This course offers training and knowledge that will help you assist in the diagnosis and treatment of animal disease.

Course overview

While studying Bioveterinary Science at Chester, you will receive a holistic approach to animal health that offers an interesting and thorough understanding of how disease impacts animals. You will also explore the wider implications of animal health, examining its impacts upon wildlife ecology and the human population.

Why study this course with us?

Our Bioveterinary Science degree utilises the strengths of the University of Chester in the areas of biology, behaviour and welfare. These strengths offer an opportunity to study animal health not only at the physiological and cellular level, but also at the behavioural level.

This holistic approach to animal health offers anyone studying Bioveterinary Science at Chester an interesting and complete understanding of how a disease will impact an individual animal. The Bioveterinary Science course also aims to examine the wider implications of animal health by looking at how it impacts wildlife ecology, and also how animal health affects the human population.

Teaching methods

This course is delivered using methods and techniques that provide experience and training designed to improve employability, such as laboratory skills. You will also have the opportunity to meet those already working in the area of bioveterinary science.

Assessment

Assessments are designed to encourage academic and workplace skills. They include coursework and end-of-module examinations. Coursework includes essays and reports, data processing and presentations. Examinations may include multiple-choice papers, essays, practical assessments and data handling questions.