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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
YEAR

COMPULSORY MODULES
• Research project (30 credits)
• Biology of cells COMPULSORY MODULES COMPULSORY MODULES • Research skills
• Extended research
• The basis of disease
• Inheritance, genetics • Ageing and degeneration project (105 credits)
and evolution • Principles of infectious disease OPTIONAL MODULES
• Developmental biology • Control of infectious disease • Advanced concepts in bio-business
• The moving animal • Principles of pharmacology • Advanced concepts in reproduction
• Integrated physiology I • Investigative project • Applied molecular microbiology
• Integrated physiology II (30 credits) • Advanced skeletal pathobiology
• Problem definition and • Animal behaviour and cognition
investigation (including OPTIONAL MODULES (select 1) • Applied animal welfare
first-year research project) • Applied pharmacology • Comparative animal locomotion (30 credits)
• Imaging of disease • Comparative models of disease
• Introduction to ‘One Health’ • Development and disease
• Introduction to Animal • Endocrine and metabolic syndromes
Behaviour, Welfare and Ethics • Epidemiology: the bigger picture
• Infection and immunity (30 credits)
• Parasitology of human and veterinary
tropical diseases
• Practical investigative biology
• Science of animal welfare
• Omics approach to biology
• Comparative Anatomy
YOUR CAREER • Critical literature review (30 credits)

The RVC’s MSci Bioveterinary Sciences is a
challenging yet rewarding course that will equip
you with practical techniques and transferable skills
for a range of careers allied to veterinary science,
promoting animal health and welfare in all its aspects.
Other graduates go on to hold prominent positions
in the pharmaceutical, agricultural, government,
conservation, education and charity sectors.

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