BSc (Hons) in Animal Management Top Up

The BSc (Hons) Animal Management Top Up offers a high quality broad-based training experience in animal management, by providing a solid understanding of applied animal sciences, together with a comprehensive insight into a number of key disciplines crucial to animal management. This programme enables students to develop their theoretical, practical and technical experience in animal management.

Each course is assessed by a combination of coursework, practical assessments and end of course examinations and assessments. The nature of the coursework is appropriate to the subject area and learning outcomes outlined in the course specification forms. Coursework, individual and group oral and PowerPoint presentations, research reports, case studies and assignments, and closed book examinations will all be used in combination with industry relevant context specific assessments utilising technologies where appropriate. Use of the VLE, new e-portfolios, websites is encouraged to embed technology into the programme for assessment.

Modular Structure Year 1

• Evolution and Taxonomy (15)

• Anatomy and Physiology (15)

• Concepts in Animal Husbandry (15)

• Concepts in Animal Welfare (15)

• Concepts in Conservation (15)

• Concepts in Animal Behaviour (15)

• Industry Practices 1 (15)

• Research Skills (15)

Year 2

• Breeding Management and Genetics (15)

• Data Analysis (15)

• Field Biology and Conservation Management (15)

• Advanced Animal Husbandry, Health and Nutrition (15)

• Business Planning and Project Management (15)

• Exotic College Management (15)

• Industry Practices 2 (15) A choice of either:
• Problem Behaviour Management and Training (15) OR
• Global Biodiversity and Conservation Issues (15)

Year 3

• Applied Wildlife and Habitat Conservation (15)

• Practical Animal Nutrition (15)

• Advanced Animal Behaviour (15)

• Animal Welfare Issues (15)

• Current Issues (15)

• Honours Project for the Animal Sciences (30) A choice of either:
• Conservation and Tourism (15) OR
• Behavioural Ecology (15)