Human Biology and Behaviour with a Year in Professional Practice
University of Kent
UCAS Code: BCL2 | Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)
Entry requirements
A level
including Biology (preferred), Psychology, Human Biology, Chemistry or Mathematics
The University will not necessarily make conditional offers to all Access candidates but will continue to assess them on an individual basis. If we make you an offer, you will need to obtain/pass the overall Access to Higher Education Diploma and may also be required to obtain a proportion of the total level 3 credits and/or credits in particular subjects at merit grade or above.
GCSE/National 4/National 5
Applicants should have grade C or 4 in Mathematics GCSE or a suitable equivalent level qualification.
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
Applicants should have either an overall grade of 30 or 15 points at higher level, including HL Biology, Geography, Environmental Science or Chemistry at 5 or SL Biology, Geography, Environmental Science or Chemistry at 6.
The University will consider applicants holding BTEC National Diploma and Extended National Diploma Qualifications (QCF; NQF; OCR) on a case-by-case basis. Please note that subjects such as Hospitality, Catering, Art & Design, Music, Photography and Dance will not be accepted. Please contact us for further advice on your individual circumstances.
Scottish Higher qualifications are considered on an individual basis.
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About this course
Test your curiosity and ask challenging questions like: how do hormones influence our behaviour? What are friends for? What happens when we die? We will give you the skills and confidence to examine evolution, anatomy, psychology, the behaviour of humans, and our living and fossil primate relatives.
Overview
Answer a variety of compelling questions about sex and reproduction, social systems and whether other primates have a language. Gain academic and practical skills that prepare you for careers in the fields of health, science, education, scientific communication, as well as community and social services, among others.
Shape your degree outside the classroom with extracurricular activities such as open lectures - attracting global figures and our thriving student-led societies.
Reasons to study Human Biology and Behaviour at Kent
- Learn beyond your lectures with excursions to animal parks, archaeological sites and skeletal collections.
- Access excellent facilities across different departments in the University, including the 3D imaging in the virtual palaeoanthropology lab, human skeletal biology lab, the new micro CT-scanner within the Imaging Centre for Life Sciences, as well as the EEG and Eye-tracking labs.
- Go to the next level and gain real-world experience by adding a Year in Professional Practice.
- Live, study and be immersed in new environments when you add a Year Abroad.
- Gain ongoing support through our employability team, regular workshops and alumni talks, as well as our dedicated academic adviser and peer mentoring scheme.
What you'll learn
Venture into a combination of biological anthropology, human biology and psychology. Develop an integrated understanding of how human beings are shaped by, and interact with, their social and physical environments.
The year in professional practice gives you the opportunity to undertake work placements with relevant organisations and apply your academic skills in a practical context. Students have had placements with:
•Canterbury Archaeological Trust
•Cranfield Recovery and Identification of Conflict Causalities team
•Imaging Centre for Life Sciences
•Kyoto University Primate Research Institute
•Oxford University Museum of Natural History.
Modules
Venture into a combination of biological anthropology with human biology and psychology. You will develop an integrated understanding of how human beings are shaped by, and interact with, their social and physical environments, and you will acquire an appreciation of their social and biological diversity.
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University of Kent
School of Anthropology and Conservation
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This is a pretty flexible degree and a good one if you want to keep your options open. Just over 1,250 graduates completed anthropology degrees last year, and they were well spread out across a whole range of jobs — many industries have jobs that can be done by anthropology graduates and unlike a lot of degrees, there aren't many jobs we can point to and say ‘graduates from this degree do that job’. Management, marketing, housing and recruitment jobs are the most popular, though, and many graduates go into the education or social care sectors. Graduates are also rather more likely than average to work in London, or to go overseas to work. This is quite a popular subject at postgraduate level, and if you want to go into research, you'll need to think about postgrad study - and it's one of the few where numbers are on the up at the moment.
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