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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.

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YEAR

COMPULSORY MODULES
• Biology of cells COMPULSORY MODULES COMPULSORY MODULES
• The basis of disease
• Wildlife Health Sciences research
• Inheritance, genetics • Ageing and degeneration project (30 credits)
and evolution • Principles of infectious disease • Biodiversity Action Plan Dissertation
• Developmental biology • Control of infectious disease (30 credits)
• The moving animal • Wild animal biology • Interventions
• Integrated physiology I • Wildlife Health Sciences research • Ecology: Individuals, Populations,
and Communities
• Integrated physiology II project (30 credits)
• Problem definition and investigation • OPTIONAL MODULES (select 1)
(including first-year research project) OPTIONAL MODULES (select 1) • Applied molecular microbiology
• Imaging of disease
• Advanced skeletal pathobiology
• Introduction to ‘One Health’
• Animal behaviour and cognition
• Introduction to Animal Behaviour,
Welfare and Ethics • Comparative animal locomotion
(30 credits)
• Development and disease
• Omics approach to biology
• Endocrine and metabolic syndromes
YOUR CAREER • Parasitology of human and veterinary
tropical diseases
Our BSc Biological Sciences (WHS) • Practical investigative biology
gives our students groundings in
both basic health sciences and their • Science of animal welfare
application in the field of wildlife health.
Most of our graduates from this course
go on to pursue careers in wildlife
management (government agencies
in both developing and developed
countries), wildlife rehabilitation, wildlife
related research (universities, zoological “All the lecturers are really
collections) or zoo management. knowledgeable and passionate about
the subjects they teach, and I like how
A very popular route following graduation they are also researching in their fields.
is postgraduate study. This degree is also I love how challenging the course is and
suitable for students who wish to apply to how friendly and helpful the staff and
Graduate entry for veterinary medicine, other students have been.”
medicine and dentistry. GRACE READ
BSc Wildlife Health Sciences

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