Part-Time BSc (Hons) APPLIED ANIMAL BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCE AND WELFARE

Bachelor's degree

In Kent

Price on request

Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Kent

  • Duration

    3 Years

Providing a comprehensive grounding in a wide range of issues, this qualification will prepare you for career opportunities in the popular fields of animal welfare and related behavioural sciences. You will develop an understanding of the theories, practices and skills needed to work within the industry and apply this knowledge in the field of companion animals, farm animals and wild animals in.

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Location

Start date

Kent
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Hadlow College, Hadlow, Tonbridge,, TN11 0AL

Start date

On request

About this course

160 UCAS points: 2 A levels at Grade C or above or a National Diploma at PMM or equivalent in appropriate subjects.
Additional Experience
Life experiences are taken into account when considering applications.

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Providing a comprehensive grounding in a wide range of issues, this qualification will prepare you for career opportunities in the popular fields of animal welfare and related behavioural sciences. You will develop an understanding of the theories, practices and skills needed to work within the industry and apply this knowledge in the field of companion animals, farm animals and wild animals in captivity. At the end of the course you will have a solid grasp of the different behavioural principles as well as the biological and physiological systems which underpin them.

UCAS Course Code: CD13 H BSc/AABSW1

Entry Requirements

160 UCAS points: 2 A levels at Grade C or above or a National Diploma at PMM or equivalent in appropriate subjects.

Additional Experience
Life experiences are taken into account when considering applications.

Location
Hadlow

Course Duration
Full time: 3 years, 2 days per week. Part time: 4 years, 1 1/2 day per week.

Course Content

Year 1
  • Animal science
  • Experimental design and analysis
  • Principles and practices of animal husbandry
  • Principles of management
  • Concepts of animal behaviour

Year 2
  • Breeding management and genetics
  • Problem behaviour management
  • Principles of animal welfare
  • Comparative anatomy adaptation and evolution
  • Applied animal welfare
  • Animal cognition and learning

Year 3
  • Advanced welfare and organisations
  • Current issues
  • Project

A choice of:
  • Advanced animal cognition and behavioural therapies
  • Behavioural ecology
  • Anthrozoology and personal psychology
  • Psychopharmacology and neuroscience


Assessment Method
Coursework (written assignments, projects and presentations) as well as examinations.

Progression Routes
Successful students may progress onto a related MSc or PhD programme, or into a wide range of management and research posts within the industry.

Specialist Equipment Needed
Protective clothing, footwear and wet weather clothing as well as overalls will be required.

Part-Time BSc (Hons) APPLIED ANIMAL BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCE AND WELFARE

Price on request