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STUDY RESEARCH PROJECT
Throughout your intercalated year, emphasis is placed on a
Please see page 56 for an outline of what is studied during research project, which accounts for half of the intercalated
the five-year programme, along with the practical and clinical degree programme. You will have a choice of different projects,
teaching delivered. You will typically study your intercalated year from a broad range of specialisation including locomotion,
between the second and third year of the Bachelor of Veterinary reproduction, cell and molecular biology, physiology,
Medicine course. During the year you will take modules that epidemiology, infection and immunity. For this part of the
are credit rated. One credit is equivalent to 10-hours’ study course you will work with an established academic team who
time (including home study and exam revision). To pass the will help to guide your research and ensure you develop any
intercalated year you will need to complete 120 credits of study. skills you need to complete the study. For the BSc Bioveterinary
Sciences your project will count either 30 or 60 credits towards
your intercalated degree, for BSc Comparative Pathology all
projects will contribute 60 credits to your intercalated degree.

MODULES INTERCALATED INTERCALATED

Please note that these are indicative BSC BIOVETERINARY COMPARATIVE
modules and may be subject to change. SCIENCES PATHOLOGY

In addition to the research project, • Advanced concepts in bio-business • Principles of pathology
all courses have some element of • Applications of pathology
coursework. Both courses are modular, • Advanced concepts in reproduction
for the BSc Bioveterinary Sciences you • Applied molecular microbiology
will have a choice of modules (examples • Advanced skeletal pathobiology “Within my BSc Comparative
are given below) and you will be able • Animal behaviour Pathology intercalated
to select modules based on your own and cognition year, I have learnt
interest. For BSc Comparative Pathology, • Applied animal welfare practical skills such as
there are two compulsory modules which conducting post mortems
contribute the 60 credits that together • Comparative animal and understanding the
with the research project allow you to locomotion importance of research, as
complete the degree. • Comparative models well as soft skills such as
of disease learning how to communicate
Examples of optional modules (credit • Development and disease complex scientific information in a
ratings are shown after the name of the digestible manner for those listening.”
module. Students would need to select • Endocrine and metabolic syndromes
modules that together with the 30 or 60 • Epidemiology: the bigger picture WILLIAM WRIGHT
credit research projects add to a total of
120 credits). All modules are 15 credits • Infection and immunity BSc Comparative Pathology
unless noted otherwise. • Parasitology of human and veterinary
tropical diseases
• Practical investigative biology
• Science of animal welfare

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