Animal Behaviour Welfare Conservation (Top Up)

At Coastland College we operate across two campuses, with each bringing its own strengths and unique aspects to College life.

At our stunning Kingston Maurward campus, you can gain hands-on expertise in environmental subjects, including agriculture, horticulture, countryside management and animal welfare and science, as well as public services, in a setting deeply rooted in sustainability and practical learning.

At our well connected Weymouth campus, you can study a diverse range of courses across health, digital, construction and engineering, A-Levels, creative media and many more, equipping you with the technical and academic skills to succeed in industries locally and beyond.

Located on the stunning Jurassic Coast and the beautiful Dorset countryside, our campuses offer a diverse range of courses, training and CPD that cater to a wide array of interests, career paths and business needs.

Across our two campuses we offer full and part-time higher education courses, with Weymouth focussing on vocational courses such as art, media, performing arts, health and social care, sport and public services and Kingston Maurward specialising in land-based courses covering subjects such as agriculture, wildlife, ecology and conservation.

Together, we focus on the best interests of students, staff and employers in our local community and beyond, with industry-standard facilities, experienced teaching staff and outstanding support in a diverse, vibrant and welcoming environment.

This programme is a Top Up course offered at the Kingston Maurward campus in Animal Behaviour, Welfare and Conservation. It is designed to provide clear career based pathways at BSc (Hons) level into key aspects of the animal industry.

Core units on the programme provide a fundamental basis for the development of skills and understanding in Human-Animal Interactions and Animal Behaviour, that are relevant to both husbandry and conservation. Alongside this the programmes develops skills for employment within the industry, or further study or research at postgraduate level.

The programme leads to a full BSc (Hons) and uses specialist units to develop a clearer understanding the purpose of animal collections within current ethical, legislative and societal constructs, or can develop skills and understanding of studying animals in the wild and their conservation. Alongside this is the development of skills and knowledge to successfully manage whole collections of species to maintain welfare or understand the practicalities of animal conservation in practice.

Modules

Students will study modules in the following topics:
Individual Research Dissertation, Wildlife Population Recovery, The Role of the Modern Collection and Behavioural Ecology. Students may choose from the following options Advanced Collections Management or Animal Cognition.

Course Modules

Individual Research Dissertation, Wildlife Population Recovery, The Role of the Modern Collection and Behavioural Ecology. Students may choose from the following options Advanced Collections Management or Animal Cognition.

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