Animals in Their World: From Physiology to Behaviour (C7144)

15 credits, Level 5

Autumn teaching

On this module, you’ll examine how an animal’s morphology and physiology adapt to their environment and ecology.

You’ll discover how vertebrates and invertebrates:

• overcome problems of energy supply

• regulate water balance and temperature

• sense their environment and move through it.

You’ll explore:

• morphological features and physiological systems

• how solutions can be similar in distantly related animals

• how they diverge in closely related species.

Contact hours and workload

This module is approximately 150 hours of work. This breaks down into about 26 hours of contact time and about 124 hours of independent study. The University may make minor variations to the contact hours for operational reasons, including timetabling requirements.

We regularly review our modules to incorporate student feedback, staff expertise, as well as the latest research and teaching methodology. We’re planning to run these modules in the academic year 2026/27. However, there may be changes to these modules in response to feedback, staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum.

We’ll make sure to let you know of any material changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.

Courses

This module is offered on the following courses:

• Biology BSc
• Biology MSci
• Ecology and Conservation BSc
• Ecology and Conservation MSci
• Neuroscience BSc
• Neuroscience MSci
• Zoology BSc
• Zoology MSci