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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 medicine,
course is to produce graduates with 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. placement, will build on your knowledge your scientific and transferable skills further,
gained from your first three years and develop making you ‘work ready’ and able to realise
In the first year, you will learn about normal your scientific and transferable skills further, your full potential as soon as you embark on
animal physiology including all major body making you ‘work ready’ and able to realise your chosen career path once graduating
systems and biological processes. In the your full potential as soon as you embark on from the course.
second year, you will explore disease processes, your chosen career path once graduating The programme draws on our long history of
pathogen biology and an introduction to wild from the course. cutting-edge research programmes which
animal biology, as well as carrying out a short This course draws on our history of have contributed to advances in human as
wild animal biology focused research project. cutting-edge research into human medicine well as veterinary medicine, and explores the

In the third year, in addition to two core wildlife that has contributed to advances in the fundamentals of biological and biomedical
related modules, you will be able to tailor the prevention and treatment of diseases. You science that are needed to understand and
direction of your course, choosing from a will study the fundamentals of biological develop new therapies for both human and
programme of advanced study from a range and biomedical science that is needed to veterinary diseases. The course will give
of optional modules. You will also carry out understand and develop new therapies and you a clear and detailed understanding of
a longer wildlife health research project, treatments for human and veterinary diseases. physiology and cellular and molecular biology,
supervised by a member of academic staff, The course will give you a clear and detailed as well as an insight into disease mechanisms
during which you will continue to develop understanding of physiology and cellular and and an appreciation of comparative and
your practical, analytical and reasoning skills molecular biology, as well as an insight into integrated approaches to aid diagnosis and
as well as communication, teamwork and disease mechanisms and an appreciation of treatment in the future.
professional development skills. comparative and integrated approaches to aid
diagnosis and treatment in the future. You will have the option to undertake a
The compulsory third year modules will give work placement year. You are responsible
you in-depth teaching about the health and You will have the option to undertake a work for finding your placement and we support
welfare of wild animals, as well as providing placement year. You are responsible for you in this activity.
experience in wildlife research. The projects finding your placement and we support
in your second, and third years are relevant you in this activity.
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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