Wildlife Conservation (with foundation year)

This course is an integrated foundation degree, where you'll progress onto our BSc (Hons) Wildlife Conservation course, once you successfully complete your foundation year.

Our integrated foundation degrees offer a unique gateway to our BSc courses for those who currently don't meet the degree-level entry criteria. The foundation year acts as a launch pad, supporting you with the transition to university learning. Anticipate a year filled with the development of robust study skills, increased confidence in tackling intricate problems, and the cultivation of independent learning. Rest assured, by the end of this transformative year, you'll emerge well-prepared for the exhilarating challenges that await you at degree level.

About the BSc course
You will learn about the theory and practice of species conservation through a range of lectures, practicals and fieldwork combining the scientific principles of animal function and behaviour with conservation biology. You’ll explore current areas of global concern, including the effects of habitat loss on wild species, alongside approaches to their conservation. This course will give you sound knowledge of ecological processes and theories while developing the skills to identify, monitor and manage wild animals and their habitats.

Our 200-hectare rural campus offers a unique learning environment where you will put theory into practice and gain hands-on ecology and conservation experience. We utilise this outdoor classroom in many of our modules, for example, by undertaking species and habitat surveys across the campus. You will be taught by lecturers that have vast experience in the conservation sector and in ecological research.

Course Modules

Foundation year

• Foundation Biology

• Laboratory Skills

• Science in Practice

• Field Skills

• Preparing for Success

Year Two

• Animal Structure, Function and Adaptation

• Behaviour

• Biodiversity Conservation

• Conservation Organisations and Wildlife Issues

• Ecological Census Techniques

• Principles of Ecology

Year Three

• Applied Habitat Management

• Behavioural and Evolutionary Ecology

• Introduction to Research

• Wildlife Field Techniques and Geographical Information Systems (GIS)

• Law and Policy

• Wildlife Population Biology

Optional Placement year

• Choose a one year placement in the UK or overseas, or you can opt to study abroad for a full academic year.

Final year

• Dissertation

• Conservation Ecology

• Wildlife Management
  and (pick one field course):

• Africa Field Course

• UK Field Course

Full module descriptions and details can be found on the course page on the NTU website.

https://www.ntu.ac.uk/course/animal-rural-and-environmental-sciences/ug/wildlife-conservation-with-foundation-year?year=2027#module-information

Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.

• Ecology and Environmental Management, Chartered Institute of