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MODULES
Please note that these are indicative modules and may be subject to change.
Compulsory modules:
YEAR • Biology of cells /15* • Integrated physiology I /15
1 • Inheritance, genetics and evolution /15 • Integrated physiology II /15
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• Developmental biology /15 • Problem definition and investigation
(includes first-year project) /30
The moving animal /15
Compulsory modules: Optional modules:
YEAR • Principles of infectious disease /15 • Applied pharmacology /15
2 • Control of infectious disease /15 • Introduction to ‘One Health’ /15
• Principles of pharmacology/15 • Imaging of Disease /15
• Research project /30 • Introduction to Animal Behaviour,
Welfare and Ethics /15
Compulsory modules:
YEAR • Research project /60
3

Optional modules (to total 45 credits):
• Advanced concepts in bio-business /15 • Omics approach to biology /15
• Advanced concepts in reproduction /15 • Comparative Anatomy /15
• Advanced skeletal pathobiology /15 • Endocrine and metabolic syndromes /15
• Animal behaviour and cognition /15 • Epidemiology: the bigger picture /15
• Applied animal welfare /15 • Infection and immunity /30
• Applied molecular microbiology /15 • Parasitology of human and veterinary
• Comparative animal locomotion /30 tropical diseases /15
• Comparative models of disease /15 • Practical investigative biology /15
• Development and disease /15 • Science of animal welfare /15

Compulsory modules:
YEAR • Research skills /15 • Extended research project /105
4

*/number = no. of credits per module

YOUR CAREER
The RVC’s MSci Applied Bioveterinary Research is a
challenging yet rewarding course that will equip you with
practical techniques and transferable skills for a range of
careers allied to veterinary and biomedical scientific research
and academia. Students have gone on to study a PhD, as well
as careers in biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries and
allied sectors such as scientific publishing. Careers in fields
such as conservation, animal welfare, charity sector, teaching,
science communication and outreach, publishing, civil service
graduate schemes and in sectors as diverse as finance and
accountancy are also available to graduates.

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