What is a typical week on a Marine Biology course?
There is not really such a thing as a typical week in Stirling. You may be in lectures, you may be in the lab or carrying out fieldwork on the shore and each week the content varies. So there is always plenty of interesting work to occupy you. The University operates a two-semester system and in each semester you will nomrally be studying 3 modules at a time, totalling 6 per year. Each module will consist of 2 or 3 lectures per week and 1 practical or field session per week in years one, two and three. The structure varies according to the subject and practicals will be a mixture of laboratory and field-based work. In your honours year you study 3 modules in semester 7 at an advanced level, either based at Stirling or as part of extended field trips. In your final year you will complete a piece of research for which you will contribute to the experimental design and you will manage the time and effort required to complete this work. This is completed with the presentation of a report a
