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4       C102                       4       D302                       4        C302
          YEARS     (C104)     CAMDEN       YEARS      (D304)    CAMDEN         YEARS      (C304)    CAMDEN
          DURATION  UCAS CODE   CAMPUS      DURATION  UCAS CODE   CAMPUS        DURATION  UCAS CODE   CAMPUS
                 (WITH PLACEMENT YEAR)             (WITH PLACEMENT YEAR)               (WITH PLACEMENT YEAR)

        MSci BIOLOGICAL                     MSci BIOVETERINARY  MSci BIOLOGICAL
        SCIENCES                            SCIENCES                            SCIENCES (WILDLIFE
                                                                                HEALTH SCIENCES)
           www.rvc.ac.uk/mscibiological       www.rvc.ac.uk/mscibioveterinary
                                                                                  www.rvc.ac.uk/msciwildlifehealthsciences

        The MSci in Biological Sciences     The MSci in Bioveterinary Sciences   The MSci in Biological Sciences
        is an undergraduate integrated      is an undergraduate integrated      (Wildlife Health Sciences) is an
        master’s degree, the aim of which   master’s degree, the aim of which   undergraduate integrated master’s
        is to prepare you for a PhD or a    is to prepare you for a PhD or a    degree, the aim of which is to
        career in an academic or industrial   career in an academic or industrial   give you a thorough foundation
        research environment, where you     research environment, and for       in biosciences, with further
        will endeavour to make advances     other biological, biomedicine and   specialisation into aspects of biology
        in human medicine.                  veterinary-related careers.         required by wild animal professionals.

        This programme allows you to discover and   This programme focuses on developing your   In the first year, you will learn about normal
        explore all aspects of biological sciences.   knowledge, analytical skills and practical   animal physiology including all major body
        Modules are structured across the first   skills. Modules are structured across the first   systems and biological processes. In the
        three years of the course to build a broad   three years of the course to build a broad   second year, you will explore disease processes,
        base of knowledge, whilst also allowing the   base of knowledge, whilst also allowing the   pathogen biology and an introduction to wild
        opportunity to specialise through optional   opportunity to specialise through optional   animal biology, as well as carrying out a short
        module selections and your research projects   module selections and research projects in   wild animal biology focused research project.
        in your second and third year.      your second and third year.
                                                                                In the third year, you will be able to choose the
        The fourth year involves an extensive and   The fourth year, which comprises an in-depth   future direction of your course by following a
        in-depth research project, together with   research project, will build on your knowledge   programme of advanced study, chosen from
        training in advanced research methods.   gained from your first three years and develop   a range of optional modules. You will also
        This will build on your knowledge gained   your scientific and transferable skills further, making   carry out a longer wild animal biology research
        from your first three years and develop your   you ‘work ready’ and able to realise your full   project, supervised by a member of academic
        scientific and transferable skills further,   potential as soon as you embark on your chosen   staff, during which you will continue to develop
        making you ‘work ready’ and able to realise   career path after graduating from the course.  your practical, analytical and reasoning skills
        your full potential as soon as you embark on   The course will deliver the underpinning   as well as communication, teamwork and
        your chosen career path after graduating   knowledge of animal health and disease, where   professional development skills.
        from the course.                                                        In the third year you will be given in-depth
                                            you will gain a better understanding of current
        The course will give you a clear and detailed   fundamental research questions in biology and   teaching about the health and welfare of wild
        understanding of physiology and cellular and   applied biomedical and bioveterinary sciences,   animals, and your fourth year will be an extensive
        molecular biology, as well as an insight into   and you will be exposed to cutting-edge fields   research project relevant to wildlife health and
        disease mechanisms and an appreciation of   of research in comparative physiology and   welfare, as well as receiving training in advanced
        comparative and integrated approaches to aid   medicine, livestock production and health, and   research methodologies. The research projects
        diagnosis and treatment in the future.  animal welfare science and ethics. The course   in your second, third and fourth years are all
                                            is particularly suitable for those considering a   relevant to wild animal biology and this focus
        You will have the option to undertake a   career in research.           aims to make sure that you are ‘work ready’ for
        work placement year. You are responsible                                a career in a wild animal biology setting, either
        for finding your placement and we support   You will have the option to undertake a work   in an academic role or in industry.
        you in this activity.               placement year. You are responsible for   You will have the option to undertake a work
                                            finding your placement and we support you
                                            in this activity.                   placement year. You are responsible for
                                                                                finding your placement and we support you
                                                                                in this activity.

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