Biological, Environmental and Rural Scs. - Aberystwyth Univ. courses

...projects, essays and seminars, in addition to written examinations...

...farming and the environment, there is an opportunity for specializing through the choice of options which include the study of animal health...

...This scheme offers you a knowledge of agriculture and an understanding of its increasing role in environmental conservation, rural enterprise...

...technical and management planning at the whole farm level, and you undertake research in topics of your choice. There is also a field course module...

...Agriculture is taught at the Institute which is renowned for its teaching and research in land based industries. Marketing is taught at the University's...

...and term time assessments, which can include essays, lab reports, seminars, literature reviews, debates and problems to solve. Foundation Year Includes the following modules...

...an understanding of the ways that farming systems operate and the impact they have on the rural environment and economy. Topics covered include farm business...

...The Animal Science degree scheme offers vocationally relevant training in the animal sciences, drawing on Aberystwyth's acknowledged reputation as a centre...

...The coastline, hills and woodlands of mid-Wales provide an incomparable setting for the degree scheme in Animal Behaviour . The environment offers...

...final year is an individual research project, on a topic of your choice, upon which your honours dissertation will be based. Learning and Teaching In addition...

...by commercial fisheries, and our coastal waters, lakes and rivers have high recreation and conservation value. Situated on the coast of Cardigan Bay...

...population and conservation biology, or on more applied aspects of zoology such as parasitology and immunology. Optional modules offer an opportunity...

...the media to see many examples of this, e.g. the recent controversies surrounding bird ‘flu, foot and mouth disease, Legionnaire's disease, and the development...

...topics of genomics and bioinformatics. Emphasis is given to the development of your practical skills in biochemistry and this is further encouraged...

...The Human Genome Project, for example, has provided a treasure trove of biological information from which the function of genes and their products can be determined...

...levels. A key aim of the second year is to maintain the balance of the areas studied and so you select modules from a range covering the major areas of biology...

...and understanding of biology by taking modules covering the structure and function of plants, animals and microbes at the whole organism, cellular and molecular levels...

...and industry (including the food and pharmaceutical industries), diagnostic laboratories and in the field (including environmental monitoring)...

...After completing a common first year, which includes studies of the structure and function of plants, their physiology, ecology and classification...

...Year 3 Individual research project; species conservation; global biodiversity; landscape ecology; current conservation issues; the agrienvironment...