Bachelor of Animal and Veterinary Bioscience

Bachelor's degree

In Canberra (Australia)

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Canberra (Australia)

  • Start date

    Different dates available

The Bachelor of Animal and Veterinary Bioscience is your passport to a career working with animals. Not only will you develop an excellent foundation in science, this flexible degree will give you the freedom to tailor your studies to suit your interests within the field of animal science.



Over your four-year course, you will develop skills in applied animal health and disease; nutrition and feed technology; reproduction and assisted reproductive technologies; behaviour and welfare science; genetics and biotechnology. Because this course emphasises the practical and applied, you will be given lots of opportunity to get out in the real world to work with the animals you love.



While your first three years will see you based at our Camperdown campus, you’ll be able to use our large animal teaching and research facilities at the University's farms and Camden campus. And, you’ll do 60 days of professional development working with people in the industry. You can choose to work in businesses, rural properties, government departments, research and volunteer organisations both in Australia and overseas. Not only will this give you a taste of the many career options available, it will set you up with industry contacts that will prove invaluable in your future.



That’s why our graduates go on to pursue their passion of working with fauna by taking on jobs across a range of industries. Armed with a Bachelor of Animal and Veterinary Bioscience, you could be forging a career in pharmaceuticals, government services, zoos, artificial breeding, natural resource management, management of invasive animals, medical research, teaching at various levels in education, or working as an animal nutritionist—just for starters.

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Subjects

  • IT
  • Veterinary
  • Credit
  • Genetics
  • Bioscience
  • Production
  • IT Management
  • Project
  • Management
  • Nutrition
  • IT Development
  • Biotechnology
  • Industry
  • Government
  • Teaching
  • University
  • Technology
  • Skills and Training

Course programme

Unit of Study information on faculty page

Study plan

The Bachelor of Animal and Veterinary Bioscience is a flexible applied science course focusing on the specific field of animal science. Starting with a general science foundation, the four year course develops skills in applied animal health and disease; nutrition and feed technology; reproduction and assisted reproductive technologies; behaviour and welfare science; genetics and biotechnology. You will also undertake practical experience with relevant animal or animal-related enterprises throughout your degree and during university holidays as part of the compulsory professional development program. The course also includes a small-scale, supervised research project in an animal science area of your choice for students with sufficient academic achievement. The Faculty specialises in applied animal health and disease in wildlife, production and companion animals; conservation genetics; livestock production in the major and emerging animal industries; animal reproduction and assisted reproductive technologies (production animals and wildlife); animal behaviour and welfare science (particularly in production and companion animals); applied animal nutrition; and production animal genetics and breeding management.

SAMPLE STUDY PLAN

Year 1

Semester 1 Semester 2 AGEN1001 Shaping our Landscapes AVBS1002 Concepts of Animal Management BIOL1001 Concepts in Biology (or BIOL1901) BIOL1002 Living Systems (or BIOL1902) CHEM1101 Chemistry 1A (or CHEM1001) CHEM1102 Chemistry 1B (or CHEM1002) ENVX1002 Introduction to Statistical Models VETS1018 Animal Bioscience 24 credit points 24 credit points

Year 2

Semester 1 Semester 2 ENVX2001 Applied Statistical Methods AGEC1006 Economic Environment of Agriculture GENE2002 Veterinary and Agricultural Genetics 2 ANSC2005 Australia's Biodiversity in a Changing Environment ANSC3103 Animal Structure and Function A ANSC3104 Animal Structure and Function B VETS1032 Animal Engergetics and Homeostasis AVBS2001 Introductory Veterinary Pathogenesis 24 credit points 24 credit points

The table below is the study plan for students choosing NOT to take a major. Electives in years 3 and 4 can count towards the following majors:

  • Animal Genetics and Biotechnology
  • Animal Health and Disease
  • Animal Production Systems
  • Wildlife Conservation and Management

Year 3

Semester 1 Semester 2 ANSC3102 Animal Reproduction ANSC3101 Animal Nutrition 3 ANSC3108 Animal Genetics and Genomics 1 AVBS3000 Professional Development Vet Elective Vet Elective Vet Elective Vet Elective 24 credit points 24 credit points

Meritorious students undertaking Honours complete the Research Project units in their fourth year.

Year 4

Semester 1 Semester 2 Elective Elective Elective Elective Elective or AVBS4015 Research Project A1 Elective or AVBS4015 Research Project A3 Elective or AVBS4015 Research Project A2 Elective or AVBS4015 Research Project A4 24 credit points 24 credit points

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Bachelor of Animal and Veterinary Bioscience

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