BSC Animal Behaviour [C120]

Academic Year 2024/2025 September 2024 Start

Campus Aberystwyth

Single Honours scheme - available from 2000/2001

Duration 3 years

Award Eligiblity
Standard Awards Excellence Scholarship;

Aberystwyth University Standard Awards

  • Entrance Scholarship / Merit Award
  • Sports Bursary
  • Music Bursary
  • International Excellence Scholarship
  • Residential Bursary
  • Aberystwyth Bursary
  • Care Leaver Bursary

Year 1 Core (120 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
BR15700

Skills for Wildlife Scientists
Module in Welsh▼

BR16700

Comparative Animal Physiology

BR17120

Genetics, Evolution and Diversity

BR17520

Cell Biology
Module in Welsh▼

Semester 2
BR15420

Disease Diagnosis and Control

BR15720

Skills for Wildlife Scientists
Module in Welsh▼

BR16720

Comparative Animal Physiology

BR19320

Ecology and Conservation
Module in Welsh▼

Year 2 Core (100 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
BR21620

Animal Behaviour

BR27120

Veterinary Health

BR27500

Research Methods
Module in Welsh▼

Semester 2
BR26820

Vertebrate Zoology

BR27320

Researching Behavioural Ecology

BR27520

Research Methods
Module in Welsh▼

Year 2 Options

Choose 20 credits (Note: due to limited spaces on field courses, attendance must be agreed in advance with the module co-ordinator)

Semester 1
BR25420

Invertebrate Zoology

BR25520

An Introduction to Landscape Ecology and Geographic Information Systems

Semester 2
BR23820

Tropical Zoology Field Course

Final Year Core (80 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
BR35320

Behavioural Neurobiology

BR36400

Research Project
Module in Welsh▼

Semester 2
BR35120

Behaviour and Welfare of Domesticated Animals

BR36440

Research Project
Module in Welsh▼

Final Year Options

Choose 40 credits (Note: due to limited spaces on field courses, attendance must be agreed in advance with the module co-ordinator)

Semester 1
BR33420

Global Biodiversity Conservation

BR33920

Population and Community Ecology

BR34920

Animal Behaviour Field Course

Semester 2
BR33820

Parasitology

BR34520

Wildlife Conservation

BR36820

Veterinary Pharmacology and Disease Control