FdSc APPLIED BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCE AND WELFARE

Resources

• New multi-million pound animal management, veterinary nursing and dog grooming facility (opening Spring 2009)
• Specialist rooms for aquatics, reptiles, invertebrates and small mammals
• Extensive paddock facilities housing a range of grazing animals
• 6 bay, custom built aviaries for exotic birds
• Commercial dog grooming parlour
• Fully equipped veterinary examination room

Typical Employers
Animal rescue centres, animal charities, zoos and wildlife parks, as well as educational institutions and retail outlets.

Industry Links

Students benefit from a wide range of contacts such as local zoos, wildlife parks and rare breeds centres together with veterinary practices, pet shops, kennels, groomers and rescue operations such as Battersea Dogs Home.

More about Animal Management Courses faculty

Enabling graduates to move into the many career paths which are found within the fields of animal welfare and the behavioural sciences, this qualification allows students to develop skills in the understanding of behavioural principles and the biological and physiological systems which underpin them. You will delve into the multi-faceted world of animal behaviour with an emphasis on the identification and management of problem behaviours in both wild and domestic animals.

UCAS Course Code: D322 H FdSc/LLAB

Entry Requirements

80 UCAS points: 1 A level at Grade C or above or National Diploma at PPM or equivalent supported by GCSEs.

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

Location
Hadlow

Course Duration
Full time: 2 years, 2 days per week. Part time: 3 years, 1 1/2 days 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
• Work based learning

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
• Work based learning

The work-based learning modules are key to this programme. You will be expected to complete 150 hours each year at an animal related organisation. This can be done either as a block placement during the summer term or as one day per week throughout the year. You will be supported in finding an appropriate placement which will enable you to gain an insight into working life.

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

Progression Routes
Successful students can progress onto the BSc (Hons) Applied Animal Behavioural Science and Welfare programme. Graduates will also be fully prepared for managerial and technical positions within the domestic and wild animal industry.

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

• How to apply