BSC Animal Behaviour (with integrated year in industry) [C122]

Academic Year 2026/2027 September 2026 Start

Campus Aberystwyth

Single Honours scheme - available from 2017/2018

Duration 4 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

Part 1 Rules

Year 1 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

BR19700

Animal Health and Management

Semester 2
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

BR19720

Animal Health and Management

Part 2 Rules

Year 2 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 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

Semester 2
BR23820

Tropical Zoology Field Course

BR29720

Nursing of Exotics

BR29820

Nursing of Large Animals

Year 3 Core (120 Credits)

For your Integrated Year in Industry your registration will be:

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
BRS0000

Integrated Year in Industry

BRS0100

Integrated Year in Industry

Semester 2
BRS0060

Integrated Year in Industry

BRS0160

Integrated Year in Industry

Final Year Core (80 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
BR36400

Research Project

or
BG36400

Traethawd Estynedig

BR38820

Primatology

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. Students may select only one of BR34920 and BR39920)

Semester 1
BR33920

Population and Community Ecology

BR34920

Animal Behaviour Field Course

BR35320

Behavioural Neurobiology

BR39920

Advances in Agriculture

Semester 2
BR33820

Parasitology

BR34520

Wildlife Conservation

BR36820

Veterinary Pharmacology and Disease Control