The Animal Behaviour and Welfare BSc (Hons) degree programme will provide you with the knowledge, practical abilities and intellectual skills needed to understand current scientific thinking, develop new ideas and evaluate current processes and practices in both animal behaviour and animal welfare science. You will develop the ability to measure the behaviour and assess the welfare of animals. The curriculum is underpinned by research and will encourage you to reflect on behavioural theories and the principles behind animal behaviour and welfare practice. There are a number of topic streams running through the programme including companion animal behaviour and welfare, exotic animal behaviour and welfare, and behavioural ecology which allow you to tailor your degree around your own areas of interest. We encourage students to not only attend academic conferences but to present their dissertation research at them. Preparing for, and participating in conferences, will provide you with essential practice in conference preparation and presentation and will allow you to network with employers and other academics working in your field. The college (in conjunction with two other colleges) holds an annual Student Animal Welfare Conference where students can present their research. We also regularly present student research at the Universities Federation of Animal Welfare Conference, British Society of Animal Science Conference and the Student Mammal Society Conference.

This programme will equip you with the knowledge and skills which are required by organisations such as animal charities, welfare organisations, education and research establishments and government bodies. Possible careers include animal health and welfare officers, laboratory and field research technicians, zoo education officers, researchers and education. Further study can lead to accreditation as an animal behaviour therapist or specialist in the fields of behaviour, welfare or conservation. Past students have gone onto successful careers working at the RSPCA, Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency, Guide Dogs for the Blind, the Dogs Trust, Battersea Dogs Home, Cats Protection League, Sequani, Brinsbury College, and Customs and Excise. In addition students have also progressed to postgraduate programmes at the University of Exeter and the University of Lincoln.