistry for the Life Sciences 1 Business Development Executive and receive hands-on laboratory training. • • Introduction to the Medical Sciences • Cellular Therapy Production Scientist BB^ • Chemistry for the Life Sciences 2 Clinical Neurophysiologist (Trainee) • Teaching is delivered by world-leading researchers • Applicants who have achieved BB, and who meet one of the who are at the forefront of current research in • The Cell • Clinical Resource widening access criteria (page 52) are encouraged to apply developmental biology and stem cell technology. • Dental Territory Manager and will be considered. Good performance in additional YEAR 2 • Trainee Clinical Embryologist Highers/Advanced Highers will be required. • Emphasis is put on medically-relevant developmental • Physiology of Human Cells • Research Assistant genetics and stem cell technology. • Molecular Biology of the Gene • Social Media Director HNC/HND • Foundation Skills for Medical Sciences • Trainee Toxicologist For information on college entry see page 48. The majority of the model organisms used to study • • Physiology of Human Organ Systems developmental biology are used by staff in the • Energy for Life Recent graduate employers A LEVELS state-of-the-art Institute of Medical Sciences, • Research Skills for Medical Sciences Standard: using cutting edge techniques in genome editing • Charles River Laboratories ^ as well as gene misexpression technologies. YEAR 3 • deCODE Genetics BBB • Icelandic Red Cross • Feedback from students consistently ranks the • Human Embryonic Development Minimum: • NHS Grampian degree programme as excellent, which is reflected • Principles of Developmental and ^ • Pro Pharma Group in the high number of 1st class passes obtained Reproductive Biology BBC • Scotia Biologics by our students. • The Early Embryo Adjusted: • Development of Organ Systems ^ You may also like CCC • Genetics ^ Including good performance in at least two Mathematics/Science Genetics – page 146 YEAR 4 • subjects by the end of your senior phase of education. • Biomedical Sciences – page 90 • Advanced Molecules, Membranes and Cells • Microbiology – page 182 For more information on our definition of standard, (Stem Cells and Regeneration) minimum and adjusted entry qualifications, please • Evolution & Development see page 51. For more information on widening • Developmental Neuroscience access criteria, see page 52. • Developmental Biology Honours Project For advanced entry and alternative entry requirements see page 64-65.

SINGLE HONOURS • BSc Human Embryology and Developmental Biology • MSci Human Embryology and Developmental Biology (5 Years) (for entry requirements see More course information: page 67) abdn.ac.uk/ug/biomedical-sciences

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Entry requirements Immunology See table on page 64 for more information

SQA HIGHERS

Immunology is the study of how the body defends itself against the huge variety University league rankings Standard: of pathogenic microorganisms it may encounter. It is also invaluable in the healing AABB^ response to injury. However, in some situations the immune response itself can lead Top 20 in the UK for Biological Sciences – The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2021. Applicants who have achieved AABB (or better), are encouraged to unnecessary tissue damage and serious symptoms for example in autoimmune to apply and will be considered. Good performance in additional Highers/Advanced Highers may be required. disease, allergy and cancer. We now know that the immune system contributes to Recent graduate job roles other common disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease and schizophrenia. Minimum: • Clinical Trials Assistant BBB^ Manipulating the immune system to bring about therapeutic advances, for example • Experimental Officer • Key Account Specialist Applicants who have achieved BBB (or are on course to achieve this in the treatment of cancer, is now a major aspect of this subject. by the end of S5) are encouraged to apply and will be considered. • Scientific Research Assistant Good performance in additional Highers/Advanced Highers will • Technologist normally be required.

Adjusted: Why choose Aberdeen? Example degree structure Recent graduate employers ^ Course information is provided for guidance only and BB • Our teaching is underpinned by world leading • Covance is subject to change. Core or compulsory courses shown Applicants who have achieved BB, and who meet one of the research groups, particularly in cancer immunology • Lonza and the immunology of fungal infection. are correct at the time of going to print. widening access criteria (page 52) are encouraged to apply • OfGEM and will be considered. Good performance in additional Highers/Advanced Highers will be required. • This is a wide-ranging programme that includes YEAR 1 • Quintiles • University of Aberdeen training in both specialist and generic • Chemistry for the Life Sciences 1 HNC/HND employment-related skills. • Introduction to Medical Sciences National Student Survey For information on college entry see page 48. • Chemistry for the Life Sciences 2 • Excellent staff, passionate about high quality • The Cell teaching (100% of our students said staff were 100% of students said staff were good A LEVELS at explaining things – Discover Uni 2020. good at explaining things – NSS data via Discover YEAR 2 Standard: Uni 2020), using modern, up-to-date teaching ^ facilities. • Genes & Evolution Graduate employment statistic BBB • Molecular Biology of the Gene Minimum: Modern teaching facilities and laboratories that • Foundation Skills for Medical Sciences 85% of Biomedical Sciences related graduates go • ^ will enhance your learning and provide you with • Microbes, Infection & Immunity on to work and/or further study within 15 months – BBC an opportunity to experience working in a research • Research Skills for Medical Sciences Discover Uni 2020. Adjusted: focused laboratory environment. ^ YEAR 3 You may also like CCC • The University is a top 25 UK university for Impact • The Molecular Biology of the Cell and Collaboration in Biomedical Health Sciences • Fundamentals of Immunology ^ Including good performance in at least two Mathematics/Science • Genetics – page 146 subjects by the end of your senior phase of education. (CWTS Leiden Ranking) with a heritage of major • Applied Immunology – Human Health • Biomedical Sciences – page 90 innovations including insulin. • Mechanisms of Disease and • Microbiology – page 182 For more information on our definition of standard, Principles of Chemotherapy OR minimum and adjusted entry qualifications, please • Immunology research here has led to major • Biology and Control of Infectious Diseases see page 51. For more information on widening access improvements in treatment for the debilitating criteria, see page 52. autoimmune eye disease, uveitis. YEAR 4 For advanced entry and alternative entry • Antibody research at Aberdeen has resulted in • Advanced Immunology requirements see page 64-65. • Honours Immunology – Option 1: successful spin-out company formation with SINGLE HONOURS 30 patents pending worldwide or granted for The Immune Response and Disease BSc Immunology immunisation technology developed from the • Honours Immunology – Option 2: Molecular Events • • MSci Immunology with Industrial Placement shark immune system. that Shape Immunity and Immunotherapy • Immunology Honours Research Project (for entry requirements see page 67) JOINT HONOURS More course information: For joint honours please see pages 226-230. abdn.ac.uk/ug/immunology

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Entry requirements

International Business See table on page 58 for more information

SQA HIGHERS The MA and MBus International Business are designed to help students develop Example degree structure Standard: an exceptional knowledge and understanding of International Business in an economic, political and social context, so they will have the confidence to add Course information is provided for guidance only and AABB is subject to change. Core or compulsory courses are value to organisations when they graduate. Choose either the four-year (MA) Applicants who have achieved AABB (or better), are encouraged shown which are correct at the time of going to print. to apply and will be considered. Good performance in additional or five-year (MBus) programme and specialise in at least one of the following Highers/Advanced Highers may be required. YEAR 1 disciplines: economics, real estate, accounting and finance. Students can also Minimum: • International Context for Business 1 study abroad and internship options are integrated, with flexible language • International Context for Business 2 BBB learning to accommodate individual study needs, skills and aspirations. Applicants who have achieved BBB (or are on course to achieve this YEAR 2 by the end of S5) are encouraged to apply and will be considered. • Big Data in Operations and Good performance in additional Highers/Advanced Highers will normally be required. Supply Chain Management • Big Data in Business and Finance Adjusted:

YEARS 3 AND 4 BB • Being an International Manager 1 Applicants who have achieved BB, and who meet one of the widening access criteria (page 52) are encouraged to apply • Being an International Manager 2 and will be considered. Good performance in additional • Contemporary Issues in International Business 1 Highers/Advanced Highers will be required. • Contemporary Issues in International Business 2 A LEVELS MBus (Master of Business) students will undertake a placement or period of study abroad in Year 4. The subjects studied by MA students in year 4 Standard: will be undertaken in year 5 for MBus Students only. BBB University league rankings Minimum:

11th in the UK for Business and Management Studies – BBC The Complete University Guide 2021. Adjusted: You may also like CCC

• Business Management – page 94 For more information on our definition of standard, • Finance – page 138 minimum and adjusted entry qualifications, please Why choose Aberdeen? • Economics – page 112 see page 51. For more information on widening access criteria, see page 52. • A UK top three university for the impact of world • Programmes in Economics, Real Estate, Accounting leading research carried out by our business and and Finance as well as Business and Management For advanced entry and alternative entry management experts.– Times Higher Education perfectly balance theory and practical work requirements see page 58. REF rankings by subject 2014. which, with strong links to local and global businesses, together give the opportunity to SINGLE HONOURS • Aberdeen is the main European centre for the oil acquire cutting-edge insights across all the • MA International Business and gas industry. International accountancy firms, Business School subjects. multinational companies and financial services • MBus International Business all have offices in the city. • The University of Aberdeen has its own dedicated service, ABVentures, which offers JOINT HONOURS • Professional training facilities, including our students advice and support for starting a For joint honours please see pages 226-230. Bloomberg virtual trading floor, integrating business or social enterprise. real activity in financial markets into our students’ courses. More course information: abdn.ac.uk/ug/int-bus

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Entry requirements

Language and Linguistics See table on page 58 for more information

SQA HIGHERS Language and Linguistics at Aberdeen is the fascinating exploration of human YEAR 4 Standard: • Dissertation in Language & Linguistics language and how speech evolved to create a bridge between sound and meaning. AABB You will study the ways in which children and adults learn languages, and how Additional level 4 courses in language and languages and dialects vary and change over time, as well as gaining the linguistics, including: Applicants who have achieved AABB (or better), are encouraged to apply and will be considered. Good performance in additional knowledge and skills to give you the choice of a wide variety of careers. • Language and the Professions Highers/Advanced Highers may be required. • Sociophonetics • Adopt a Dialect Minimum: • Grammatical Attitudes BBB Why choose Aberdeen? Example degree structure • Language Contact and Change in Language • Minimalism and Microvariation Applicants who have achieved BBB (or are on course to achieve this A vibrant linguistics research and teaching Course information is provided for guidance only and Phonologies of Englishes by the end of S5) are encouraged to apply and will be considered. • • Good performance in additional Highers/Advanced Highers will community, and the benefits this study brings is subject to change. Core or compulsory courses shown normally be required. to other subjects such as modern languages, are correct at the time of going to print. University league rankings Adjusted: anthropology, sociology and history. YEAR 1 1st in Scotland and 3rd in the UK for Linguistics – The • Researchers revealing new insight into how spoken BB • English Structure and Use Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2021. English is changing, including evidence gathered from Applicants who have achieved BB, and who meet one of the • English Past and Present widening access criteria (page 52) are encouraged to apply tracking TV and radio soaps over the years. Recent graduate job roles and will be considered. Good performance in additional • Major research partnerships such as the study of YEAR 2 Highers/Advanced Highers will be required. • Editorial Assistant witness testimonies following the 1641 Irish Rebellion, • Language in Society • EFL Teacher A LEVELS with language revealing the social, economic, • Varieties of English • Copywriter cultural and political situation in 17th Century • Introduction to French Linguistics (optional) Standard: • Promotions Assistant Ireland, giving clues on sectarianism today. • Research Officer YEAR 3 BBB Award-winning Sir Duncan Rice Library with top-class Minimum: • Choice of language and linguistic courses at level 3 study facilities and literary treasures collected over Recent graduate employers adding up to at least 90 credits, including: 500 years charting the power of the written word BBC • First and Second Language Acquisition from ancient papyri and Medieval manuscripts • AstraZeneca • Discourse Analysis Adjusted: to contemporary e-books and other media. • Emirates Airline • Phonetics • Moray Council CCC • A packed campus programme of events, exhibitions, • Stylistics • Santander Dissecting Sentences invited speakers and the annual May Festival • • University of Aberdeen For more information on our definition of standard, which attracts internationally acclaimed authors, • Weatherford International minimum and adjusted entry qualifications, please broadcasters and public figures to discuss the see page 51. For more information on widening written and spoken word in various languages. National Student Survey access criteria, see page 52.

• Ranked 1st in Scotland for Linguistics by the 95% overall satisfaction – Discover Uni 2020. For advanced entry and alternative entry National Student Survey (NSS) 2020. requirements see page 58. You may also like SINGLE HONOURS • English – page 130 • MA Language and Linguistics

JOINT HONOURS For joint honours please see pages 226-230.

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University league rankings Entry requirements

Law 6th in the UK for Law – SQA HIGHERS The Complete University Guide 2021. Standard: Law students at the University of Aberdeen have unique opportunities. We have Recent graduate job roles AAAB or AABBB programmes accredited for entry into the legal profession in Scotland, or in The University places a strong emphasis on applied Applicants who have achieved AAAB (or better), are encouraged England, Wales and Northern Ireland. You can also explore other disciplines and to apply and will be considered. Good performance in additional learning and, therefore, our law graduates enjoy high Highers/Advanced Highers may be required. study abroad for a year or a semester. Additionally, our student societies provide employability. A law degree from Aberdeen will help Minimum: social, educational and personal development opportunities which help prepare you enter the legal profession as well as pursue a wide range of alternative careers. Our previous graduates have BBBB you for the working world. We are ranked a top 10 UK Law School by the Complete gone on to work in chartered accountancy, the media, University Guide 2021, The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2021 merchant banking, stockbroking, human resources, Applicants who have achieved BBBB (or are on course to achieve this by the end of S5) are encouraged to apply and will be considered. financial management, the Civil Service, social work, and the Guardian University Guide 2021. Good performance in additional Highers/Advanced Highers teaching, the Inspectorate of Taxes and the police force. will normally be required.

Adjusted: Legal practice Why choose Aberdeen? Example degree structure BBBC In order to practise law, you need to undertake Applicants who have achieved BBBC, and who meet one of the • Aberdeen Law graduates today occupy roles Course information is provided for guidance only and professional qualifications. All our LLB programmes widening access criteria (page 52) are encouraged to apply and will be at the top of Scotland’s legal system. is subject to change. Core or compulsory courses shown are accepted for admission to Scotland’s Diploma in considered. Good performance in additional Highers/Advanced are correct at the time of going to print. Professional Legal Practice. In addition to the above, Highers will be required. Higher English is desirable. N5 English at • Small class sizes and a highly personalised our Law with English Law degree is accepted for C or better is required. learning experience. YEAR 1 admission to England’s Legal Practice course and Bar HNC/HND • Criminal Law Professional Training Course, and Northern Ireland’s • Taught by top legal academics who are shaping An HND in Legal Services may be considered for • Foundations of Private Law Queen’s professional training course. Graduates can go national and international policy. applying to Year 1 of some LLB programmes. For more • Legal System on to work as a solicitor or advocate/barrister in the information visit abdn.ac.uk/study/articulation. • A friendly international environment, studying • Contract Law UK jurisdiction of their choice. alongside classmates from around 40 countries • UK Constitutional Law A LEVELS within the Law School. • Delict and Unjustified Enrichment National Student Survey Standard: • Strong links with local and national employers, YEAR 2 96% overall satisfaction – Discover Uni 2020. with legal professionals regularly giving career ABB • Administrative Law and Civil Liberties talks to students. Accreditations • EU Institutions and Law English is desirable. GCSE in English or English Language at C or better is required. • A high professional employment rate, with our • The Law of Property Courses are accredited by the , law graduates much in demand. • Commercial Organisations and Insolvency the in Scotland, and those with SINGLE HONOURS • Family Law English Law also by the English Solicitors Regulation • Our Aberdeen Law Project, in which law students • Introduction to Legal Theory Authority and Northern Irish Institute of Professional • LLB in Law gain experience by offering free legal advice in the • Succession and Trusts Legal Studies. • LLB in Law (graduate entry, accelerated) community and conducting community projects. • LLB in Law with English Law YEAR 3 You may also like • LLB in Law with English Law (graduate entry, • Our student Law Society, which organises • Evidence accelerated) a busy and varied programme of social, • Commercial and Consumer Contracts • Legal Studies – page 172 • LLB in Law and European Legal Studies educational and supportive events. • Two Honours (Advanced) courses (year abroad) • LLB in Law and English Law and European • Our European Law Students’ Association, YEAR 4 Legal Studies (year abroad) a local branch of a pan-European network. • Four Honours (Advanced) courses • Our Aberdeen Student Law Review, a student-led • Dissertation JOINT HONOURS journal, which publishes our students’ work. For joint honours please see pages 226-230.

• Annual Dinner – a welcome to new LLB For more information on our entry requirements, students and a chance to network with staff, Alumni More course information: visit abdn.ac.uk/study/ug-entry and practitioners. abdn.ac.uk/ug/law

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Entry requirements

Legal Studies See table on page 58 for more information

SQA HIGHERS Law is often seen as a purely vocational subject for those who wish to become Career development Standard: lawyers, but law is interesting and rewarding in its own right. An interdisciplinary field, Legal Studies is concerned with the rules by which society is regulated, and the legal There are many opportunities at the University of AABB Aberdeen to develop your knowledge, gain experience system(s) in which these rules operate. At the University of Aberdeen, you can Applicants who have achieved AABB (or better), are encouraged and build a competitive set of skills to enhance your to apply and will be considered. Good performance in additional combine the study of law with another subject and develop a unique blend of employability. This is essential for your future career Highers/Advanced Highers may be required. success. The Careers Service can help you to plan analytical and intellectual skills and competencies. Whether you pursue a career in Minimum: your career and support your choices throughout public service, business, economics, accountancy or many other fields, a solid your time with us, from first to final year – and beyond. BBB understanding of legal processes will enhance your theoretical knowledge and add Applicants who have achieved BBB (or are on course to achieve this We have strong links with local and national employers, value to your professional portfolio – attributes greatly sought after in the workplace. by the end of S5) are encouraged to apply and will be considered. with professionals regularly giving career talks to students. Good performance in additional Highers/Advanced Highers will Please note that students who wish to enter legal practice should refer to the Law normally be required. We also have 11 law-focused student societies that Adjusted: subject page on pages 170 and 171. are open to Legal Studies students. Our student societies provide social, educational and professional BB development opportunities which help prepare you Applicants who have achieved BB, and who meet one of the Why choose Aberdeen? Example degree structure for the working world. widening access criteria (page 52) are encouraged to apply and will be considered. Good performance in additional • Legal Studies at Aberdeen gives you the benefit Course information is provided for guidance only Recent graduate employers Highers/Advanced Highers will be required. of studying a range of fascinating subjects in a and is subject to change. A LEVELS Law School ranked 6th in the UK by the Complete • American Express University Guide 2021. Core or compulsory courses at time of going • Grampian Assessor and Electoral Registration Officer Standard: to print include: • Scottish Court and Tribunal Service • In contrast to the LLB which stipulates a set menu of • Foundations of Private Law BBB courses required by the law professional regulatory • Legal System National Student Survey Minimum: bodies, Legal Studies allows you the freedom to • Dissertation in Legal Studies or joint degree option choose courses from law and your other disciplines, 96% overall satisfaction – Discover Uni 2020. BBC enabling you to tailor your studies to your interests Optional courses at time of going to print include: Adjusted: and future ambitions. • Contract You may also like • UK Constitutional Law CCC • What makes Legal Studies at Aberdeen especially • Criminal Law • Law – page 170 attractive is the breadth of courses, the user-friendly • Law of Property For more information on our definition of standard, materials you will use and the experts who will • Family Law minimum and adjusted entry qualifications, please teach you. • Energy Law see page 51. For more information on widening access criteria, see page 52. • The intellectual skills you will develop through • Scottish Legal History a Legal Studies degree will include thinking critically, • Business Law • Commercial Organisations and Insolvency For advanced entry and alternative entry analysing and solving complex problems and requirements see page 58. presenting arguments in a clear, reasoned and logical manner – all attributes greatly sought by employers. SINGLE HONOURS • No single honours

JOINT HONOURS For joint honours please see pages 226-230.

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Entry requirements Marine Biology See table on page 64 for more information

SQA HIGHERS YEAR 4 In Marine Biology you learn about the diversity of sea life, from the smallest Standard: plankton to the largest marine mammals, and investigate their evolution, You will carry out a research project and complete ^ advanced courses of your choosing. AABB physiology, ecology and management. You study a range of marine habitats, Applicants who have achieved AABB (or better), are encouraged including sandy beaches, rocky shores, mudflats and estuaries, open ocean We offer advanced courses in Marine Mammalogy, to apply and will be considered. Good performance in additional and the deep sea, in field-based and lab-based practical work. This programme Sustainable Aquaculture, Sustainable Management Highers/Advanced Highers may be required. of Marine Resources and many others. provides you with a strong foundation in biological sciences, principles and Minimum: ^ methodologies, while providing you with expertise in marine science. University league rankings BBB Applicants who have achieved BBB (or are on course to achieve this Top 20 in the UK for Biological Sciences – The Times by the end of S5) are encouraged to apply and will be considered. and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2021. Good performance in additional Highers/Advanced Highers will Why choose Aberdeen? Example degree structure normally be required. Career development Adjusted: • We are recognised internationally for our marine Course information is provided for guidance only and ^ research on harbour seals and dolphins, seabird is subject to change. Core or compulsory courses shown Many career possibilities are open to graduate Marine BB ecology, fisheries management, fish and shark biology, are correct at the time of going to print. Biologists. Employers include fisheries’ laboratories, Applicants who have achieved BB, and who meet one of the the deep sea and marine protected areas. widening access criteria (page 52) are encouraged to apply governmental and non-governmental conservation and will be considered. Good performance in additional YEAR 1 organisations, local government, environmental • In your final year project you benefit from access Highers/Advanced Highers will be required. • Frontiers in Biological Sciences protection agencies and research bodies. There is to our specialist facilities, field stations and • Diversity of Life 1 and 2 a growing demand for marine specialists and a variety research vessels. HNC/HND • Ecology and Environmental Science of companies have arisen as marine legislation and For information on college entry see page 48. • Our programme is rich in hands-on practical sessions, • The Cell regulations increasingly require rigorous environmental where you work directly with organisms, analyse • Oceans and Society audit and monitoring. There are also opportunities A LEVELS samples, and develop both technical and generic in environmental education. Standard: skills useful for a career in biology. YEAR 2 • Genetics, Genomes and Evolution Recent graduate job roles have included: BBB^ • Our links with professional and industrial partners, Biological Enhanced Skills Training (BEST) • Environmental Consultant • Minimum: such as in Aberdeen, The Scottish • Ecology • Laboratory Technician ^ Association for Marine Sciences in Oban and • Principles of Animal Physiology • Offshore Photographer BBC The North Atlantic Fisheries College Marine Centre Project Assistant • Fundamentals in Marine Biology • Adjusted: in Shetland, mean that you benefit from exposure • Research Assistant ^ to policy-makers, practitioners and regulatory One of the following field courses: • Reserve Manager CCC professionals. Many students take advantage • Parasitology of our collaborators’ facilities and expertise for • Coastal Biodiversity Recent graduate employers ^ Including good performance in at least two Mathematics/Science subjects by the end of your senior phase of education. their research projects or placements. • Marine and Fish Population Ecology • Freshwater and Terrestrial Ecology • For more information on our definition of standard, You will have the opportunity to get involved in • • Littoral and Sublittoral Marine Biology • National Marine Mammal Laboratory minimum and adjusted entry qualifications, please our research through summer research assistantships, • Field Biology • Scottish Seabird Centre see page 51. For more information on widening project work and a compulsory final year • Antarctic Survey access criteria, see page 52. research project. YEAR 3 • National Institute for Water and Atmospheric Studies For advanced entry and alternative entry • At our regular careers events you will have the • Statistical Analysis of Biological Data requirements see page 64-65. Graduate employment statistic opportunity to listen to and meet prospective • Animal Evolution and Biodiversity employers from outside the University, giving • Population Ecology SINGLE HONOURS 85% of graduates go on to work and/ you excellent opportunities to get a fulfilling • Marine Ecology and Ecosystems BSc Marine Biology or further study within 15 months – Discover Uni 2020. • and challenging job in a biological field. • Environmental Physiology • Applied Marine Biology, Fisheries and Aquaculture Accreditations

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Entry requirements

Mathematics See tables on pages 58 and 64 for more information

SQA HIGHERS Mathematics is not just about crunching numbers – it is about solving problems Optional courses at time of going to print include: Measure Theory, Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos Standard: and looking for opportunities. Employers are keen to recruit mathematicians because Theory I and II, Financial Mathematics, Optimisation ^ they can think logically and analyse new developments in business, commerce or Theory, Number Theory, Knots, Algebraic Topology, AABB technology, thereby opening up opportunities, especially in the financial sector, Modelling Theory, Geometry. Applicants who have achieved AABB (or better), are encouraged to apply and will be considered. Good performance in additional computing and information technology, geophysics and data analysis. University league rankings Highers/Advanced Highers may be required. Minimum: Top 20 in the UK for Mathematics – BBB^ Why choose Aberdeen? Example degree structure The Complete University Guide 2021. Applicants who have achieved BBB (or are on course to achieve this A great heritage – Mathematics has been taught Course information is provided for guidance only and Recent graduate job roles by the end of S5) are encouraged to apply and will be considered. • Good performance in additional Highers/Advanced Highers will at the University of Aberdeen since 1495. is subject to change. Core or compulsory courses shown normally be required. are correct at the time of going to print. • Academic Rights Adviser • You will benefit from smaller class sizes • Risk Analyst Adjusted: (approximately 25 in honours years) and YEAR 1 • SAR Programmer Biostatistics ^ friendly, approachable staff. • Trainee Accountant BB • Calculus I and II • Trainee Project Scheduler Applicants who have achieved BB, and who meet one of the • We engage you with a challenging syllabus, • Algebra widening access criteria (page 52) are encouraged to apply Set Theory emphasising rigour, taught by leading researchers. • Recent graduate employers and will be considered. Good performance in additional Highers/Advanced Highers will be required. Our notable former staff include Optional course available at time of going to print: • • Anatec A LEVELS Combinatorics, Mathematics and Computations and James Clerk Maxwell. • Deloitte through MATLAB Standard: • Continue your studies in Aberdeen with our • Forum Energy Technologies • Raytheon ^ postgraduate math programmes. These are YEAR 2 BBB available for those who wish to progress • Ofgem • Linear Algebra I and II Minimum: on to further study after graduating. • Analysis I and II National Student Survey BBC^ Optional course available at time of going to print: 91% overall satisfaction – Discover Uni 2020. Adjusted: Probability ^ Joint honours CCC YEAR 3 ^ BSc entry requires good performance in Mathematics and • Group Theory For joint honours please see pages 226-230. one other science subject by the end of your senior phase • Metric and Topological Spaces of education. MA entry requires good performance in • Rings and Fields You may also like Mathematics by the end of your senior phase of education. • Analysis III and IV For more information on our definition of standard, • Differential Equations • Physics – page 198 minimum and adjusted entry qualifications, please see page 51. For more information on widening YEAR 4 access criteria, see page 52. • Galois Theory • Complex Analysis For advanced entry and alternative entry • Project requirements see pages 58 and 64-65.

SINGLE HONOURS • BSc Applied Mathematics • BSc Mathematics BSc +MA • MA Applied Mathematics More course information: Degrees available • MA Mathematics abdn.ac.uk/ug/mathematics

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Medicine MBChB

YEAR 4 Our modern, dynamic and clearly delivered MBChB uses a systems-based, Example degree structure integrated approach. Our curriculum is constantly reviewed and updated Students begin the year with a group-based SSC clinical effectiveness audit. In Year 4, students develop their in response to changing General Medical Council (GMC) guidance, scientific Course information is provided for guidance only and is subject to change. clinical reasoning, diagnostic and management skills for and medical advances, changes in healthcare delivery and changes in both individual patients and patient populations of all educational theory and practice. Student feedback is highly encouraged. YEAR 1 ages, with medical conditions affecting any of the body systems. Students undertake seven six-week clinical You will develop an understanding of medical sciences blocks with indicative thematic titles during which and the disease processes that underpin medicine in experience will be gained in many different clinical both community and hospital settings. There will be Why choose Aberdeen? areas and disciplines. Five horizontal themes also run patient contact from the beginning both in the clinical through the curriculum: diagnostics, end of life care, skills centre and in real clinical settings. The systems You will find an exciting range of clinical • Early patient contact. You will work with our Patient health data science, quality improvement, cost and • based course commences in term 2 where clinical cases attachments on offer at Aberdeen, both locally Partners right from the very start of the programme value of healthcare. act as a focus for your learning. This means we teach and across the Highlands and Islands. Our teaching and clinical attachments begin in Year 1. You will you about the appropriate anatomy, physiology and is delivered across our Foresterhill campus and five find an exciting range of clinical attachments on Students on the Sri Lanka Medical Pathway will biochemistry of each of the body systems as they are Aberdeen based teaching hospitals. Years 1-3 are offer at Aberdeen, both locally and across the complete Year 4 and Year 5 in Sri Lanka. explored, as well as the disease processes that delivered on one of the largest healthcare Highlands and Islands. abdn.ac.uk/sri-lanka disorganise normal structure and function within each campuses in Europe where there are several system. The year ends with a two-week Student hospitals, general practice facilities and world • The Medical Humanities Student Selected YEAR 5 Component (SSC). The SSC in Year 3 gives you Selected Component (SSC). renowned University research facilities. This is an apprentice year where students prepare for the an opportunity to acquire an alternative ‘take’ competent, safe, effective and professional practice of • Taught by experienced clinicians who are at the on medicine and/or health, sickness or disability, YEAR 2 medicine as a doctor. All final year students complete forefront of modern clinical practice and research. which is not provided by the mainstream The systems based teaching continues to develop your student assistantships in their medical, surgical and GP/ medical curriculum. understanding of what you need to know for the psychiatry attachments. The focus of the placement is to • The medical school has very close links with other practice of medicine in both community and hospital learn and practice what will be required post-graduation clinical units in Grampian and the Highlands and • Opportunities for research during your degree settings. A four-week SSC will be undertaken, focusing when you will be working as a new doctor. Islands, in particular Dr Gray’s Hospital, Elgin and through our very active Aberdeen Summer Research on molecular mechanisms of disease. You will also , Inverness. All students Scholarship Programme. You will also have the experience a wide variety of weekly clinical attachments National Student Survey undertake clinical placements outwith Aberdeen opportunity to undertake an additional one year working alongside and shadowing various members of in the remote and rural areas of northern Scotland intercalating BSc Honours or Masters degree. the multi-disciplinary hospital. providing our students with fantastic and unique 99% overall satisfaction – Discover Uni 2020. opportunities to experience healthcare in a • The eight week project in Year 5 gives you the YEAR 3 variety of settings. opportunity to be completely independent in Graduate employment statistic deciding where in the world you would like to go to The systems based course is completed in Year 3. The • Fully equipped clinical skills centres. The Suttie study any aspect of medicine of particular interest. SSC in third year provides a unique opportunity to study 100% of graduates go on to work and/ Centre for Teaching and Learning in Healthcare Medical Humanities for a six week module. A wide range or further study within 15 months – Discover Uni 2020. in Aberdeen and the Centre for Health Science • Two pathways, one MBChB degree. Our Sri Lanka of subjects will be available for students to choose from. in Inverness provide superb facilities. They allow Medical Pathway allows international students the In Year 3, bi-weekly clinical attachments continue and, by Our medicine and dentistry graduates go on to earn Anatomy and Clinical Skills teaching to be co-located, opportunity to gain exposure of two healthcare the end of the year, you will be able to perform a more than graduates from any other UK University. giving students the opportunity to integrate and systems by spending time in both Aberdeen and complete head-to-toe examination of your patients. Source: Department for Education LEO (published 2019) consolidate anatomical structure and function with Sri Lanka whilst gaining a UK medical degree. – median earnings 1 year after graduation. clinical knowledge as they progress through the • Ranked 1st in the UK for Medicine by the National MBChB curriculum. Accreditations Student Survey (NSS) 2020. General Medical Council

University League Rankings

2nd in the UK for Medicine – More course information: The Guardian University Guide 2021. abdn.ac.uk/ug/medicine

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Minimum entry requirements

Medicine MBChB (continued) Competition for places to study Medicine each year Please note that any offer of a place made to an is high. We strongly advise you to find out more applicant undertaking S6 studies will be a conditional about Aberdeen’s academic and non-academic offer. Each application is considered individually when requirements at our website Career development abdn.ac.uk/medicine setting these conditions, but a typical condition is BBB. Successful completion of the Foundation Year One programme is normally achieved within 12 months and is Achieving the minimum academic requirements * For further information on how we address At the end of the undergraduate programme you’ll marked by the award of a Certificate of Experience. You allows an application to be considered for selection widening access to medicine, please visit our website receive your degree. The General Medical Council (GMC) will then be eligible to apply for full registration with the but does not offer a guarantee of success. Successful abdn.ac.uk/medicine approves your university’s degree as a primary medical General Medical Council. You need full registration with candidates normally achieve the minimum academic qualification (PMQ). This is important because, provided a licence to practise for unsupervised medical practice in requirements or better at the first sitting. We do not General Certificate of Education (GCE) there are no concerns about your fitness to practise, a the NHS or private practice in the UK. normally consider applicants who are re-sitting their 3 A Levels at AAA. Chemistry is required plus one PMQ entitles you to provisional registration with the examinations to upgrade results unless there have GMC for a licence to practise medicine in the UK. from Biology, Mathematics or Physics, and one There is some discussion about whether to remove been very exceptional extenuating circumstances. other subject. provisional registration for newly qualified doctors. The GMC is introducing a Medical Licensing Assessment If this happens then UK graduates will receive full All applicants must hold a National 5 pass at grade B Irish Leaving Certificate Ardteistimeireacht (ILC) – the MLA. The MLA will create a demonstration that or GCSE at grade 6 (or equivalent) in English Language registration as soon as they have successfully anyone obtaining registration with a licence to practise and Mathematics. Three Higher Level subjects at Grade H1 to include completed their UK PMQ. It should be noted that it is medicine in the UK has met a common threshold for safe Chemistry, Biology and one other subject and three very likely that UK graduates will still need to apply for practice. To obtain a PMQ, graduates from 2024 onwards Candidates whose first language is not English must Higher Level subjects at Grade H2 including English a training programme similar to the current Foundation and either Mathematics or Physics, plus one other will need to have a degree that includes a pass in both also achieve an IELTS overall score of 7.0 with Programme and that places on this programme may not subject. Grade B or better is required in English, parts of the MLA. One part will be a test of applied a minimum of 7.0 in the speaking section. be guaranteed for every UK graduate. Mathematics and Science in the Irish Junior Certificate knowledge (the AKT), set by the GMC and held at your (Higher Level). medical school. The other will be an assessment of your Scottish Qualifications (SQA) Although this information is currently correct, students clinical and professional skills delivered by your medical Five full academic courses to be taken at one sitting need to be aware that regulations in this area may change Universities Clinical Aptitude Test (UCAT) school (the CPSA). Each school’s CPSA must meet are the normal SQA entry requirements. Chemistry is from time to time. The University of Aberdeen Medical School uses GMC-set quality assurance requirements. The MLA will required plus two from Biology/Human Biology, the Universities Clinical Aptitude Test (UCAT) to test what doctors are likely to encounter in early practice Mathematics and Physics and two further subjects. help select applicants for the undergraduate medical and what’s essential for safe practice. Standard Entry – AAAAB programme. All candidates must complete the Adjusted Entry* – AAAB UCAT by the appropriate closing date for that It intentionally will not cover the whole of a medical year’s entry. For more information, visit ucat.ac.uk. school curriculum. So, you will also need to meet the Applicants should check with the medical admissions University of Aberdeen’s degree requirements. office if subject clarification is required. Transfers from other degrees You can find out more about the MLA for UK students Transfer of students from another degree course into at gmc-uk.org/mla. Applicants only attempting four Highers owing to Medicine is not considered. Undergraduates enrolled school policy or personal difficulties are required in other degree programmes are advised to complete Provisional registration is time limited to a maximum of to contact the medical admissions office for their current degrees and apply as graduates. three years and 30 days (1125 days in total). After this further advice. time period your provisional registration will normally Gateway2Medicine expire. Provisionally registered doctors can only practise The Admissions Committee will not normally Our Gateway2Medicine (G2M) programme offers in approved Foundation Year One posts: the law does consider applications to Medical School directly young people from a widening access background in not allow provisionally registered doctors to undertake from S5. Candidates who have achieved the Scotland the opportunity to study medicine. any other type of work. To obtain a Foundation Year entrance requirements, ie five full academic courses Our partnership with North East Scotland College One post you will need to apply during the final year of at AAAAB or better in S5 are free to choose a (NESCOL) provides an accessible and supportive your undergraduate programme though the UK programme of study which is of particular interest route into medicine, enabling applicants to reach Foundation Programme Office selection scheme, to them. Candidates are expected to complete three their full potential and achieve their dream of which allocates these posts to graduates on a full courses of study in S6. Normally candidates becoming a doctor. For more information on the competitive basis. All suitably qualified UK graduates undertake at least 2 Advanced Highers and one Higher programme including entry requirements please visit: have found a place on the Foundation Year One in a new subject.  abdn.ac.uk/ug/gateway2medicine programme, but this cannot be guaranteed, for instance if there were to be an increased number of competitive Candidates who do not meet the requirements in applications from non-UK graduates. S5 may be considered but must offer an appropriate programme of study in S6 and advice should be sought from the medical admissions office. More course information: abdn.ac.uk/ug/medicine

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Entry requirements Microbiology See table on page 64 for more information

SQA HIGHERS

Microbiology is the study of bacteria, yeasts, and viruses. Microorganisms have Career development Standard: a huge impact on human activity, from microbial pathogenicity, through food AABB^ production, to the generation of modern medicines using biotechnology and Graduates work in settings such as: Hospital research and diagnostic laboratories, Applicants who have achieved AABB (or better), are encouraged synthetic biology. Microbiology at Aberdeen is studied at the level of protein microbiology research in the biotechnology, to apply and will be considered. Good performance in additional Highers/Advanced Highers may be required. and gene (molecular biology), at the level of the cell (cell biology and physiology), pharmaceutical, food and brewing industries, and at the level of the microbial community. clinical trials, scientific publishing, public health Minimum: service, and food regulatory services. BBB^ Recent graduate employers Applicants who have achieved BBB (or are on course to achieve this by the end of S5) are encouraged to apply and will be considered. Why choose Aberdeen? Example degree structure Good performance in additional Highers/Advanced Highers will • Biotechnologist normally be required. • Teaching that draws from several subjects Course information is provided for guidance only and • Cell Culture Technician Adjusted: including Biochemistry, Genetics and Immunology. is subject to change. Core or compulsory courses shown • Marie Curie Researcher are correct at the time of going to print. • Research Scientist BB^ • Microbiology at Aberdeen is taught by a range of world-leading microbiologists based in the Institute Applicants who have achieved BB, and who meet one of the YEAR 1 National Student Survey widening access criteria (page 52) are encouraged to apply of Medical Sciences, a dedicated research facility. • Introduction to Medical Sciences and will be considered. Good performance in additional 100% of students say that staff are good at Highers/Advanced Highers will be required. • Among the University’s Microbiologists are members • The Cell • Chemistry for the Life Sciences 1 and 2 explaining things – Discover Uni 2020. of the Aberdeen Fungal Group, a significant centre HNC/HND for medical mycology in the UK with a focus on the Graduate employment statistic For information on college entry see page 48. biology of fungal pathogens and model organisms. YEAR 2 • Genes and Evolution 85% of graduates go on to work and/or A LEVELS • You will have opportunities for gaining (paid) • Molecular Biology of the Gene further study within 15 months – Discover Uni 2020. experience in industry. • Foundation Skills for Medical Sciences Standard: ^ • Energy for Life You may also like • Microbes, Infection and Immunity BBB • Research Skills for Medical Sciences Minimum: • Genetics – page 146 ^ • Biomedical Sciences – page 90 YEAR 3 BBC • Immunology – page 164 Adjusted: Molecular Biology of the Cell • • Biochemistry – page 84 ^ • Molecular Microbiology CCC

YEAR 4 ^ Including good performance in at least two Mathematics/Science subjects by the end of your senior phase of education. • Honours Microbiology Option 1 and 2 • Honours Advanced Molecular Biology For more information on our definition of standard, • Microbiology Honours Research Project minimum and adjusted entry qualifications, please see page 51. For more information on widening access criteria, see page 52.

For advanced entry and alternative entry requirements see page 64-65.

SINGLE HONOURS • BSc Microbiology • MSci Microbiology with Industrial Placement (for entry requirements see page 67)

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Modern Languages and Translation Entry requirements and Interpreting Studies See table on page 58 for more information SQA HIGHERS If you like to travel, enjoy meeting people from other cultures and you plan to work YEAR 4 Standard: with your chosen languages in your future career, this challenging programme is for • Language 1 core and Language 2 core • Advanced Translation Skills Language 1 AABB you. This degree can help you develop high-level communication needed to carve • Advanced Interpreting Skills Language 1 out a career in this expanding market. This programme gives you the opportunity Applicants who have achieved AABB (or better), are encouraged to apply and will be considered. Good performance in additional to develop specific knowledge in translation and interpreting. It is an applied degree Students will also choose from the following Highers/Advanced Highers may be required. optional courses: designed with the needs of future translators and interpreters in mind. • Dissertation/Translation Project Minimum: • Consecutive and Simultaneous BBB • Translation Practice • Advanced Translation Skills Applicants who have achieved BBB (or are on course to achieve this Why choose Aberdeen? Example degree structure by the end of S5) are encouraged to apply and will be considered. Good performance in additional Highers/Advanced Highers will • You will get the opportunity to immerse yourself Course information is provided for guidance only and is Teaching and assessment normally be required. in your chosen languages, as this four-year subject to change. Core or compulsory courses shown Adjusted: programme requires you to live and study at are correct at the time of going to print. Teaching takes the form of lectures, small group least two semesters abroad. seminars, oral classes and intensive practical translation BB YEAR 1 and interpreting work. Assessment is by a combination • You will develop a high level of proficiency in two of assignments, exams, oral assessment and continuous Applicants who have achieved BB, and who meet one of the • Language 1 core and Language 2 core widening access criteria (page 52) are encouraged to apply languages, combining it with advanced transferable assessment. • Introduction to Translation and Interpreting Studies and will be considered. Good performance in additional skills. In most cases, this will be reinforced with • Working with texts Highers/Advanced Highers will be required. the practical experience gained from employment Career development • English structure and use or from studying at a university during the A LEVELS • Introduction to Literature and Culture in Language 1 period abroad. Language degree graduates have many career Standard: • Introduction to Literature and Culture in Language 2 opportunities available to them. This programme • The combination of academic and vocational also opens the way to postgraduate study and YEAR 2 BBB elements will open up many employment then to specific job roles such as the following: Minimum: opportunities due to the transferable skills acquired. • Language 1 core and Language 2 core • In-house translator • Theory of Translation and Interpreting • Freelance translator and interpreter BBC • Ranked 1st in Scotland by the National Student • Introduction to Bilateral Interpreting • Proofreader Adjusted: Survey (NSS) 2020. • Literature and Culture in Language 1 • Teaching and educational professional • Literature and Culture in Language 2 CCC University league rankings YEAR 3 For more information on our definition of standard, • Year of study/work placement abroad 3rd in the UK for Linguistics – The Times and Sunday minimum and adjusted entry qualifications, please Times Good University Guide 2021. see page 51. For more information on widening access criteria, see page 52.

For advanced entry and alternative entry requirements see page 58.

SINGLE HONOURS • MA Modern Languages and Translation and Interpretation Studies

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Entry requirements Molecular Biology See table on page 64 for more information

SQA HIGHERS

Molecular biology is one of the great successes of 20th Century science. Recent graduate job roles Standard: It has revolutionised our understanding of biology, and led to the development AABB^ of genetic engineering; the development of which continues to have broad • Business Planning Coordinator • Cell Culture Technician Applicants who have achieved AABB (or better), are encouraged impacts on healthcare, agriculture and food production. Recent innovations in • Clinical Trials Assistant to apply and will be considered. Good performance in additional Highers/Advanced Highers may be required. molecular biology include the technology behind genome engineering, which • Medical Laboratory Assistant will have broad and lasting impacts on biology and medicine. • Research Assistant Minimum: • Veterinary Assistant BBB^ Why choose Aberdeen? Example degree structure Recent graduate employers Applicants who have achieved BBB (or are on course to achieve this by the end of S5) are encouraged to apply and will be considered. You will receive teaching in the cutting edge fields Course information is provided for guidance only and Good performance in additional Highers/Advanced Highers will • • Cell ProTx normally be required. of genome analysis and bioinformatics through the is subject to change. Core or compulsory courses are • Adjusted: Centre of Genome-Enabled Biology and Medicine shown which are correct at the time of going to print. • Pharmaceutical Product Development at the University. • ^ YEAR 1 BB • The programme has a strong emphasis on medical Applicants who have achieved BB, and who meet one of the • Introduction to Medical Sciences National Student Survey and human genetics. widening access criteria (page 52) are encouraged to apply • Chemistry for the Life Sciences 1 and 2 and will be considered. Good performance in additional Highers/Advanced Highers will be required. • Opportunities for gaining (paid) experience in • The Cell 100% overall satisfaction (Genetics) – industry are available to you throughout the Discover Uni 2020. HNC/HND degree programme. YEAR 2 • Genes and Evolution Graduate employment statistic For information on college entry see page 48. • Molecular Biology of the Gene • Foundation Skills for Medical Sciences 90% of graduates go on to work and/or A LEVELS further study within 15 months (Molecular Biology, • Energy For Life Standard: Biophysics and Biochemistry) – Discover Uni 2020. • Microbes, Infection and Immunity ^ • Research Skills for Medical Sciences BBB You may also like Minimum: YEAR 3 ^ • Microbiology – page 182 • Molecular Biology of the Cell BBC • Genetics – page 146 • The Molecular Control of Cell Function Adjusted: • Genetics CCC^

YEAR 4 ^ Including good performance in at least two Mathematics/Science • Honours Genetics Option 1 subjects by the end of your senior phase of education. • Honours Advanced Molecular Biology For more information on our definition of standard, • Molecular Biology Honours Research Project minimum and adjusted entry qualifications, please • Honours Biochemistry Option 2 see page 51. For more information on widening access criteria, see page 52.

For advanced entry and alternative entry requirements see page 64-65.

SINGLE HONOURS • BSc Molecular Biology • MSci Molecular Biology with Industrial Placement (for entry requirements see page 67)

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Entry requirements

Music SQA HIGHERS A LEVELS ABBB* BBB** The University of Aberdeen provides a wonderful opportunity to develop alongside Recent graduate job roles IB POINTS world-renowned composers, community musicians, educators, musicologists and • Choir Director (including at least a Grade 6 researchers working in all genres, styles, periods and settings. Music has been part at Music at HL*) • Community Learning and Development Worker 32 of Aberdeen’s Heritage for 500 years, making it a very strong subject area where • Music Director * In four distinct disciplines (Music cannot be double traditional and contemporary influences combine. You can perform in the beautiful • Professional Performer counted). Music at Higher Grade A preferred. King’s College Chapel and choose from a wide range of ensembles and choirs to • Secondary School Teacher **Minimum of 3 A Levels at BBB. Music A Level at • Music Therapist help you develop your talents. Wide ranging careers include Composition, Community minimum Grade B. Minimum of 3 additional • Music Publishing GCSE passes. Music, Cultural Industries, Classroom Teaching and Orchestral Performance. • Broadcasting As well as further postgraduate studies at leading For more information on our entry requirements, universities and conservatoires across the world. visit abdn.ac.uk/study/ug-entry YEAR 3 Why choose Aberdeen? Recent graduate employers Music qualifications for entry to BMus • In Year 3 you will chose from a wide variety of Candidates should demonstrate both musical optional courses including Composition, German Art • Academic staff who are internationally recognised attainment and potential. Candidates should have Song, Tango Music, Conducting and Performance. • Aberdeenshire Council in composition and musicology. • Novello Music Publishers Grade VIII Associated Board (or equivalent) in their main instrument/voice or show great potential and • Wonderful collection of historic instruments YEAR 4 • Classic FM • Ocean Youth Trust intend to take Grade VIII. Musical skills are assessed at including a 1771 Kirkman harpsichord, eighteenth In Year 4 you will write a dissertation and choose • • Royal Central School of Speech and Drama interview, at which competence on piano will need to century violins, a full Balinese Gamelan, steel from courses such as Renaissance Counterpoint, • Scottish Chamber Orchestra be demonstrated for those intending to take Music pans and an Aubertin pipe organ of Contemporary European Opera and Sound Design • Scottish Ensemble Education. Further information about the interview international distinction. for New Media. • Scottish Opera process is available via abdn.ac.uk/ug/music. A flexible degree enabling our students to find • BBC Applicants from outside the UK must also meet the • Entry to honours programmes a balance of musical knowledge, compositional • Drake Music Scotland above performance requirement. technique and performance skills. Students apply for one of the three programmes at Foundation Apprenticeships Please note: for entry to the BMus Music Education • A multi-channel electroacoustic/sonic arts point of entry, though admissions to the BMus Music programme: National 5 Mathematics, or Applications studio and research centre. Education degree is only finalised during the third year The University recognises that Skills Development of Mathematics (previously known as Lifeskills of study. Entry to BMus with Honours depends on Scotland, alongside other partners, is working with Mathematics) at grade C or above; Standard Grade 1 • A range of scholarships and special support satisfactory progress during core study years prior industry to increase the range of work-based learning or 2; or GCSE Mathematics at grade 4 (previously for outstanding students. to this. Entry to the BMus Music Education involves opportunities for pupils in the senior phase of grade C) or above, or equivalent, is required. Higher an interview and assessment of keyboard skills, secondary schools. The development of Foundation English at grade C or above, or GCSE English Language Example degree structure and candidates must meet the GTCS requirements Apprenticeships is one such initiative and this AND English Literature at grade 4 (previously grade C) which include SQA Higher/ESOL grade award at qualification will be considered alongside Highers or equivalent are required. Course information is provided for guidance only and band C or above in English, and National 5 across a range of degree programmes. is subject to change. Core or compulsory courses Mathematics or equivalent. HNC/HND shown are correct at the time of going to print. Graduate employment statistic A Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) check For information on college entry see page 48. YEAR 1 will be conducted for those students choosing 100% of graduates go on to work and/or SINGLE HONOURS • Performance 1 and 2 the BMus Music Education during their third year. further study within 15 months – Discover Uni 2020. • Key Moments • BMus Music BMus Community Music • Digital Musicianship Music can also be studied as minor honours in the University league rankings • • Music Theory and Harmony MA – relevant MA entry requirements are applicable. • BMus Music Education See table on page 58 for more information. 3rd in Scotland for Music – The Times and JOINT HONOURS YEAR 2 Sunday Times Good University Guide 2021. • Introduction to Musicology 10th in the UK for Music – For joint honours please see pages 226-230. • Analysing Music The Guardian University Guide 2021. More course information: abdn.ac.uk/ug/music

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Neuroscience with Psychology Entry requirements See table on page 64 for more information

SQA HIGHERS Neuroscience is the study of nerve cells and how they work together. By unravelling University league rankings Standard: the mysteries of normal brain function, Neuroscience promotes our understanding ^ of the devastating neurodegenerative illnesses of the brain which afflict the lives 4th in Scotland and 6th in the UK for Anatomy AABB and Physiology – The Times and Sunday Times of so many people. Applicants who have achieved AABB (or better), are encouraged Good University Guide 2021. to apply and will be considered. Good performance in additional Highers/Advanced Highers may be required. Recent graduate job roles Minimum: Why choose Aberdeen? Example degree structure ^ • Neuroscientist BBB • Research Assistant • The University has a strong research base in Course information is provided for guidance only and Applicants who have achieved BBB (or are on course to achieve this • Researcher Neuroscience where the behaviour of nerve cells is is subject to change. Core or compulsory courses shown by the end of S5) are encouraged to apply and will be considered. • Science Technician studied primarily at the molecular and cellular level. are correct at the time of going to print. Good performance in additional Highers/Advanced Highers will • Trainee Clinical Neurophysiologist normally be required. • You will benefit from courses in both human YEAR 1 Adjusted: and animal neuropsychology. Recent graduate employers • Introduction to Medical Sciences BB^ • The degree provides the opportunity to study • Introductory Psychology 1 and 2 • deCODE Genetics • Chemistry for the Life Sciences 1 and 2 Applicants who have achieved BB, and who meet one of the courses in medical sciences, neuroscience and • Ninewells Hospital widening access criteria (page 52) are encouraged to apply psychology in an integrated programme. • The Cell • Roche and will be considered. Good performance in additional • Southport College Highers/Advanced Highers will be required. • Neuroscientists at Aberdeen discovered that the YEAR 2 A LEVELS brain produces its own morphine-like substances • Physiology of Human Cells National Student Survey (the endorphins) and made the first chemical • Foundation Skills for Medical Sciences Standard: and neuropharmacological characterisation • Advanced Psychology A and B: Concepts and Theory 100% overall satisfaction – Discover Uni 2020. ^ of these substances. • Physiology of Human Organ Systems BBB • Research Skills for Medical Sciences You may also like Minimum: ^ YEAR 3 • Psychology – page 208 BBC • Perception Adjusted: • Biological Psychology ^ • Neurophysiology Research Topics CCC • Neurophysiology and Neuropharmacology ^ Including good performance in at least two Mathematics/Science • Cognitive Neuroscience subjects by the end of your senior phase of education.

YEAR 4 For more information on our definition of standard, • Brain Function and Malfunction minimum and adjusted entry qualifications, please • Advanced Molecules, Membranes and Cells see page 51. For more information on widening • Developmental Neuroscience access criteria, see page 52. • Neuroscience Research Project – the opportunity to carry out cutting-edge laboratory-based or For advanced entry and alternative entry literature-based scientific research requirements see page 64-65. SINGLE HONOURS • BSc Neuroscience with Psychology • MSci Neuroscience with Psychology with Industrial Placement (for entry requirements see page 67)

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Entry requirements Pharmacology See table on page 64 for more information

SQA HIGHERS YEAR 4 This degree programme aims to instil a broad base of knowledge about drugs at Standard: the molecular, cellular, tissue and systems level. Additionally, you will gain an • Advanced Molecules, Membranes and Cells ^ • Molecular Pharmacology AABB in-depth understanding of selected aspects of Pharmacology, which reflect the • Current Topics in Pharmacological Research Applicants who have achieved AABB (or better), are encouraged research expertise and strengths of the School e.g. neuropharmacology, cancer • Pharmacology Projects to apply and will be considered. Good performance in additional and toxicology. By embedding an array of modern and relevant laboratory classes Highers/Advanced Highers may be required. University league rankings throughout, the programme also equips graduates with the skills necessary to Minimum: ^ succeed in this very practical discipline. Top 20 in the UK for Pharmacology and Pharmacy – BBB The Complete University Guide 2021. Applicants who have achieved BBB (or are on course to achieve this As part of the five-year MSci degree, you’ll undertake a year’s placement by the end of S5) are encouraged to apply and will be considered. Recent graduate job roles Good performance in additional Highers/Advanced Highers will in an industrial, commercial or research environment and graduate with an normally be required. undergraduate Masters degree (MSci) instead of a BSc. • Assistant Scientist Adjusted: • Clinical Research Associate Trainee ^ • Clinical Safety Scientist BB • Publications Assistant Applicants who have achieved BB, and who meet one of the Why choose Aberdeen? Example degree structure widening access criteria (page 52) are encouraged to apply • Technical Officer and will be considered. Good performance in additional • Our research-led approach delivers a modern, Course information is provided for guidance only and Highers/Advanced Highers will be required. Recent graduate employers relevant and cutting edge programme, equipping is subject to change. Core or compulsory courses shown HNC/HND graduates with the experience and skills required are correct at the time of going to print. • GSK for success in pharmacology (and other) careers. For information on college entry see page 48. Moredun Scientific YEAR 1 • • You will receive cutting edge, applicable training • NHS A LEVELS • Introduction to Medical Sciences and practical experience in classical pharmacology, • Utrecht University • Introduction to the Science of Sport, Standard: toxicology and cell and molecular pharmacology. Exercise and Health National Student Survey BBB^ • Pharmacology teaching at the University was graded • Chemistry for the Life Sciences 1 and 2 Minimum: ‘Excellent’ in the last Teaching Quality Assessment. • The Cell 91% thought staff were good at explaining things – Discover Uni 2020. BBC^ • Pharmacologists at the University of Aberdeen have YEAR 2 Adjusted: been involved in fundamental scientific discoveries, • Physiology of Human Cells You may also like ^ such as morphine-like and cannabis-like substances • Molecular Biology of the Gene CCC in the brain. • Foundation Skills for Medical Sciences • Biomedical Sciences – page 90 • Physiology of Human Organ Systems ^ Including good performance in at least two Mathematics/Science Award winning research on opioids and cannabinoids subjects by the end of your senior phase of education. • • Energy for Life was carried out by world-renowned Professors • Research Skills for Medical Sciences For more information on our definition of standard, Kosterlitz and Pertwee at the University. minimum and adjusted entry qualifications, please YEAR 3 see page 51. For more information on widening • The University of Aberdeen is recognised as a “site access criteria, see page 52. of scientific significance relating to pharmacology” • Biochemical Pharmacology and Toxicology by the British Pharmacological Society. • Cardiovascular Physiology and Pharmacology For advanced entry and alternative entry • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology requirements see page 64-65. • The University of Aberdeen Pharmacology • Mechanisms of Disease and Principles of curriculum has been carefully developed and Chemotherapy SINGLE HONOURS aligned with the Undergraduate Pharmacology • BSc Pharmacology Core Curriculum published by the British • MSci Pharmacology with Industrial Placement Pharmacological Society in 2016. (for entry requirements see page 67) JOINT HONOURS More course information: For joint honours please see pages 226-230. abdn.ac.uk/ug/pharmacology

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Entry requirements

Philosophy See table on page 58 for more information

SQA HIGHERS Philosophy at Aberdeen is all about gaining crucial reasoning skills by addressing YEAR 4 Standard: The Big Questions. In Philosophy we focus on key concepts and arguments and • Philosophy Dissertation • 60 credit points from courses of choice AABB how they are applied to a wide variety of questions of fundamental importance (a broad range of options including Sex, Race to human life. You will build intellectual skills to a high level and gain experience and Disability; Ancient Ethics; Metaphysics of Applicants who have achieved AABB (or better), are encouraged to apply and will be considered. Good performance in additional which will enhance your career options. Possibility; Knowledge, Power and Society) Highers/Advanced Highers may be required. What makes Philosophy at Aberdeen especially attractive is the breadth of courses, Recent graduate job roles Minimum: BBB the experts who will teach you and the distinctive co-curricular activities we offer. • DPhil Candidate Philosophy In your first year you will take courses such as How Should One Live?, Controversial • Management Systems Coordinator Applicants who have achieved BBB (or are on course to achieve this Parliamentary Adviser by the end of S5) are encouraged to apply and will be considered. Questions, and Experience, Knowledge, and Reality. You will go on to study moral • Good performance in additional Highers/Advanced Highers will • Senior Policy Adviser normally be required. philosophy, metaphysics and epistemology (the nature of knowledge), philosophy • Digest Writer of science and of religion, and the history of philosophy. Adjusted: Recent graduate employers BB • Applicants who have achieved BB, and who meet one of the Why choose Aberdeen? Example degree structure widening access criteria (page 52) are encouraged to apply • VICE Media and will be considered. Good performance in additional • House of Commons Highers/Advanced Highers will be required. • The Aberdeen Philosophy in Education Group (APEG) Course information is provided for guidance only and • Cabinet Office trains students to discuss philosophical questions is subject to change. Core or compulsory courses shown • Global Area Institute HNC/HND with local primary and secondary school pupils. are correct at the time of going to print. For information on college entry see page 48. University league rankings • Highly supportive learning environment led by YEAR 1 approachable and research-active faculty. A LEVELS • Experience, Knowledge and Reality 2nd in Scotland and 12th in the UK for Philosophy – • Famous philosophers who worked at the University • Controversial Questions The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2021. Standard: include Thomas Reid, founder of the 18th Century • How Should One Live? Scottish School of Common Sense Philosophy, • Logic and Argument National Student Survey BBB and , who helped lay the foundations Minimum: for modern scientific psychology. YEAR 2 91% overall satisfaction – Discover Uni 2020. • Feminist Philosophy BBC Graduate employment statistic • The skills you learn in Philosophy – for example, • What We Are: Mind in a Physical World Adjusted: to think and write clearly, to explain complex ideas, • Metaphysics and Epistemology to challenge orthodoxy – lend themselves to • Facts and Values 90% of graduates go on to work and/or CCC many careers. further study within 15 months – Discover Uni 2020. YEAR 3 For more information on our definition of standard, • The spectacular, award-winning Sir Duncan Rice You may also like minimum and adjusted entry qualifications, please 90 credit points of level 3 Philosophy courses Library offers superb collections, including early • see page 51. For more information on widening (a broad range of options including Philosophy of printed works of natural philosophy and medicine, • PPE (Philosophy, Politics and Economics) – page 196 access criteria, see page 52. the archives of Thomas Reid, and records of the Time; Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason; Scepticism; Free Will and Moral Responsibility) Aberdeen Philosophical Society. For advanced entry and alternative entry 30 credits from courses of choice • requirements see page 58.

SINGLE HONOURS • MA Philosophy

JOINT HONOURS More course information: For joint honours please see pages 226-230. abdn.ac.uk/ug/philosophy

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Philosophy, Politics and Economics Entry requirements (PPE) See table on page 58 for more information SQA HIGHERS This joint honours degree will be of interest to students who are intrigued by Example degree structure Standard: social and political studies and the humanities. Course information is provided for guidance only and AABB Due to the strong connections among the three different disciplines, the knowledge is subject to change. Core or compulsory courses shown Applicants who have achieved AABB (or better), are encouraged and skills acquired in each reinforce those gained in the others. As a student, you will are correct at the time of going to print. to apply and will be considered. Good performance in additional Highers/Advanced Highers may be required. not only come to a broader understanding of modern societies, political institutions YEAR 1 Minimum: and economic policies, but you will also gain insight into the philosophical theories • Politics & International Relations 1: that drive crucial decisions made by businesses and governments. Democracy and Governance BBB • The Economics of Business and Society Applicants who have achieved BBB (or are on course to achieve this This degree is especially suitable for students aiming for a career in politics, • Controversial Questions by the end of S5) are encouraged to apply and will be considered. finance and the media. • Experience, Knowledge and Reality Good performance in additional Highers/Advanced Highers will • The Global Economy normally be required. • How Should One Live? Adjusted:

YEAR 2 BB • Ideas and Ideologies in Politics and Applicants who have achieved BB, and who meet one of the International Relations widening access criteria (page 52) are encouraged to apply Intermediate Microeconomics and will be considered. Good performance in additional • Highers/Advanced Highers will be required. • Global Politics: Equality and Inequality • Intermediate Macroeconomics A LEVELS

Standard: YEAR 3 • 60 credit points from level 3 courses in Philosophy BBB and 30 credit points from level 3 courses in Minimum: Economics, plus 30 credit points from level 3 courses in Politics. BBC Adjusted: YEAR 4 • 30 credit points from level 4 courses in each CCC of Economics, Philosophy and Politics plus a dissertation in either Economics or Philosophy. For more information on our definition of standard, minimum and adjusted entry qualifications, please University league rankings see page 51. For more information on widening access criteria, see page 52. 4th in Scotland and 17th in the UK for Economics – The Complete University Guide 2021 For advanced entry and alternative entry 12th in the UK for Philosophy – The Times and requirements see page 58. Sunday Times Good University Guide 2021 SINGLE HONOURS You may also like • MA Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE)

• Philosophy – page 194 • Politics and International Relations – page 204 • Economics – page 112

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Entry requirements Physics See table on page 64 for more information

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Physics challenges our imaginations with concepts like relativity and string theory, University league rankings Standard: and it leads to great discoveries about how the world works. Discoveries in Physics AABB^ make possible technological innovations like transistors, the microchip, computers 7th in the UK for Physics – The Guardian University Guide 2021. Applicants who have achieved AABB (or better), are encouraged and lasers, which in turn change our lives. Physics encompasses the study of the to apply and will be considered. Good performance in additional Highers/Advanced Highers may be required. universe from the largest galaxies to the smallest subatomic particles. Recent graduate job roles Minimum: • Graduate Engineer ^ • Graduate Systems Engineer BBB Why choose Aberdeen? Example degree structure • Trainee Clinical Scientist Applicants who have achieved BBB (or are on course to achieve this by the end of S5) are encouraged to apply and will be considered. • Trainee Software Developer The department of Physics at the University of Course information is provided for guidance only and Good performance in additional Highers/Advanced Highers will • normally be required. Aberdeen has a long and illustrious history, and is subject to change. Core or compulsory courses shown National Student Survey former staff include great physicists such as are correct at the time of going to print. Adjusted: James Clerk Maxwell and G.P. Thomson. 94% overall satisfaction – Discover Uni 2020. ^ YEAR 1 BB • We offer a modern, modular degree structure with Applicants who have achieved BB, and who meet one of the • The Physical Universe A Graduate employment statistic a broad syllabus and a wide range of degree choices. widening access criteria (page 52) are encouraged to apply • The Physical Universe B and will be considered. Good performance in additional Highers/Advanced Highers will be required. • Long tradition of teaching physical sciences 85% of graduates go on to work and/or combined with modern facilities. YEAR 2 further study within 15 months – Discover Uni 2020. HNC/HND • Light Science • Emphasis placed on teaching employability and • Dynamical Phenomena Accreditations For information on college entry see page 48. development of generic skills, useful in a wide • Practical Optics and Electronics range of careers. • Relativity and Quantum Mechanics Accredited by the Institute of Physics A LEVELS Standard: • We also offer a broad-based, less mathematical YEAR 3 degree in Physical Sciences that allows the BBB^ combination of Physics courses with a wide • Energy and Matter Minimum: choice of other subjects. • Introduction to the Solid State What’s the difference • Research and Computing Skills BBC^ • We are engaged in a wide range of research areas • Advanced Practical Skills Adjusted: within core physics and interdisciplinary applications. • Quantum Mechanics betwen BSc Physics and Covered topics range from the fundamental nature • Electricity and Magnetism CCC^ of the universe and the complexity of materials to MA Natural Philosophy? YEAR 4 ^ Both the BSc in Physics and the MA in Natural Philosophy require understanding cells, spread of infections and society. Our MA (Arts) Natural Philosophy students will study the Project good performance in Mathematics and Physics by the end of your • same courses as our BSc (Science) Physics students but senior phase of education. • Case Studies in the Physical Sciences must also study a number of Philosophy related courses. Statistical Physics and Stochastic Systems For more information on our definition of standard, • In Year 4, MA Natural Philosophy students may have the minimum and adjusted entry qualifications, please opportunity to complete their dissertation in Philosophy see page 51. For more information on widening related topics. access criteria, see page 52. For advanced entry and alternative entry requirements see pages 58 and 64-65.

SINGLE HONOURS • BSc Physics • BSc Physical Sciences • MA Natural Philosophy BSc +MA JOINT HONOURS More course information: Degrees available For joint honours please see pages 226-230. abdn.ac.uk/ug/physics

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Entry requirements Physiology See table on page 64 for more information

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Physiology is the study of how the body works. It involves using University league rankings Standard: an understanding of biological process at the most basic level AABB^ to explain how a cell, tissue, whole organ or entire body functions. 4th in Scotland and 6th in the UK for Anatomy and Physiology – The Times and Sunday Times Applicants who have achieved AABB (or better), are encouraged Good University Guide 2021. to apply and will be considered. Good performance in additional Highers/Advanced Highers may be required.

Why choose Aberdeen? Example degree structure Recent graduate job roles Minimum: BBB^ • The programme provides you with the scientific Course information is provided for guidance only and • Healthcare Science Assistant is subject to change. Core or compulsory courses shown • Junior Scientific Advisor Applicants who have achieved BBB (or are on course to achieve this content of pre-clinical medicine plus the by the end of S5) are encouraged to apply and will be considered. opportunity to study cellular processes are correct at the time of going to print. • Multilingual Medical Information Officer Good performance in additional Highers/Advanced Highers will from the whole-body perspective. • Software Engineer normally be required. YEAR 1 Adjusted: • We are located within the Institute of Medical Recent graduate employers • Introduction to Medical Sciences Sciences which allows a high degree of integration, ^ • Chemistry for the Life Sciences 1 and 2 BB both in research and teaching, between the • Aberdeen Royal Infirmary • The Cell Applicants who have achieved BB, and who meet one of the medically related sciences. • NHS Tayside widening access criteria (page 52) are encouraged to apply YEAR 2 • ProPharma Group and will be considered. Good performance in additional • Scientists at the University of Aberdeen have Highers/Advanced Highers will be required. made major advances in physiological sciences. • Physiology of Human Cells National Student Survey These include the co-discovery of insulin and • Molecular Biology of the Gene HNC/HND the discovery that the brain produces its own • Foundation Skills for Medical Sciences 100% overall satisfaction – Discover Uni 2020. For information on college entry see page 48. morphine-like substances – the endorphins. • Physiology of Human Organ Systems • Energy for Life Graduate employment statistic A LEVELS • During the five-year MSci option you will • Research Skills for Medical Sciences undertake a year’s industrial placement in Standard: 95% of graduates go on to work and/or your fourth year and graduate after five years ^ YEAR 3 further study within 15 months – Discover Uni 2020. with an MSci (an undergraduate Masters degree) BBB • Integrative Physiology instead of a BSc. Placements vary considerably Minimum: • Cardiovascular Physiology and Pharmacology You may also like but, in general terms, you will be placed in an ^ • Neurophysiology and Neuropharmacology industrial, commercial or research environment BBC • Epithelial Physiology • Biomedical Sciences – page 90 where you will obtain a breadth of practical Adjusted: experience to complement your degree ^ YEAR 4 CCC programme and enhance your employability. • Advanced Molecules, Membranes and Cells ^ Including good performance in at least two Mathematics/Science • Staying Alive – Adaptation in Physiological Systems subjects by the end of your senior phase of education. • Physiology Research Project For more information on our definition of standard, • The Science of Ageing – From Cradle to Grave minimum and adjusted entry qualifications, please • Developmental Neuroscience see page 51. For more information on widening access criteria, see page 52.

For advanced entry and alternative entry requirements see page 64-65.

SINGLE HONOURS • BSc Physiology • MSci Physiology with Industrial Placement (for entry requirements see page 67)

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Entry requirements

Plant and Soil Science See table on page 64 for more information

SQA HIGHERS Are you interested in the complexity, fragility and potential of plants and soil? Career development Standard: Together, plants and soil provide an essential resource for all terrestrial life. Our Plant and Soil Science degree provides you with ^ This is the only degree programme in the UK that focuses on this important academic training and transferable skills relevant to both AABB and fascinating world. specialist employment and the wider biology graduate Applicants who have achieved AABB (or better), are encouraged job market. The University of Aberdeen can equip you to apply and will be considered. Good performance in additional Completing a Plant and Soil Science degree at the University of Aberdeen with a broad range of skills to offer employers. Highers/Advanced Highers may be required. will provide you with both basic and advanced understanding of this exciting Minimum: Students in the School of Biological Sciences may ^ subject area. The knowledge and skills you gain could open up a world of career have the opportunity to collaborate with external BBB opportunities. For example, you could find yourself playing a vital role in organisations such as the or Applicants who have achieved BBB (or are on course to achieve this the Scottish Food Security Alliance, for example whilst by the end of S5) are encouraged to apply and will be considered. informing the debate on climate change and the availability of food world wide. undertaking an honours project. Students also work Good performance in additional Highers/Advanced Highers will normally be required. as volunteers in the Cruickshank Botanical Gardens. Such links allow students to become part of professional Adjusted: Why choose Aberdeen? Example degree structure networks, which can provide opportunities for ^ employment or postgraduate research in plant BB • This degree combines the disciplines of plants and Course information is provided for guidance only and and soil science. Applicants who have achieved BB, and who meet one of the soils, with opportunities to specialise in plant biology is subject to change. Core or compulsory courses shown widening access criteria (page 52) are encouraged to apply Recent graduate employers and will be considered. Good performance in additional at different levels from genes to ecosystems, and in are correct at the time of going to print. Highers/Advanced Highers will be required. soils from chemistry, microbes to global geography. • Environmental Consultancy YEAR 1 HNC/HND • The University of Aberdeen has a long and, unique • James Hutton Institute • Frontiers in Biological Sciences tradition for teaching and research in Plant and Soil • Scottish Environmental Protection Agency For information on college entry see page 48. • Diversity of Life 1 and 2 Science, and is home to a large and active group • NatureScot (formerly Scottish Natural Heritage) • Ecology & Environmental Science of award-winning staff in this subject. A LEVELS • The Cell University league rankings Standard: • You will have opportunity to collaborate with • Plants and their Habitats in Northern Scotland ^ groups at the James Hutton Institute and SFSA Top 20 in the UK for Biological Sciences – YEAR 2 BBB who undertake applied research and policy The Times and Sunday Times Good University Minimum: development work – informing national priorities. • Biological Enhanced Skills Training Guide 2021. • Plants, People and the Environment ^ Plant and Soil Science students attend at least two BBC • • Ecology Graduate employment statistic residential field courses selected from our range • Genetics, Genomes and Evolution Adjusted: of courses in the Isle of Cumbrae, Shetland, 85% of graduates go on to work and/or ^ Aberdeenshire, the Cairngorms, Spain, Greece, South CCC YEAR 3 further study within 15 months (Biosciences) – Africa, and at our own field centre at Bettyhill, on the • Statistical Analysis of Biological Data Discover Uni 2020. ^ Including good performance in at least two Mathematics/Science north coast of Sutherland. The Cruickshank Botanical • Global Soil Geography subjects by the end of your senior phase of education. Gardens is on our doorstep and provides • Ecosystem Processes National Student Survey opportunities for enhancing your learning, For more information on our definition of standard, • Soils for Food Security volunteering and a great outdoor space to relax. minimum and adjusted entry qualifications, please Environmental Analysis 93% overall satisfaction (Physical Geographical • see page 51. For more information on widening Plant-Environment Interactions Sciences) – Discover Uni 2020. • You will have the opportunity to get involved • access criteria, see page 52. in our research through summer research YEAR 4 assistantships, project work and a compulsory For advanced entry and alternative entry final year research project. You will carry out a research project and complete requirements see page 64-65. advanced courses of your choosing. • We were ranked 1st overall in the REF 2014 • Honours Project SINGLE HONOURS for Agriculture, Veterinary and Food Science. (Ranked by Times Higher Education, based • BSc Plant and Soil Science on REF 2014 GPA scores.) More course information: abdn.ac.uk/ug/bio-env-sciences

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Politics and International Relations Entry requirements See table on page 58 for more information

SQA HIGHERS Politics and International Relations at Aberdeen focuses on the role of politics, power, YEAR 4 Standard: states and governments in an ever-changing global context. Taught by internationally • Dissertation • Optional courses including: Modern Day Latin AABB renowned academics who regularly appear as experts in the media commenting on America; Global Politics from the Middle East; events unfolding in the world today, this programme offers the perfect foundation The Extreme Right in Western Europe; Energy & Applicants who have achieved AABB (or better), are encouraged to apply and will be considered. Good performance in additional for careers in politics, international affairs, NGOs, the media and more. Climate Politics; Arab-Israeli Relations; War & Peace Highers/Advanced Highers may be required. in International Relations; Nationalism in Modern Europe; Political Islam: Islamist Ideologies and Minimum: Practices; Soviet Successor States in Global Politics; BBB Why choose Aberdeen? Example degree structure Wealth, Poverty and International Order; Dirty War and its Aftermath; International Migration & Europe; Applicants who have achieved BBB (or are on course to achieve this A core curriculum with topical themes of conflict Course information is provided for guidance only and Maritime Security; Science, Technology & by the end of S5) are encouraged to apply and will be considered. • Good performance in additional Highers/Advanced Highers will and security, representation and democracy, is subject to change. Core or compulsory courses shown International Relations; and Democratization. normally be required. comparative politics and policy. are correct at the time of going to print. Recent graduate job roles Adjusted: • Teaching staff with specialist expertise in political YEAR 1 parties and elections, democracy and BB • Politics & International Relations 1: • Political campaigner democratisation, energy politics, European politics, Applicants who have achieved BB, and who meet one of the Democracy and Governance • Policy Analyst integration and regionalism, human rights, interest widening access criteria (p.52) are encouraged to apply • Politics & International Relations 2: • Researcher and will be considered. Good performance in additional groups, international political economy, nationalism, Power and Conflict • Journalist Highers/Advanced Highers will be required. conflict resolution, regional international relations • Activist and security studies. YEAR 2 • Parliamentary Staff HNC/HND • Social Media Coordinator • Focus on the Middle-East, North America, Latin • Ideas and Ideologies in Politics and International For information on college entry see page 48. Relations America, North and South Asia, Africa, the Nordic Recent graduate employers Countries, Central and Eastern Europe – as well as • Global Politics: Equality and Inequality A LEVELS Scotland, the UK and the EU. • Allianz Standard: YEAR 3 • Opportunities to spend time studying abroad in • European Court of Auditors • Researching in the 21st Century BBB Europe, Japan, Hong Kong or North America. • Hilton Worldwide • Optional courses including: International • Willis Towers Watson Minimum: • A vibrant Politics & International Relations Society Security; Nordic Politics; Political Parties in Britain; regularly voted Aberdeen ‘Society of the Year’. Digital Democracy; International Terrorism, National Student Survey BBC Counterterrorism and International Relations; Adjusted: • All the history and legacy of being part of Memory and Politics of the Past; and 90% overall satisfaction – Discover Uni 2020. a university developed over 500 years Contemporary Challenges to African Security. CCC of national and international political turbulence, You may also like social change and emerging democracy. For more information on our definition of standard, • PPE (Philosophy, Politics and Economics) – page 196 minimum and adjusted entry qualifications, please see page 51. For more information on widening access criteria, see page 52.

For advanced entry and alternative entry requirements see page 58.

SINGLE HONOURS • MA Politics and International Relations

JOINT HONOURS More course information: For joint honours please see pages 226-230. abdn.ac.uk/ug/politics-intl

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PGDE courses for graduates Entry requirements

Primary Education Graduates wishing to apply for primary teaching training, apply for the Professional Graduate Diploma in Education SQA HIGHERS A LEVELS (PGDE). PGDE courses in both primary and secondary * Primary Education at Aberdeen produces creative, motivated and highly-skilled education are available and are professionally accredited ABBB BBB primary teachers confident to work with children in any educational setting. by the General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS). ILC IB POINTS You will benefit from flexibility, practical experience, new tools, research More information on the PGDE, can be found at ** abdn.ac.uk/pgt/secondary and abdn.ac.uk/pgt/primary H2, H3, H3, H3 32 and supportive staff. (including 5, 5, 5 at HL) Foundation Apprenticeships English and Mathematics requirements as below * From S4 and S5. Those seeking to qualify over S5 and S6 will be YEAR 4 The University recognises the range of work-based Why choose Aberdeen? learning opportunities for pupils in the senior phase. expected to exceed this minimum. Five education courses including two placement **Including English, and 2 at Ordinary Level, including Mathematics A Foundation Apprenticeship will normally be considered opportunities, a focus on interdisciplinary learning which must be at Grade 3 or above. • We warmly welcome students of all ages. in lieu of one SQA Higher at grade B (but cannot be used and professional enquiry in a chosen aspect of English Minimum – SCE Higher grade award in English in place of a required Higher subject). • Opportunities to follow personal interests teaching and learning. at Grade B or above; or A Level English, Grade C or through electives in year one and two. HNC and HND above; or GCSE English Language AND English Literature, Teaching and assessment at Level 6 (previously Grade B) or above IN BOTH; or O Opportunities to engage with the latest research Level English Language AND English Literature, Grade B • Qualifications such as Early Education and Childcare on new developments and thinking in education. or above or pass IN BOTH; or Irish Leaving Certificate Our degree comprises of credit rated courses. or Childhood Practice will be accepted as one subject Our learner-centred approach is characterised by English at Higher Grade 3 or above or Higher Grade B3 alongside 3 other subjects at Higher Level (or equivalent). or above; or National Course award (Higher Still) in • Strong partnerships with local authorities providing workshops, tutorials, seminars, lectures and self-study – The Higher Grades required are C or above. The required English and Communication at Grade B or above; or opportunities for school experience in each year of supported by an online learning environment. the programme. English and Mathematics grades must also be achieved National Units – Communication (NC) at Higher level Courses are assessed through a variety of approaches, as noted. and Literature 1 at Higher level **; or University of • Links with European teacher education institutions including: presentation, written assignment, portfolio Aberdeen Online English (Grade B3 – see website for providing the opportunity to spend a semester and observations during placement. School experience Accreditations details); International Baccalaureate English at Higher studying abroad. is assessed in partnership with primary school Level 5 or above; or English of an equivalent academic teachers, head teachers and University tutors. As the Master of Arts (MA) in Primary Education and standard from outside the UK. Example degree structure programme develops, students will be expected to Professional Graduate Diploma in Education (PGDE) *Higher ESOL not acceptable for Primary teaching. take increasing responsibility for determining and programmes are accredited by the General Teaching ** Previously known as National Certificate Modules Communication 4 & Literature 1 Course information is provided for guidance only and organising their own learning as part of their continuing Council for Scotland (GTCS) and allow graduates to is subject to change. Core or compulsory courses are professional development. apply for provisional registration as primary teachers. Mathematics minimum – National 5 Mathematics shown which are correct at the time of going to print. at Grade C or above; or National 5 Applications of Career development GTCS Requirements Mathematics (previously known as Lifeskills MA Primary Education Mathematics) at Grade C or above; or Core Following graduation, you will be eligible for a one-year At the point of entry, GTCS expect entrants to have at Mathematics 4 Pass; or GCSE Mathematics at Level 4 least four separate subjects at SCQF level 6. Qualifications YEAR 1 induction training post* in a primary school in Scotland. (previously Grade C) or above or Pass; or O Level Graduates from Aberdeen are highly valued by employers in a modern language, science, social studies, expressive Mathematics at Grade C or above or Pass; or Irish Five courses in education exploring the role of a teacher, in the city, throughout Scotland and across the world. arts and technology, for example, are encouraged, in Leaving Certificate Mathematics at Ordinary Grade 3 learning theory, child development learning in a Primary addition to the required English and Mathematics. or above or Ordinary Grade B or above; or National classroom, placement in a school, language and literacy Selection Course Award Intermediate Level 2 Mathematics at and wider prospectives. University league rankings Grade C or above; or SCE Standard grade (credit level) An interview forms part of the selection process. award in Mathematics at Grade 2 or above; or SCE Ordinary grade award in Mathematics at Grade C or YEAR 2 The information presented in the UCAS application Top 10 in the UK for Education – above or Pass; International Baccalaureate Maths/Maths Five education courses including placement in school will be used to determine selection for interview. The Complete University Guide 2021. Studies at Standard Level 4 or above; or Open exploring teaching in core curricular areas. Performance at interview determines whether or not an University Course – MU123 Discovering Mathematics, offer will be made. A Protection of Vulnerable Groups Pass; or University of Aberdeen Online Mathematics YEAR 3 (PVG) check will be conducted in order to facilitate (Grade C3 – see website for details) or Mathematics of Seven education courses including placement in an early/ placement in Year 1. an equivalent academic standard from outside the UK first level classroom, further study of curriculum and additional support needs. * Please note: International fees students, upon successful completion SINGLE HONOURS of the education programme, are not entitled to an induction year post • MA Primary Education More course information: within the Teacher Induction Scheme, but can gain full qualification abdn.ac.uk/ug/education by completing an induction year through an alternative route.

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Entry requirements Psychology See table on page 58 and 64 for more information

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Are you interested in what makes people tick? Do you want to understand Career Development Standard: why people do the things they do? What happens when it goes wrong? ^ A degree in Psychology from the University of Aberdeen AABB Psychology affects all of us, and is offered as a BSc or MA degree at Aberdeen. can open doors to becoming an accredited Psychology Applicants who have achieved AABB (or better), are encouraged professional as all of our degrees are accredited by the to apply and will be considered. Good performance in additional British Psychological Society. This means that upon Highers/Advanced Highers may be required. Why choose Aberdeen? Example degree structure graduation you are eligible to continue study towards Minimum: any one of the key professional Psychology roles ^ including Clinical, Forensic, Educational, Health, BBB • Be introduced to state-of-the-art concepts and Course information is provided for guidance only and Counselling and Sports Psychology. Alternatively you Applicants who have achieved BBB (or are on course to achieve this theories taught by award-winning teachers and is subject to change. Core or compulsory courses are might want to pursue Psychology relevant roles such as by the end of S5) are encouraged to apply and will be considered. world-class researchers, exposing you to the shown which are correct at the time of going to print. HR, PR, marketing, teaching, counselling and social work. Good performance in additional Highers/Advanced Highers will latest thinking in the field. normally be required. Whichever career track you decide to take, Psychology YEAR 1 Adjusted: • Benefit from the School of Psychology’s key provides the skills to get you there! • Introductory Psychology I & II: Concepts and Theory strengths in social psychology, neuroscience, ^ • Introductory Psychology I & II: Methods and BB language, perception and industrial psychology. Recent graduate job roles Applications Applicants who have achieved BB, and who meet one of the widening access criteria (p.52) are encouraged to apply • Options in Year 4 allow you to specialise in • Assistant Psychologist YEAR 2 Assistive Technology Adviser and will be considered. Good performance in additional areas such as clinical, forensic, language and • Highers/Advanced Highers will be required. developmental psychology. • Advanced Psychology A & B: Concepts and Theory • HSE Adviser • Advanced Psychology A & B: Methods and • Lifeskills Practitioner HNC/HND • Gain experience using specialised laboratories • Recruiting Specialist Applications For information on college entry see page 48. and equipment, including those for brain imaging • Research Assistant analysis, eye movement recording, movement YEAR 3 A LEVELS analysis and visual neuroscience. Recent graduate employers Methodology A & B • Standard: • Psychological Assessment • We have an employability programme for our • Children First ^ students that includes internship opportunities, • Perception • Highland Council BBB online resources, career talks and networking events. • Biological Psychology • NHS Minimum: Social Psychology • • VSA ^ • In your final year you will have the opportunity • Developmental Psychology BBC to undertake a unique research project to a • Memory and Language Accreditations Adjusted: professional level. A number of final year projects ^ have gone on to be published in internationally YEAR 4 British Psychological Society CCC renowned journals. • Psychology Thesis University League Rankings ^ BSc entry requires good performance in at least two Mathematics/ • Choice of up to 6 specialist courses based on your Science subjects by the end of your senior phase of education. • The School of Psychology is ranked in the top 20 areas of interest. These change periodically, but 3rd in Scotland and 14th in the UK for Psychology – for research in the UK – Times Higher Education For more information on our definition of standard, currently include Forensic, Counselling, Applied The Times and Sunday Times Good University rankings by subject for REF 2014. minimum and adjusted entry qualifications, please Psychology in the NHS, Cognitive Neuroscience, Guide 2021. see page 51. For more information on widening • We are ranked in the Top 10 in the UK for Social Mind, Human Factors, Emotion and Aging, access criteria, see page 52. National Student Survey Student Satisfaction by the National Student and Vision and Action of Neuropsychology. For advanced entry and alternative entry Survey (NSS) 2020. 96% overall satisfaction – Discover Uni 2020. requirements see pages 58 and 64-65.

• We have a flexible degree structure and you can Graduate employment statistics SINGLE HONOURS study Psychology as an MA or BSc. The psychological • BSc Psychology content is identical for both MA and BSc, and is BSc +MA 90% of graduates go on to work and/or • MA Psychology equally valued by employers, but with an MA you Degrees available further study within 15 months – Discover Uni 2020. • MA Psychology with Counselling Skills study additional Arts courses alongside psychology in your first two years of study, or with a BSc You may also like JOINT HONOURS additional Science courses. More course information: For joint honours please see pages 226-230. abdn.ac.uk/ug/psychology • Sociology – page 214

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Real Estate See table on page 58 for more information

SQA HIGHERS Real Estate at Aberdeen examines real estate markets from the perspectives Recent graduate job roles Standard: of economics, investment and business. Professionally accredited programmes prepare you for a career in surveying, with a focus on commercial real estate, • Associate Consultant AABB • Global Capital Investment and Real Estate Intern investment, management, valuation and development. Applicants who have achieved AABB (or better), are encouraged • Graduate Surveyor to apply and will be considered. Good performance in additional • Lettings Manager Highers/Advanced Highers may be required. • Product Manager Minimum: Why choose Aberdeen? Example degree structure Recent graduate employers BBB • Top centre for real estate research and teaching Course information is provided for guidance only and Applicants who have achieved BBB (or are on course to achieve this • Carter Investment in Scotland and 2nd in the UK. is subject to change. Core or compulsory courses shown by the end of S5) are encouraged to apply and will be considered. CBRE are correct at the time of going to print. • Good performance in additional Highers/Advanced Highers will • Professionally accredited programmes with • Cushman and Wakefield normally be required. David Kerr Associates research-led teaching prepare you for a career in YEAR 1 • Adjusted: the commercial real estate market. Focus lies on • FG Burnett • The Economics of Business and Society valuation, investment, portfolio management • JLL BB • Finance, Risk and Investment and development. • Knight Frank • The Global Economy Applicants who have achieved BB, and who meet one of the • Standard Life Investments widening access criteria (page 52) are encouraged to apply • Students can take part in the prestigious • Understanding Property • Ryden and will be considered. Good performance in additional ‘Cornell International Real Estate Competition’, Highers/Advanced Highers will be required. in New York, where they compete against YEAR 2 Accreditations A LEVELS students from 30 other Universities. • Land and Property Law • Land and Property Economics The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). Standard: • Third year students have the opportunity to visit • Understanding Statistics . London to meet with Industry experts and learn from • Principles of Property Valuation National Student Survey BBB some of the world’s leading Real Estate companies. Minimum: YEAR 3 85% overall satisfaction – Discover Uni 2020. • Professional training facilities, including our • Applied Valuation BBC Bloomberg virtual trading floor, integrating real You may also like activity in financial markets into your courses. • International Real Estate Adjusted: • Development Appraisal • The spectacular, award-winning Sir Duncan Rice • Economics – page 112 CCC Library, providing a top-class study environment YEAR 4 • Finance – page 138 For more information on our definition of standard, with state-of-the-art technology and a first-class • Real Estate Portfolio Investment minimum and adjusted entry qualifications, please collection of reference works in business • Housing Economics see page 51. For more information on widening and management. • Real Estate Dissertation access criteria, see page 52. • The University of Aberdeen has its own dedicated service, ABVentures, which offers students advice and For advanced entry and alternative entry support for starting a business or social enterprise. requirements see page 58.

• The Business School is home to the biggest societies SINGLE HONOURS on campus including the Economics and Business • MA Real Estate Society, InternNetwork, Aberdeen University Consulting Group, the Trading and Investment JOINT HONOURS Club, AIESEC, and the Fintech and Blockchain Club. For joint honours please see pages 226-230.

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Entry requirements

Scottish Studies See table on page 58 for more information

SQA HIGHERS Scottish Studies at Aberdeen is a wide, thorough and fascinating exploration of the Courses on offer typically include: Standard: languages and rich literary and cultural heritage of Scotland, taking advantage of • Gaelic Language • Scottish Detective Fiction our strength in teaching and world-leading research in English, Gaelic and History. • Class, Identity and Nationalism in Scotland, 1832-1914 AABB We set Scottish culture in its historical context and you gain the skills that • Gaelic Renaissance Poetry Applicants who have achieved AABB (or better), are encouraged • Burns to apply and will be considered. Good performance in additional Highers/Advanced Highers may be required. employers seek. • The Scottish Highlands and Islands, c.1850-1950 You will study widely, from Gaelic Renaissance poetry to Scottish crime fiction, • Gaelic Language and Identity Minimum: • Local Horror: The New Scottish Gothic and Scottish Gothic to Scotland in the modern world. You will be inspired by • Stewart Scotland, 1406-1603 BBB researchers who are international leaders in their fields, and you will enjoy close • Power and Prejudice: Gaelic in Modern Society Applicants who have achieved BBB (or are on course to achieve this • Scotland into the Modern World: Scottish Literature by the end of S5) are encouraged to apply and will be considered. links with two major research institutes with Scottish culture at their core. 1785-1935 Good performance in additional Highers/Advanced Highers will normally be required. • The Gaelic Novel Why choose Aberdeen? Example degree structure Adjusted: Career development • Home to two major research institutes with Scottish Course information is provided for guidance only and BB culture at their core – the Research Institute of Irish is subject to change. Core or compulsory courses are A degree in Scottish Studies generates opportunities Applicants who have achieved BB, and who meet one of the and Scottish Studies and the Elphinstone Institute. shown which are correct at the time of going to print. across a range of employment possibilities and those widening access criteria (page 52) are encouraged to apply fluent in Scottish Gaelic may find employment and will be considered. Good performance in additional Highers/Advanced Highers will be required. • Particular strengths in Irish and Scottish studies, YEARS 1 AND 2 opportunities particularly good. Scandinavian studies, late Medieval and early modern You will take appropriate courses in English, Gaelic and A LEVELS history in Scotland and in the Celtic and Gaelic world. Broadcasting, journalism, teaching and librarianship History in their first and second years. Standard: are among the career options open to Scottish Studies • Major Scottish treasures in the Library’s Special graduates. The analytical, oral and written skills you Collections Centre, including the MacBean Stuart YEARS 3 AND 4 BBB develop during your studies are highly sought after and Jacobite Collection of international importance, Candidates for general honours in Scottish Studies, by all prospective employers. Minimum: one of the best collections of the novels of which is taught jointly by Gaelic, English and History, Sir Walter Scott, archives of the Roman Catholic will follow a programme of studies to be determined University league rankings BBC in consultation with the Programme Coordinator. Church in Scotland and fascinating local estate Adjusted: records dating from the Middle Ages. The candidates’ programme will include: 14th in the UK for English – CCC • The WORD Centre for Creative Writing, promoting a) At least 60 level 3 or 4 credit points from each The Complete University Guide 2021. Top 20 in the UK for History – The Times and creative projects in fiction, non-fiction and of Gaelic, English and History. For more information on our definition of standard, Sunday Times Good University Guide 2021. collaborative mixed-media in all the languages b) At least 60 further level 3 or 4 credit points. minimum and adjusted entry qualifications, please 4th in Scotland for History – of north-east Scotland (from Doric to Polish). These will normally be from one or more of Gaelic, see page 51. For more information on widening The Complete University Guide 2021. English and History, but up to 30 of these credit access criteria, see page 52. • A packed programme (in English, Gaelic and Doric) points may, with the permission of the Programme of student and public events, exhibitions, seminars, You may also like Coordinator, be from other disciplines. For advanced entry and alternative entry invited speakers and the annual May Festival which c) At least 90 credit points in total must be from level 4. requirements see page 58. welcomes internationally acclaimed authors, d) Candidates must write a dissertation in one of the • English – page 130 broadcasters and public figures. • Celtic and Anglo-Saxon Studies – page 96 three subject areas. SINGLE HONOURS • Gaelic Studies – page 144 • History – page 160 • MA Scottish Studies

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Sociology See table on page 58 for more information

SQA HIGHERS Sociology at Aberdeen opens up your ‘sociological imagination’, as you explore University league rankings Standard: how society shapes us as individuals in all sorts of ways, helping us to understand ourselves, our relationships, and the challenges we face in a changing world. 10th in the UK for Sociology – AABB The Guardian University Guide 2021. Top-rated teaching and a culture of dynamic research will give you the skills Applicants who have achieved AABB (or better), are encouraged to apply and will be considered. Good performance in additional to be a sought-after graduate by employers in many sectors. Recent graduate job roles Highers/Advanced Highers may be required. Minimum: • Development Officer • Events Co-ordinator BBB Why choose Aberdeen? Example degree structure • Graduate Trainee Manager Applicants who have achieved BBB (or are on course to achieve this • HR Co-ordinator An international reputation for our Sociology Course information is provided for guidance only and by the end of S5) are encouraged to apply and will be considered. • • Social Media Consultant Good performance in additional Highers/Advanced Highers will research and recognised by the UK’s Economic is subject to change. Core or compulsory courses are normally be required. and Social Research Council (ESRC) as a leader shown which are correct at the time of going to print. Recent graduate employers Adjusted: in research training and supervision for postgraduate students. YEAR 1 • Aberdeen City Council BB • Introduction to Sociology I: Self, Identity and Society • Capgemini • The highest possible rating of ‘Excellent’ in the Applicants who have achieved BB, and who meet one of the • Introduction to Sociology II: Systems of Power • PwC latest Teaching Quality Assessment. widening access criteria (page 52) are encouraged to apply • Willis Towers Watson and will be considered. Good performance in additional • Participation in the European Social Survey, one of YEAR 2 Highers/Advanced Highers will be required. the largest and most reliable sources of data about • Sociology of Everyday Life I: The Embodied Self Graduate employment statistic HNC/HND Europeans’ attitudes, behaviours and experiences, • Sociology of Everyday Life II: Global Issues with data from more than 350,000 individuals in the 21st Century 90% of graduates go on to work and/or For information on college entry see page 48. across 36 countries since 2002. further study within 15 months – Discover Uni 2020. YEAR 3 . A LEVELS • The spectacular, award-winning Sir Duncan Rice National Student Survey • Modernisation Standard: Library with its top-class study environment, • Thinking Sociologically state-of-the-art technology and extensive 86% overall satisfaction – Discover Uni 2020. • Ten Sociological Studies BBB collection of sociology publications and resources. Social Research Methods Minimum: • You may also like • A packed campus programme of student and YEAR 4 BBC public events, lectures, café discussions, exhibitions, • Psychology – page 208 seminars, invited speakers, plus the annual May • Research Project • Criminology and Sociology – page 104 Adjusted: Festival, British Science Week and Being Human • Your choice of Level 4 in depth, specialist courses Festival attracting thousands to hear from high CCC profile speakers, scientists, authors and broadcasters For more information on our definition of standard, and regularly featuring Aberdeen research in minimum and adjusted entry qualifications, please social sciences. see page 51. For more information on widening access criteria, see page 52.

For advanced entry and alternative entry requirements see page 58.

SINGLE HONOURS • MA Sociology • MA Criminology and Sociology

JOINT HONOURS More course information: For joint honours please see pages 226-230. abdn.ac.uk/ug/sociology

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Spanish and Latin American Studies Entry requirements See table on page 58 for more information

SQA HIGHERS Spanish and Latin American Studies at Aberdeen has an outstanding reputation, Recent graduate job roles Standard: with a broad, flexible and diverse programme covering language, literature, history, politics, film, translation studies and culture, with the opportunity to specialise in • Client Account Manager AABB • EU Policy and Events Stagiaire either Latin America or Spain. This degree will last five years including study abroad Applicants who have achieved AABB (or better), are encouraged • Aberdeen City Council to apply and will be considered. Good performance in additional in Spain or Latin America. Spanish and Latin American Studies can be studied with • Glenfiddich Highers/Advanced Highers may be required. • Lloyds Bank many subjects, giving you expertise in a fast-growing global language and its Minimum: • Transcom cultures and a huge advantage in today’s world. • Management BBB Applicants who have achieved BBB (or are on course to achieve this Recent graduate employers by the end of S5) are encouraged to apply and will be considered. Why choose Aberdeen? Example degree structure Good performance in additional Highers/Advanced Highers will • Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung normally be required. • The opportunity to study literature, film, history, Course information is provided for guidance only and • NHS Adjusted: politics and anthropology in relation to Spain is subject to change. Core or compulsory courses are • Pricewaterhouse Coopers and Latin America. shown which are correct at the time of going to print. • Scotland Europa BB • University of Aberdeen Applicants who have achieved BB, and who meet one of the • Special areas of research expertise include 21st YEAR 1 • widening access criteria (page 52) are encouraged to apply century Spain, contemporary and historical Mexico, and will be considered. Good performance in additional • Spanish Language 1 gender studies, history of science in Latin America, University league rankings Highers/Advanced Highers will be required. • We are the People! Democracy and Nationalism translation studies, and studies of citizenship from Tlatelolco to Chile and Catalunya A LEVELS and society. 3rd in the UK for Linguistics – The Times and Sunday Spanish Language 2 • Times Good University Guide 2021. Standard: • Multicultural north-east Scotland, with many • Encounters with the Other: Colonialism and 4th in Scotland for History – Spanish speakers working or studying in this region Conquest in Iberia and the Americas The Complete University Guide 2021. BBB due to its role as a world centre for oil and gas. Top 20 in the UK for History – The Times and Sunday Minimum: YEAR 2 Times Good University Guide 2021. • The spectacular, award-winning Sir Duncan Rice • Spanish Language 3 2nd in Scotland for Iberian Languages – The Times BBC Library, with top-class study facilities, state-of-the-art • Spanish Language 4 and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2021. Adjusted: learning technology, and extensive Spanish and • Rebels, Outsiders and Conformists: Narratives of Latin American works to inspire your studies. Community from Spain and Latin America You may also like CCC • Beyond the Columbian Exchange: Food, Objects • A packed programme of events, exhibitions, film and Culture in the Atlantic World French – page 142 For more information on our definition of standard, showings, and the annual May Festival which • Gaelic Studies – page 144 minimum and adjusted entry qualifications, please welcomes international figures, experts, writers, • YEAR 3 German – page 158 see page 51. For more information on widening scientists and authors writing in Spanish. • • Residence Abroad Project access criteria, see page 52. • A friendly department with enthusiastic teachers and a strong sense of community. YEAR 4 AND 5 For advanced entry and alternative entry A range of culture courses to choose amongst, as well as: requirements see page 58. • Ranked 1st in Scotland for Linguistics by the • Spanish Language 6 and 7 National Student Survey (NSS) 2020. • Dissertation in Spanish and Latin American Studies SINGLE HONOURS (Year 5) • MA Spanish and Latin American Studies (available as 4 or 5-year options).

JOINT HONOURS For joint honours please see pages 226-230.

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Entry requirements Sports and Exercise Science See table on page 64 for more information SQA HIGHERS

Sports and Exercise Science is about understanding how our bodies respond and YEAR 4 MSci Standard: adapt to the stresses imposed upon them during physical activity to benefit both You will spend Year 4 on placement in an industrial, ^ commercial or research environment AABB performance and health. The MSci degree offers you the opportunity to undertake Applicants who have achieved AABB (or better), are encouraged a year-long placement in an industrial, commercial or research environment and YEAR 4 BSc/YEAR 5 MSci to apply and will be considered. Good performance in additional Highers/Advanced Highers may be required. graduate after five years with an MSci (an undergraduate Masters degree) instead of The final year aims to explore in-depth, specific aspects Minimum: a BSc. BSc Applied Sports Science gives you the opportunity to provide sport science of sports science and exercise physiology. An important feature is the ten-week research project, carried out in ^ support to athletes and sports teams in order to maximise their performance. research laboratories at the University or in local research BBB institutes. Applicants who have achieved BBB (or are on course to achieve this by the end of S5) are encouraged to apply and will be considered. Good performance in additional Highers/Advanced Highers will Why choose Aberdeen? Example degree structure • Staying Alive – Adaptation in Physiological Systems normally be required. • Research Topics in Sports Science and Studies Adjusted: • Exercise Physiology • We are ranked 2nd in the UK for Sports Science Course information is provided for guidance only and ^ by the Complete University Guide 2021. is subject to change. Core or compulsory courses are • Exercise Science Project BB shown which are correct at the time of going to print. Applicants who have achieved BB, and who meet one of the • Our programme is based on a strong curriculum University league rankings widening access criteria (page 52) are encouraged to apply in physiology, biochemistry and nutrition. YEAR 1 and will be considered. Good performance in additional 2nd in the UK for Sports Science – Highers/Advanced Highers will be required. • The degree covers the scientific basis that underpins • Introduction to Medical Sciences The Complete University Guide 2021. HNC/HND athletic performance, and the role of scientific • Introduction to the Science of Sport, For information on college entry see page 48. support in preparing the athlete for competition. Exercise and Health Recent graduate job roles • Chemistry for the Life Sciences 1 and 2 A LEVELS • Sports science courses complement those in the • The Cell • Care Coordinator fundamental biomedical sciences and allow you • Fitness, Performance and Survival • Health & Fitness Manager Standard: to place their knowledge in the context of sports • A further 30 credit points from Sustained Study, • Research Assistant ^ performance and physical activity for health. Discipline Breadth or Sixth Century Courses • Rugby Player BBB Minimum: • Many scientific disciplines contribute to the YEAR 2 Recent graduate employers ^ sports and exercise sciences, including physiology, • Physiology of Human Cells BBC biochemistry, nutrition, anatomy and biomechanics. • The Science of Sports Performance • Aberdeen Sports Village Adjusted: • Foundation Skills for Medical Sciences • Dublin City University CCC^ • Physiology of Human Organ Systems • NHS • Energy for Life • ^ Including good performance in at least two Mathematics/Science • Exercise and Health subjects by the end of your senior phase of education. • Strength and Conditioning National Student Survey For more information on our definition of standard, • Research Skills for Medical Sciences minimum and adjusted entry qualifications, please • A further 15 credit points from Sustained Study, 86% overall satisfaction – Discover Uni 2020. see page 51. For more information on widening Discipline Breadth or Sixth Century Courses access criteria, see page 52. Graduate employment statistic For advanced entry and alternative entry YEAR 3 requirements see page 64-65. • Integrative Physiology 85% of graduates go on to work and/or SINGLE HONOURS • Clinical Exercise Physiology further study within 15 months – Discover Uni 2020. • Biochemistry and Nutrition of Exercise • BSc Sports & Exercise Science • A further 30 credit points from Discipline Breadth • MSci Sports & Exercise Science or Sixth Century Courses (for entry requirements see page 67) • BSc Applied Sports Science Please note, we also offer a BSc in Exercise and Health More course information: Science. See page 134 for more information. abdn.ac.uk/ug/sports-exercise

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Entry requirements

Theology and Religion See table on page 58 for more information

SQA HIGHERS Theology and Religion includes both the study of Christian faith, life and doctrine, University league rankings Standard: and the wider study of religion and religious traditions from around the world. The study of the Christian tradition attends to its historical, cross-cultural and Global Top 25 for Divinity, Theology and Religious AABB Studies – QS World University Rankings 2020. contemporary contexts, whereas the comparative study of world religions includes Applicants who have achieved AABB (or better), are encouraged to apply and will be considered. Good performance in additional an interdisciplinary investigation into and interpretation of the origin, function and Career development Highers/Advanced Highers may be required. meaning of religion and religious practices. Minimum: • Baptist Minister • Children’s Ministry Leader BBB • Government Apprentice Applicants who have achieved BBB (or are on course to achieve this Why choose Aberdeen? Example degree structure • Graduate Management Trainee by the end of S5) are encouraged to apply and will be considered. • TEFL Teacher Good performance in additional Highers/Advanced Highers will • This programme offers a wide variety of courses, Course information is provided for guidance only and • Youth Worker normally be required. studying subjects from biblical languages to the is subject to change. Core or compulsory courses are Adjusted: Reformation in Scotland and from religion in film shown which are correct at the time of going to print. Recent graduate employers to exploration of the ethical traditions of BB Western cultures. YEAR 1 AND 2 • Church of England Applicants who have achieved BB, and who meet one of the During the first two years of study, students take • Kingdom Discipleship widening access criteria (page 52) are encouraged to apply • Our department is host to an international a number of Divinity courses from a specified list • NHS Highland and will be considered. Good performance in additional community of respected scholars, studying including classes such as: Jesus in History and Culture, • Highers/Advanced Highers will be required. various aspects of Theology and Religion. Introduction to the Hebrew Bible, Rise of Christianity, A LEVELS National Student Survey • You will receive a warm welcome, and Pilgrim City, Tradition of Western Ethics, What Does it Mean to be Human?, Theology from Jesus to Calvin, Standard: have access to excellent library facilities 92% overall satisfaction – Discover Uni 2020. and beautiful surroundings. Introduction to Christian Theology, Ancient Religions, BBB Philosophy of Religion. Graduate employment statistic • The Theology and Religion teaching staff at Minimum: Aberdeen have a range of professional and YEAR 3 4th in the UK for graduate prospects – academic backgrounds and you will benefit BBC • 90 credits from level 3 courses in this subject area The Complete University Guide 2021. from their unique insights into their diverse Adjusted: subject areas. YEAR 4 You may also like CCC • By studying Theology and Religion at Aberdeen, • Dissertation (30 credits) you will become part of a unique group of students • 90 credits from level 4 courses in this subject area • Divinity (BD and BTh) – page 108 For more information on our definition of standard, who have studied at a university recognised for its • Optional courses of your choice make up the minimum and adjusted entry qualifications, please tradition of excellence in this field. remaining credits for each year see page 51. For more information on widening access criteria, see page 52. • At Aberdeen, you will have access to the YEARS 1-4 world-class teaching and research facilities • 120 credit points per year required For advanced entry and alternative entry that the University offers. • Full list of optional courses available online requirements see page 58.

• In the course of your degree programme you SINGLE HONOURS will develop a range of transferable skills that will MA Theology and Religion enable you to work in a variety of different sectors. • • BD Divinity – see under Divinity on page 108 • BTh Theology – see under Divinity on page 108

JOINT HONOURS For joint honours please see pages 226-230.

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Entry requirements Zoology See table on page 64 for more information

SQA HIGHERS

Zoology is the study of all animal life, from primitive microscopic malaria-causing University league rankings Standard: protozoa to large advanced mammals, across all environmental spheres from ^ Top 20 in the UK for Biological Sciences – AABB red deer in mountain forests to dolphins in deep oceans, and from underground The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2021. Applicants who have achieved AABB (or better), are encouraged burrowing voles to golden eagles in the skies. Some of these animals are useful to us to apply and will be considered. Good performance in additional and we keep them as pets or livestock. Some are serious pests or disease-causing, Career development Highers/Advanced Highers may be required. Minimum: and some are fascinating! No matter what our relationship with the animals, we Zoology courses are designed to provide a broad set of ^ need to understand their behaviour, population dynamics, physiology and the way specialist and generic skills. A considerable number of BBB Zoology graduates continue their education by reading for Applicants who have achieved BBB (or are on course to achieve this they interact with other species and their environments. That is Zoology! higher degrees either in the UK or abroad. Graduates may by the end of S5) are encouraged to apply and will be considered. also enter biology teaching or general science by taking a Good performance in additional Highers/Advanced Highers will postgraduate diploma, and many often find full-time normally be required. Why choose Aberdeen? Example degree structure employment in a wide range of careers. Typical employers Adjusted: include universities, research institutes, Government ^ • We are one of the few universities in Britain Course information is provided for guidance only and agencies (eg SEPA, NatureScot), environmental BB offering a Zoology degree and our programme is subject to change. Core or compulsory courses are consultancies, environmental charities including WWF Applicants who have achieved BB, and who meet one of the is the only accredited Zoology BSc honours shown which are correct at the time of going to print. & RSPB, the NHS, libraries and commercial enterprises widening access criteria (page 52) are encouraged to apply programme in Scotland. in aquaculture, animal nutrition and animal health. and will be considered. Good performance in additional YEAR 1 Highers/Advanced Highers will be required. • We are recognised internationally for our research • Diversity of Life 1 and 2 Recent Graduate Employers on animal energetics and dietary studies, fish HNC/HND • Frontiers in Biological Sciences immunology and salmon farming, animal behaviour • • The Cell For information on college entry see page 48. and hormones, conservation of UK and international • Highland Council • Ecology and Environmental Science wildlife, honey bee health, dolphin behaviour and • Scottish SPCA A LEVELS shark genetics. Our breadth of expertise means • RSPB YEAR 2 Standard: your training is both broad and current and you are • North East Wildlife and Animal Rescue Centre taught by world-leading researchers in their field. • Genetics, Genomes and Evolution ^ • Biological Enhanced Skills Training Recent graduate job roles BBB • Our programme is rich in hands-on practical sessions. • Ecology Minimum: In the laboratory and on day-trips or residential field • Principles of Animal Physiology • Animal Rescue Officer BBC^ trips you work directly with organisms and samples • Biology Teacher Adjusted: to develop general, technical and transferable skills One of the following field courses: • Conservation Volunteer useful for a career in zoology or broader biology. • Parasitology • Lab Services Project Coordinator CCC^ • Coastal Biodiversity • Operations Analyst • You will benefit from field course teaching • Marine and Fish Population Ecology • Scientist ^ Including good performance in at least two Mathematics/Science throughout the programme at several places in the • Freshwater and Terrestrial Ecology • Wildlife Manager subjects by the end of your senior phase of education. UK and the Mediterranean. This offers real-world • Littoral and Sublittoral Marine Biology Graduate employment statistic For more information on our definition of standard, experience, putting classroom taught theories into • Field Biology minimum and adjusted entry qualifications, please context, as well as skills training for future careers see page 51. For more information on widening 85% of graduates go on to work and/or in zoology. access criteria, see page 52. YEAR 3 study within 15 months – Discover Uni 2020. • The Cruickshank Botanical Gardens is on our • Statistical Analysis of Biological Data For advanced entry and alternative entry You may also like doorstep and provides opportunities for enhancing • Animal Evolution and Biodiversity requirements see page 64-65. your learning, volunteering and a great outdoor • Environmental Physiology • Animal Behaviour – page 74 SINGLE HONOURS space to relax. YEAR 4 • Marine Biology – page 174 • BSc Zoology You will carry out a research project and complete Accreditations advanced courses of your choosing. Optional course choices include Parasitology, Advanced Behavioural This programme has been accredited by the Royal Society More course information: Ecology, Advanced Vector Biology, Topics in Conservation of Biology – the only accredited Zoology abdn.ac.uk/ug/bio-env-sciences Biology, and Wildlife Management & Conservation. BSc honours programme in Scotland.

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