Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:

1. Acquire knowledge and understanding of the processes of evolution, including natural selection, adaptation and speciation, genetics, including DNA structure and function, cell replication, heritability and population genetics; ecology, including biomes, species diversity, extinction, population ecology and life-history; behavioural ecology, and how it uses an evolutionary, genetic and ecological framework to study animal behaviour.
2. Reference scientific papers, present scientific data and develop directional hypotheses.
3. Perform basic biological manipulation and sample handling techniques.
4. Apply knowledge of experimental limitations to interpret unreliable data and communicate the results.
5. Make and interpret structured observations to draw conclusions about complex interactions.
6. Broadly understand how biological knowledge is developed, and apply this framework to critically engage with new biological scenarios.