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MODULES
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Please note that these are indicative modules and may be subject to change. All modules are 15 credits unless noted otherwise.

YEAR
YEAR
YEAR

COMPULSORY MODULES
• The basis of disease
• Biology of cells COMPULSORY MODULES • Investigative project (30 credits)
OPTIONAL MODULES
• Inheritance, genetics • Ageing and degeneration
and evolution • Principles of infectious disease • Advanced concepts in bio-business
• Developmental biology • Control of infectious disease • Advanced concepts in reproduction
• The moving animal • Principles of pharmacology • Applied molecular microbiology
• Integrated physiology I • Investigative project (30 credits) • Advanced skeletal pathobiology
• Integrated physiology II • Animal behaviour and cognition
• Problem definition and OPTIONAL MODULES (select 1) • Applied animal welfare
investigation (including first- • Applied pharmacology • Comparative animal locomotion
year research project) • Imaging of disease (30 credits)
• Introduction to ‘One Health’ • Comparative models of disease
• Introduction to Animal Behaviour, • Comparative anatomy
Welfare and Ethics • Omics approach to biology

• Critical Literature Review (30 credits)
YOUR CAREER • Development and disease
• Endocrine and metabolic syndromes
With the expansion and development • Epidemiology: the bigger picture
of para-veterinary roles, including
bioveterinary scientists, there are many • Infection and immunity (30 credits)
opportunities for our graduates to work • Parasitology of human and veterinary
in roles that support the promotion tropical diseases
of animal health and welfare in all • Practical investigative biology
its aspects. Other graduates go on • Science of animal welfare
to hold prominent positions in the
pharmaceutical industry, the agricultural
industry, government, the medical
research sector, and publishing.
“I have been highly stimulated by
the course at the RVC. I find the
teaching staff to be excellent, critical
scientists who are wholly-intent on
developing the best scientific minds
for the next generation.”
JAMES SWEET JONES
BSc Bioveterinary Sciences graduate

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