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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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