Biology and History and Philosophy of Science

About this course

Biology and history and philosophy of science is a degree that asks not only what life is and how it works, but how we know what we know about it, and how our understanding has changed over time. Biology provides the scientific content, from cell biology and genetics to ecology and evolution, developing your practical laboratory skills alongside your theoretical understanding of living systems. History and philosophy of science provides a complementary reflective framework, examining how scientific knowledge is produced, how theories rise and fall, how science has interacted with religion, culture, and power, and what it means for an explanation to be genuinely scientific. At the University of Leeds, this three-year full-time joint honours degree develops both disciplines in depth. You will combine practical laboratory work with classroom-based learning in biology, while the history and

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 56% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

• 72 / 100Information Technology Professionals · 5% of graduatescards →
• 60 / 100Business, Research and Administrative Professionals · 9% of graduatescards →
• 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 22% of graduatescards →
• 45 / 100Media Professionals · 10% of graduatescards →
• 40 / 100Natural and social science professionals · 10% of graduatescards →

The tabs above carry the rest: modules and satisfaction (The Course), where you'd live and what it costs (Student Life), the full pay story (Pay & Outcomes), and easier ways into the same subject (Alternatives).