Bachelor's degree in Biology

Introduction

Objectives and competences

Objectives

• To acquire the knowledge required to identify living beings, in their different degrees of organization and diversity: definition and origin of life, chemical structure of living beings, types and degrees of organization, genetics and inheritance mechanisms and biodiversity, evolutionary mechanisms and development .
• To recognize different activities undertaken by living beings and the underlying mechanisms to these tasks: metabolism, replication, transcription, translation and modification of genetic material, cell signalling, regulation and integration of physiological processes.
• To learn to recognise, analyse and interpret the adaptive responses of living organisms to surrounding conditions (physical habitat, structure and dynamics of populations and communities, energy and material flows).
• To know, analyse and solve problems, while also being able to conduct essays.

Competences

• Understanding the concept of life, its physical and chemical principles and the mechanisms involved in its origin and evolution.
• Knowledge of the types and organizational levels of living beings.
• Understanding of the inheritance mechanisms and the genetic bases of biodiversity.
• Understanding of biodiversity (humans, animals, plants, fungi, microorganisms and viruses) and the systematic and phylogenic classification tools.
• Knowledge of the structure and functioning of living beings at a molecular, cell and tissue levels,and understanding of regulation and integration of functions in organisms.
• Understanding of relations between living beings and with the environment.
• Knowledge of mechanisms involved in biological cycles, development and growth of different kinds of organisms.
• Knowledge of the physical environment of development for living beings: water, atmosphere and land.
• Capacity to describe the structure and dynamics of populations and communities.
• Ability to identify energy flows and biogeochemical cycles in ecosystems.
• Knowledge of the applications of biological systems to human activities.
• Capacity to identify organisms and their levels of organization.
• Ability to collect, handle, conserve and study organisms.
• Ability to handle, analyse and characterize biological samples, including human samples.
• Capacity to catalogue, assess and manage natural resources.
• Ability to isolate, analyse, identify and quantify biomolecules and evaluate. Ability to prepare cell, tissue and microorganism cultures.
• Ability to conduct bioassays and functional tests and determine the main parameters.
• Ability to carry out animal and plant production and improvement studies.
• Ability to analyse and interpret behaviour of living beings.
• Ability to sample, characterize and manipulate populations and communications.
• Ability to manage, conserve and restore populations and ecosystems.
• Ability to interpret and design landscapes.
• Ability to obtain, handle, analyse, integrate and communicate biological information from bibliographic sources and databases.
• Ability to obtain information, design experiments and interpret experimental results.
• Ability to implement, manage and report on processes, services and projects related to biology in a range of economic and service sectors.

Access and admission

Applicant profile and access requirements

Recommended applicant profile

Access requirements and conditions

Admission for students with studies completed outside Spain.

Applicants holding higher educational qualifications from a university outside Spain should consult the page Admission with foreign qualifications to find out about specific admission requirements.
 

Pre-enrolment

Students that have studied abroad and who wish to study at the University of Barcelona may be admitted to EHEA bachelor's degree courses. Procedures for gaining admission will depend on the qualifications held by each applicant.

For further information about admission, consult the page Admission with foreign qualifications.
 

Enrolment

As a general rule, at the UB you will be required to enrol online via the Món UB portal. To find out the date and time you have been assigned, check the specific information for your course. Remember that you can lose your place if you do not enrol on the day you have been assigned.

Academic information

• Documents required for enrolment
• Procedure to formalize enrolment
• After enrolment
• Grants and financial aid

Schedules

• Academic year 2024-2025

Welcome

Support and guidance

Pre-enrolment information and events

• Welcome portal
• Student Support Service (SAE)
• Open days
• Informative sessions

Course curriculum

Subjects and course plans

Distribution of credits

List of subjects

Pathways and specializations

Previous years

• Course plans 2023 - 2024
• Course plans 2022 - 2023
• Course plans 2021 - 2022

Teaching staff

Placements

• Regulations on external placements
• FeinaUB

Career opportunities

What can you work on ?

Fields in which you can work

• Healthcare, including biology internships, medical laboratory testing, human reproduction, public health, nutrition and dietetics, and veterinary medicine and plant science.
• Research and development in experimental sciences and biosciences.
• Production and quality management in the pharmaceutical, agrofood and chemical industries.
• Stockbreeding and optimization of vegetable crops, animals and fungi, and area studies for natural resource exploitation.
• The environment, including land management, conservation and control, natural resource management, waste management, impact studies development and restoration ecology.
• Information, documentation and dissemination, including the management of museums, natural and zoological parks, specialist publications and media agencies, companies, science foundations, press and television.
• Trade and marketing of products and services with biological applications.
• Business management and organization in the training of biologists.
• Secondary and higher education, and vocational training.

Access to the labour market

Contact us

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