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3       C301                      4        C103                       4        D303
          YEARS     (C303)     CAMDEN       YEARS      (C105)    CAMDEN         YEARS      (D305)    CAMDEN
          DURATION  UCAS CODE   CAMPUS      DURATION  UCAS CODE   CAMPUS        DURATION  UCAS CODE   CAMPUS
                 (WITH PLACEMENT YEAR)             (WITH PLACEMENT YEAR)               (WITH PLACEMENT YEAR)

        BSc BIOLOGICAL                      MSci APPLIED                        MSci APPLIED
        SCIENCES (WILDLIFE                  BIOLOGICAL                          BIOVETERINARY
        HEALTH SCIENCES)                    RESEARCH                            RESEARCH

           www.rvc.ac.uk/bscwildlifehealthsciences   www.rvc.ac.uk/appliedbiological   www.rvc.ac.uk/appliedbioveterinary

        The BSc in Biological Sciences      The MSci in Applied Biological      With a focus on research
        (Wildlife Health Sciences) is an    Research is an undergraduate,       methodology and critical analysis, the
        undergraduate degree, the aim       integrated master’s degree with an   MSci Applied Bioveterinary Research
        of which is to give you a thorough   industry placement in the fourth year,   course aims to prepare you for
        foundation in biosciences, with     the aim of which is to prepare you   a PhD or a career in research,
                                                                                where you will strive to explore the
        further specialisation into aspects   for a PhD or a career in an industrial   development of new therapies for
        of biology required by wild animal   or academic research environment,   both human and veterinary diseases.
        professionals. The overall aim of this   with a focus on human and veterinary
        course is to produce graduates with   medicine, prevention and treatment.  The fourth year, which contains the industry
        high levels of understanding about                                      placement, will build on your knowledge
        animal health that are able to apply that   The fourth year, which contains the industry   gained from your first three years and develop
        to wildlife health situations. This degree   placement, will build on your knowledge   your scientific and transferable skills further,
        is delivered together with the Zoological   gained from your first three years and develop   making you ‘work ready’ and able to realise
        Society of London.                  your scientific and transferable skills further,   your full potential as soon as you embark on
                                            making you ‘work ready’ and able to realise   your chosen career path once graduating
                                            your full potential as soon as you embark on
        In the first year, you will learn about normal                          from the course.
        animal physiology including all major body   your chosen career path once graduating   The programme draws on our long history of
        systems and biological processes. In the   from the course.             cutting-edge research programmes which
        second year, you will explore disease processes,   This course draws on our history of    have contributed to advances in human as
        pathogen biology and an introduction to wild   cutting-edge research into human and   well as veterinary medicine, and explores the
        animal biology, as well as carrying out a short   veterinary medicine that has contributed to   fundamentals of biological and biomedical
        wild animal biology focused research project.   advances in the prevention and treatment of   science that are needed to understand and
                                            diseases. You will study the fundamentals   develop new therapies for both human and
        In the third year, in addition to two core wildlife
        related modules, you will be able to tailor the   of biological and biomedical science that   veterinary diseases. The course will give
        direction of your course, choosing from a   is needed to understand and develop new   you a clear and detailed understanding of
        programme of advanced study from a range   therapies and treatments for human and   underpinning physiology and cellular and
        of optional modules. You will also carry out   veterinary diseases. The course will give   molecular biology, as well as an insight into
        a longer wildlife health research project,   you a clear and detailed understanding of   disease mechanisms and an appreciation of
        supervised by a member of academic staff,   underpinning physiology and cellular and   comparative and integrated approaches to
        during which you will continue to develop   molecular biology, as well as an insight into   aid diagnosis and treatment in the future.
        your practical, analytical and reasoning skills   disease mechanisms and an appreciation of   You will have the option to undertake a
        as well as communication, teamwork and   comparative and integrated approaches to    work placement year. You are responsible
        professional development skills.    aid diagnosis and treatment in the future.  for finding your placement and we support
                                            You will have the option to undertake a work
        The compulsory third year modules will give                             you in this activity.
        you in-depth teaching about the health and   placement year. You are responsible for
        welfare of wild animals, as well as providing   finding your placement and we support
        experience in wildlife research. The projects   you in this activity.
        in your second, and third years are relevant
        to wild animal biology and this focus aims
        to make sure that you are ‘work ready’ for
        a career in a wildlife setting, either in an
        academic role or in industry.
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