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         INSTITUTION   DURATION    UCAS CODE      CAMPUS
                                  (WITH PLACEMENT
                                      YEAR)
        MSci BIOVETERINARY SCIENCES




        The MSci in Bioveterinary Sciences is an              The fourth year comprises an extensive, in-depth research
        undergraduate integrated masterÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥™s degree,             project, together with training in advanced research methods.
        the aim of which is to prepare you for a PhD          This will build on your knowledge gained from your first three
                                                              years and develop your scientific and transferable skills further,
        or a career in an academic or industrial              making you ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥˜work readyÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥™ and able to realise your full potential
        research environment, for example within the          as soon as you embark on your chosen career path after
        biotechnology or pharmaceutical industries,           graduating from the course.
        and for other biological, biomedicine and
        veterinary-related careers.                           The course will deliver the knowledge of animal health and
                                                              disease, where you will gain a better understanding of current
                                                              fundamental research and related questions in bioveterinary
        COURSE OVERVIEW                                       sciences. You will be exposed to cutting-edge fields of
                                                              research in comparative physiology and medicine, livestock
        This programme focuses on developing your knowledge,   production and health, and animal welfare science and ethics.
        analytical skills and practical skills. Modules are structured   The course is particularly suitable for those considering a
        across the first three years of the course to build a broad   career in research.
        base of knowledge, whilst also allowing the opportunity to
        specialise through optional module selections and research
        projects in your second and third year.







        YEAR         COMPULSORY MODULES                                           YEAR             ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥¢ Research skills
                        ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥¢ Research project (30 credits)                                            ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥¢ Extended

                     OPTIONAL MODULES                ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥¢ Critical literature review                 research project
                        ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥¢ Advanced concepts         (30 credits)                   4              (105 credits)
                       in bio-business              (co-requisite 30 credit
                                                    research project)
                        ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥¢ Advanced concepts
        3   in reproduction                          ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥¢ Development and disease
                                                     ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥¢ Ecology: individuals,
                        ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥¢ Applied molecular microbiology    populations and communities
                        ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥¢ Applied wildlife health science
                                                     ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥¢ Endocrine and
                        ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥¢ Advanced skeletal pathobiology    metabolic syndromes
                        ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥¢ Animal behaviour and cognition    ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥¢ Epidemiology: the bigger picture
                        ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥¢ Applied animal welfare     ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥¢ Infection and immunity (30 credits)
                        ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥¢ Comparative animal         ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥¢ Parasitology of human and
                       locomotion (30 credits)      veterinary tropical diseases
                        ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥¢ Comparative models of disease    ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥¢ Practical investigative biology
                        ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥¢ Comparative anatomy        ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥¢ Science of animal welfare

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