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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.
16 CRITICAL-THINKING • PROBLEM-SOLVING • SCIENCE-SHAPING