Harper Adams University - Prospectus 2024

*Subject to validation Turn your love of animals into a rewarding career by taking a scientific approach to understanding how animal behaviour can help us to improve animal welfare and facilitate safe, positive, human-animal interactions. Join our Animal Behaviour andWelfare (Clinical) course and you will focus on the behaviour and welfare of a wide range of domesticated animals. The course will also introduce business management of relevance to working within animal related industries. You will examine animal biology as it relates to the behaviour and welfare of animals. Topics will include: evolution and behaviour, animals in society, law and diagnosis of behavioural problems. Reaccreditation Our current Animal Behaviour and Welfare (Clinical) route has been accredited by the Animal Behaviour and Training Council (ABTC) and Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour (ASAB). We will work with these awarding bodies to seek accreditation of the new route once it has been validated. An accredited degree course is one which has been approved by a professional body, is a marker of quality and provides a graduate with professional accreditation or supports a graduate in becoming professionally accredited which is recognised by employers. Once a university degree course is validated or re-validated, the University undertakes a process to review and check accreditation or reaccreditation of university programmes to ensure alignment with delivery, relevance and associated academic standards. Accreditation or re-accreditation cannot be guaranteed, if accreditation is approved as planned or if there are substantive changes or a delay, the university will communicate with applicants. The course will still run without accreditation, if an applicant does not wish to continue with the course with no accreditation, assistance will be provided to change course or to find a suitable alternative. “I was torn between two universities – Harper Adams and one other institution – in my eyes they were evenly matched, but it was the facilities and resources of Harper which sealed the deal for me," says animal science graduate Lauren Knight. “My classmates [were] really passionate about animal welfare and this has led to some captivating and thought-provoking debates. “If I had to pick one aspect of my degree that I [enjoyed] the most it’s the laboratory work… I’m a practical person so it’s really beneficial for me to get the hands-on experience of something before applying it to the theory.” Readmore. Student Story: LaurenKnight *Subject to validation Interested in animal biology? Want to dive deeper into animal nutrition and genetics? Believe we can be more welfare orientated when managing animals in our care? Then this is the course for you. The aim of our Applied Animal Science degree is to give you the knowledge and confidence to apply the right techniques and evidence-based approaches for all animal-related industries. This course will blend theoretical knowledge with a range of practical and laboratory-based skills – so everything you learn has real-world application! We will cover topics like physiology, animal husbandry and management and animal law and enterprise; with an additional focus on global attitudes to animals and an introduction to business and marketing to help you stand out from the crowd. Thanks to our wide range of expertise, you have the opportunity to tailor your learning experience to suit your own interests at the end of year one. Choose from one of our four specialist themes: • Farmed animal science • Companion animal science • Zoo animal science • Equine science Learn more about each route on our website. AppliedAnimal Science * Animal Behaviour &Welfare (Clinical) * 62 | UNDERGRADUATE PROSPECTUS 2024