So I’ve been playing around with the degree planner on the OU website, trying to plot out the courses I will take for my Biology degree. I think I’ve got a fairly solid build going now, and a good idea of where I will be headed in the years to come.

I’ve had to do some thinking as of late about which area of science I would enjoy more. I was considering Geosciences as an alternative to Biology, but the degree application isn’t practical. It’s not that I don’t love Biology, but I find Geosciences to be of equal interest.

In the UK, the education system is a bit different. Bachelor degrees take 3 years to complete, and masters take 1. All of your courses are core, degree focused courses with no requirement for basic classes or humanities. Due to my attendance being part time, and will continue part time after Little Doodle is born, it will take me longer than the typical 4 years to reach my masters.

Below are the courses I have mapped out:

Completed and current courses
Exploring science (S104) 60

Intended courses

Level 1
Fossils and the history of life (S193) 10
Life in the oceans: exploring our blue planet (S180) 10

Level 2
Biological psychology: exploring the brain (SD226) 30
Exploring psychology (DSE212) 60
Human biology (SK277) 30
Investigative biology (SXR270) 10
Our dynamic planet: Earth and life (S279) 30

Level 3
Evolution (S366) 30
Infectious disease (S320) 30
Molecular and cell biology (S377) 30
Oceanography (S330) 30

Total points in this qualification plan 360

These are for the Bachelors degree in Biology, my masters will be in teaching.

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