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Introduction:
This course is an integrated foundation degree, where you'll progress onto our BSc (Hons) Wildlife Conservation course, once you successfully complete your foundation year.
Our integrated foundation degrees offer a unique gateway to our BSc courses for those who currently don't meet the degree-level entry criteria. The foundation year acts as a launch pad, supporting you with the transition to university learning. Anticipate a year filled with the development of robust study skills, increased confidence in tackling intricate problems, and the cultivation of independent learning. Rest assured, by the end of this transformative year, you'll emerge well-prepared for the exhilarating challenges that await you at degree level.
About the BSc course
You will learn about the theory and practice of species conservation through a range of lectures, practicals and fieldwork combining the scientific principles of animal function and behaviour with conservation biology. You’ll explore current areas of global concern, including the effects of habitat loss on wild species, alongside approaches to their conservation. This course will give you sound knowledge of ecological processes and theories while developing the skills to identify, monitor and manage wild animals and their habitats.
Our 200-hectare rural campus offers a unique learning environment where you will put theory into practice and gain hands-on ecology and conservation experience. We utilise this outdoor classroom in many of our modules, for example, by undertaking species and habitat surveys across the campus. You will be taught by lecturers that have vast experience in the conservation sector and in ecological research.
Throughout the course, you will have the chance to participate in exciting field courses. Previous examples of trips include South Africa, southern Spain and Pembrokeshire, looking at the unique biodiversity of savannah, montane and coastal ecosystems, respectively.
You will also experience a range of non-residential field trips to various local and national sites of importance to nature. For example, previous first year trips have included studying the behaviour of British wildlife such as red deer and grey seals; as well as exotic animals such as Barbary macaques.
You will have the opportunity to undertake a year-long industry sandwich placement in the conservation sector between your third and final year, providing an excellent opportunity to explore an aspect of ecology or conservation that interests you while increasing your employability prospects.
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100% of BSc (Hons) Wildlife Conservation (full-time) students are positive about the academic support on their course (National Student Survey 2024).
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There is currently a residential field course in your third year. Previous locations have included Spain, to study wildlife in a range of habitats. The field course included studies on brown bears, wolves and invertebrates.
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There is also currently a residential field course in the final year. Previous locations have included Pembrokeshire in the UK and South Africa (Mankwe Wildlife Reserve), studying coastal management and the effect of savannah burning on large mammal diversity, respectively.
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We're ranked second in the UK for Ecology and Environmental Biology students who are positive about the assessment and feedback on their course (full-time first degrees, National Student Survey 2024).
Which course is right for you?
We offer two conservation degrees, each with a different focus:
- BSc (Hons) Ecology and Conservation - explores community and ecosystem ecology (i.e. larger scale ecology) and has more of a focus on habitats, plants, land use and the habitat requirements of species.
- BSc (Hons) Wildlife Conservation / BSc (Hons) Wildlife Conservation (with foundation year) (this course) - explores behavioural and population ecology (i.e. smaller scale ecology) and has more of a focus on wild animal species and animal conservation management, both in the UK and overseas.
We also offer BSc (Hons) Zoology / BSc (Hons) Zoology (with foundation year).