This degree, blending botany and zoology, is aimed at students aspiring to entry-level positions as professionals in a wide range of sectors and careers. Career options range from teaching to aquatic and terrestrial ecology, conservation, animal science, plant physiology and eco-physiology.

Type: undergraduate degree

Duration: 3 years full time

Compulsory Subjects

First year subjects:

• Botany


• Zoology


• Chemistry


• Comprehension skills in science


• End-user computing


• Animal diversity

Second year subject:

• Botany


• Zoology

Third year subjects:

• Botany


• Zoology

Careers: botanist, zoologist, researcher.

Source: www.unisa.ac.za

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