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3       D390      CAMDEN &         3       C100                       3        D300
          YEARS     (D391)   HAWKSHEAD      YEARS      (C101)    CAMDEN         YEARS      (D301)    CAMDEN
          DURATION  UCAS CODE   CAMPUS      DURATION  UCAS CODE   CAMPUS        DURATION  UCAS CODE   CAMPUS
                 (WITH PLACEMENT YEAR)             (WITH PLACEMENT YEAR)               (WITH PLACEMENT YEAR)

        BSc ANIMAL BIOLOGY,  BSc BIOLOGICAL                                    BSc BIOVETERINARY
        BEHAVIOUR, WELFARE  SCIENCES                                           SCIENCES
        AND ETHICS                            www.rvc.ac.uk/biologicalsciences    www.rvc.ac.uk/bioveterinarysciences

           www.rvc.ac.uk/bscabbwe

        Are you interested in why animals   The BSc Biological Sciences        The BSc Bioveterinary Sciences
        behave the way they do? Would you   undergraduate course offers a      undergraduate course is a unique
        enjoy using biology to understand   unique programme of research,      blend of the biological sciences
        animal bodies and minds? Do you want   unrivalled teaching and some of the   relating to animals, the way they work,
        to improve animal welfare in ways that   best practical facilities in the UK.   their health, their diseases, and their
        really work? Then this is the course   The programme draws on our long   relationships with humans.
        for you. Animal welfare is at the heart   history of cutting-edge research
        of ºÚÁÏÉç’s mission, and it is a growing,   that has contributed to advances   This course aims to equip you with
        multi-disciplinary field of science.    in human and veterinary medicine,   the latest skills for a range of careers
        The BSc Animal Biology, Behaviour,   and explores the fundamentals of   in veterinary-related science, as well
        Welfare and Ethics undergraduate    biological and biomedical science   as in STEM and non-STEM industries.
        course builds on our international   that are needed to understand and   You will be taught by a range of skilled
        reputation in this field.           develop new therapies for both     scientists and clinicians with extensive
        On this degree you will start by learning   human and animal diseases.  experience of research into animal and
                                                                               human disease. The course will give you
        biological principles, to enable you to                                a clear and detailed understanding of
        understand how animal cells and bodies work,   The course will give you a clear and detailed   underpinning physiology and cellular and
        both when healthy and during disease. As you   understanding of physiology and cellular   molecular biology, disease mechanisms
        specialise, you will increasingly use science to   and molecular biology. It will also provide   and approaches to therapy, using
        understand animal behaviour and welfare, and   an insight into disease mechanisms and an   comparative and integrated approaches
        learn how to use evidence to make your own   appreciation of comparative and integrated   in order to improve veterinary and human
        ethical evaluations about animal use in society.   approaches to aid diagnosis and treatment in   health in the future.
                                            the future.
        Part of the final year will be devoted to                              You will require ambition to succeed and a
        your own major research project on animal   The course explores the basic biological   desire to improve animal health and welfare.
        behaviour or welfare, to be supervised by   sciences that inform current biomedical   We demand high levels of motivation and,
        an expert on the subject and carried out   research and clinical practice. Biological   in return, promise a rich and rewarding
        either at the ºÚÁÏÉç or with one of our partners,   Sciences is a hands-on course, and   experience during your time with us.
        such as at an animal-related establishment.   includes extensive practical and small-group
        To date our student projects have covered   teaching, as well as lab placements. You   You will have the option to undertake a
        companion, farm, zoo, lab and sports animals.   will be exposed to cutting edge research in   work placement year. You are responsible
        This experience builds upon a 6-week animal   comparative physiology and medicine across   for finding your placement and we support
        behaviour/welfare research project in the   a range of body systems.   you in this activity.
        second year. You will have the option to
        undertake a work placement year. You would   You will have the option to undertake a work
        be responsible for finding your placement and   placement year. You are responsible for
        we support you in this activity.    finding your placement and we support you
                                            in this activity.








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