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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 and veterinary
course is to produce graduates with medicine, 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. This degree placement, will build on your knowledge your scientific and transferable skills further,
is delivered together with the Zoological gained from your first three years and develop making you ‘work ready’ and able to realise
Society of London. your scientific and transferable skills further, your full potential as soon as you embark on
making you ‘work ready’ and able to realise your chosen career path once graduating
your full potential as soon as you embark on
In the first year, you will learn about normal from the course.
animal physiology including all major body your chosen career path once graduating The programme draws on our long history of
systems and biological processes. In the from the course. cutting-edge research programmes which
second year, you will explore disease processes, This course draws on our history of have contributed to advances in human as
pathogen biology and an introduction to wild cutting-edge research into human and well as veterinary medicine, and explores the
animal biology, as well as carrying out a short veterinary medicine that has contributed to fundamentals of biological and biomedical
wild animal biology focused research project. advances in the prevention and treatment of science that are needed to understand and
diseases. You will study the fundamentals develop new therapies for both human and
In the third year, in addition to two core wildlife
related modules, you will be able to tailor the of biological and biomedical science that veterinary diseases. The course will give
direction of your course, choosing from a is needed to understand and develop new you a clear and detailed understanding of
programme of advanced study from a range therapies and treatments for human and underpinning physiology and cellular and
of optional modules. You will also carry out veterinary diseases. The course will give molecular biology, as well as an insight into
a longer wildlife health research project, you a clear and detailed understanding of disease mechanisms and an appreciation of
supervised by a member of academic staff, underpinning physiology and cellular and comparative and integrated approaches to
during which you will continue to develop molecular biology, as well as an insight into aid diagnosis and treatment in the future.
your practical, analytical and reasoning skills disease mechanisms and an appreciation of You will have the option to undertake a
as well as communication, teamwork and comparative and integrated approaches to work placement year. You are responsible
professional development skills. aid diagnosis and treatment in the future. for finding your placement and we support
You will have the option to undertake a work
The compulsory third year modules will give you in this activity.
you in-depth teaching about the health and placement year. You are responsible for
welfare of wild animals, as well as providing finding your placement and we support
experience in wildlife research. The projects you in this activity.
in your second, and third years are relevant
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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