Wildlife
BSc (Hons) Wildlife and Practical Conservation BSc (Hons) Wildlife Conservation with Zoo Biology
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of final year Wildlife Conservation with Zoo Biology students would recommend studying at Salford to others. NSS 2009
What’s it about?
Loss of biodiversity and areas of natural vegetation is an increasing concern at national, European and international levels. To work as a professional with wildlife and in conservation you will need both practical skills and theoretical knowledge to meet the challenge of saving our wildlife and wild places.
Wildlife and Practical Conservation This programme specialises in general conservation, the physical environment and landscape, but also provides the opportunity to study the ecology and behaviour of animals in the wild.
Wildlife Conservation with Zoo Biology This programme focuses on the role of zoos in conservation. We have close links with local zoos and aquariums to provide you with a wide range of experiences throughout your course – for example you will be given specialist lectures from zoo keepers, vets and curators.
If you want to pursue a career involving wildlife, working in the wild or in zoos, or want to get involved in conservation of wildlife and landscapes, then one of these degrees could be right for you.
What will I learn?
Year 1 covers the same modules for both programmes. Year 2 extends your knowledge and understanding, and allows specialisation into your choice of degree programme. A highlight of year 2 is the Marine Biology week-long field trip to Dale Fort in Pembrokeshire. Year 3 includes a dissertation on a wildlife, conservation or zoo biology topic of your choice.
Modules include: • Biodiversity • Genetics and Ecology • Introduction to Zoo Biology • Field Biology and Biological Identification • Earth Surface Processes • Wildlife Ecology and Behaviour • Species Conservation • Marine Biology • Wildlife and Nature Conservation Law • Animal Cognition and Social Complexity • Epidemiology and Ecology of Infectious Disease
How will I learn? Learning opportunities are varied and teaching is through a combination of lectures, practical sessions, small group tutorials, residential field programmes and day visits to sites of conservation interest. Independent learning is through guided reading, assignments and preparation of the dissertation.
Can I get work experience?
You will be encouraged to undertake an additional year of work experience between years 2 and 3. Students have worked with wolves and mountain lions in Canada, tortoises in Madagascar, dolphins in Queensland, and capuchin monkeys in Costa Rica.
Others have been placed with conservation organisations in the UK, such as an ecology park in Manchester. Placements in zoos have included studying polar bear behaviour in Central Park Zoo, New York City.
Where can I get a job?
You have many opportunities to work in voluntary and government conservation organisations operating at local, national and international levels. Opportunities also exist for you to work in environmental consultancies, environmental education and in zoos. Previous students have obtained employment as rangers in country parks and in zoos, and others have undertaken research for a PhD studying orangutans in Borneo and large animals in Tanzania.
“I chose to study Salford because it was the only University where I could find a very practical course which was in my area of interest and as soon as I met the lecturers I was hooked. They showed so much enthusiasm for the subject which I couldn’t find anywhere else. I also chose the course because it had a great combination of module options, the ones which interested me most were veterinary sciences, conservation and zoo biology.
When I started I was worried that I had built the course up before it began but it was everything I wanted from my degree. I am a very practical person and think you can learn so much from being out in the field; this course has so many field trips and lab work sessions that I would recommend to anyone with an interest in Conservation.
I am currently in New Zealand on my third year placement working in a Kiwi Chick breeding program. I have been here for seven months and have been offered a job for the Department of Conservation here in New Zealand. However, the plan for next year is that I am returning to Salford and hopefully will be accepted on to the Wildlife Documentary Production Masters degree.”
Bethan Shaw Wildlife Conservation with Zoo Biology
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