BSc Animal Management (Bioveterinary Science)

About this course

Animal management with a bioveterinary science focus combines the practical skills of caring for and managing animals with the scientific understanding of animal biology, physiology, health, and disease. Bioveterinary science examines how animals function at a biological level, how diseases arise and spread within animal populations, and how diagnostic and therapeutic approaches are developed and applied. Together, these two areas prepare you for careers that require both hands-on competence with animals and the scientific literacy to understand the health and biological dimensions of the work. Anglia Ruskin University's part-time Animal Management (Bioveterinary Science) programme allows you to develop these skills and knowledge while managing other commitments, whether working in an animal-related role, caring for animals yourself, or pursuing other activities alongside your studies. Studying part time is particularly relevant in a field where practical experience often develops in parallel with academic study, and many students bring animal care experience from paid or voluntary work that enriches their engagement with the theoretical content. You will study animal anatomy and physiology, animal health and disease, nutrition, behaviour, welfare legislation, and the practical skills of animal handling, husbandry, and basic care across a range of species. The scientific content grounds your practical knowledge in an understanding of why animals behave and respond to their environments as they do, and equips you to make informed decisions in animal care contexts. The programme is suited to those working in or aspiring to work in zoo keeping, wildlife rescue, laboratory animal science, animal welfare organisations, veterinary nursing (with additional qualification), animal shelters, or agricultural animal management. Graduates pursue careers as animal technicians, zoo keepers, wildlife rehabilitators, animal welfare officers, and laboratory animal technicians, as well as in animal health product industries and veterinary support roles. Further study in veterinary nursing, zoology, conservation, or bioveterinary science provides routes to more specialist or senior positions.

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