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         INSTITUTION   DURATION    UCAS CODE      CAMPUS
                                  (WITH PLACEMENT
                                      YEAR)
 CAREERS   BSc ANIMAL BIOLOGY, BEHAVIOUR,


 IN BIOLOGICAL   WELFARE AND ETHICS

 SCIENCES   Are you interested in why animals behave the      During the course, you will explore animal behaviour in terms


        way they do? Would you enjoy using biology            of its evolutionary history, the animal’s cognition and sensory
        to understand animal bodies and minds?                processes, and its genetic and environmental triggers.
        Do you want to improve animal welfare in ways         Animal welfare is about mental as well as physical health, so you
        that really work? Then this is the course for you.    will learn techniques from neuroscience, psychology, physiology
                                                              and more, as well as information about real-world animal welfare
        Animal welfare is at the heart of RVC’s mission,      scenarios. This evidence is used to inform legislation and ethical
        and it is a growing, multidisciplinary field of       decision-making, so you will use logical frameworks and debate
        science. This course builds on our international      to draw your own informed conclusions about what is ‘right’.
        reputation in this field.                             You will develop practical skills in a range of field and laboratory
                                                              techniques to address fundamental biological questions in animal
                                                              behaviour and welfare. You will study welfare and behaviour
        COURSE OVERVIEW                                       across a range of species including farm, companion, wild,
                                                              laboratory and zoo animals.
        On this degree you will start with fundamental biology, learning
        about how animal cells and bodies work, both when healthy   Part of the final year will be devoted to your own research project
        and during disease. As you specialise, you will increasingly   on animal behaviour, welfare or ethics. Your research project will
        use science to understand animal behaviour and welfare, and   be conducted with supervision from a specialist member of RVC
        learn how to use evidence to make your own ethical evaluations   academic staff. Some projects are located at RVC, whilst others
        about animal use in society.                          take place at a relevant establishment, such as a farm, zoo or
                                                              animal sanctuary. This experience builds upon a six-week animal
                                                              behaviour/welfare research project in the second year.


        MODULES  – Please note that these are indicative modules and may be subject to change. All modules are 15 credits unless stated
        otherwise, and most are based at Camden Campus except for the Year 2 research project and the Year 3 Animal Behaviour, Welfare and
                                               1
        Ethics modules, which are at Hawkshead Campus.       First Year modules are the same for all Biological Pathways. Please see page 33
        for a list of first year modules.
        2             degeneration        research project    3            and cognition        metabolic syndromes
        YEAR        COMPULSORY            welfare ethics      YEAR       COMPULSORY           OPTIONAL MODULES
                                           • Animal behaviour
                    MODULES
                                                                         MODULES
                                                                                                 • Endocrine and
                       • The basis of disease
                                                                           • Animal behaviour
                                          (30 credits)
                                                                                                 • Epidemiology:
                       • Ageing and

                                                                                                the bigger picture
                                                                           • Science of

                                                                                                 • Parasitology of human
                                                                           animal welfare
                       • Principles of
                                                                                                and veterinary tropical
                      infectious disease
                                        (select one)
                                                                                                 • Practical investigative
                       • Control of infectious   OPTIONAL MODULES          • Applied animal welfare   diseases
                                                                           • Animals and
                                           • Principles of
                      disease             pharmacology                     human society        biology
                                                                                                 • Advanced concepts
                       • Introduction to animal     • Wild animal biology     • Animal behaviour     in biobusiness
                      behaviour, welfare                                   welfare ethics research
                                                                                                 • Omic approaches
                      and ethics                                           project (60 credits)     to biology

                                                                                                 • Comparative anatomy
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