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Area of study: Biological sciences

  • Biology is the study of life processes and living organisms.
  • It is concerned with microbes, plants and animals, their structure, function, evolution and development.
  • It is a science that explores the innermost workings of cells, plants and animals that live in environments as diverse as deserts, seas and jungles.
  • This variety of life forms and their physical development are inter-woven into complex webs; or ecosystems.
  • The School of Biological Sciences offers students a choice of disciplines in ecology, environmental and conservation biology, evolution and adaptation, genetics, human genetics, marine and freshwater biology, molecular biology, plant sciences and zoology.