Study Schemes

BSC  Animal Behaviour [C12F]

Academic Year: 2025/2026Single Honours scheme - available from 2019/2020

Duration (studying Full-Time): 4 years

Award Eligibility:Standard Awards; Excellence Scholarship;

Part 1 Rules

Year 1  Core (120 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
BR01200

Practical Skills for Biologists

BR01340

Molecules and Cells

BR01500

Communication Skills

Semester 2
BR01220

Practical Skills for Biologists

BR01440

Organisms and the Environment

BR01520

Communication Skills

Year 2  Core (120 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
BR15700

Skills for Wildlife Scientists

or
BG15700

Sgiliau ar gyfer Gwyddonwyr Bywyd Gwyllt

BR16700

Comparative Animal Physiology

BR17120

Genetics, Evolution and Diversity

BR17520

Cell Biology

or
BG17520

Bioleg Celloedd

Semester 2
BR15420

Disease Diagnosis and Control

BR15720

Skills for Wildlife Scientists

or
BG15720

Sgiliau ar gyfer Gwyddonwyr Bywyd Gwyllt

BR16720

Comparative Animal Physiology

BR19320

Ecology and Conservation

or
BG19320

Ecoleg a Chadwraeth

Part 2 Rules

Year 3  Core (100 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
BR21620

Animal Behaviour

BR27120

Veterinary Health

BR27500

Research Methods

or
BG27500

Dulliau Ymchwil

Semester 2
BR26820

Vertebrate Zoology

BR27320

Researching Behavioural Ecology

BR27520

Research Methods

or
BG27520

Dulliau Ymchwil

Year 3  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

or
BG36400

Traethawd Estynedig

Semester 2
BR35120

Behaviour and Welfare of Domesticated Animals

BR36440

Research Project

or
BG36440

Traethawd Estynedig

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

Aberystwyth University Standard Awards

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