BSc (Hons) + Foundation Year Veterinary Bioscience (with access to Veterinary Medicine)
Program start date | Application deadline |
2024-09-01 | - |
Program Overview
This pathway is limited to a maximum of 10 candidates per annum. The equal consideration deadline for this course is 16 th October 2023.
The Foundation Year Programme offers a route to undergraduate study: giving you the skills, confidence and resilience required to succeed in Higher Education. After successful completion of the BSc (Hons) Veterinary Bioscience (with access to Veterinary Medicine) + Foundation Year will be eligible to transfer to the Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery degree at the Harper and Keele Veterinary School providing transfer conditions are met.
You will learn key skills and knowledge, both core and subject-specific, and how your chosen area of study fits into the challenges and opportunities of the modern global landscape. Through reflective approaches, you will develop and monitor your own personal learning journey.
This programme will help you build on a foundation of skills and knowledge developed in the classroom and practical/vocational environment. This will enable you to undertake independent and collaborative tasks, supported by workshops, masterclasses (in person and online – delivered by internal and external experts) and targeted individual mentoring.
Your Foundation Year involves varied assessments that develop your personal skillset and also that relate to the programme which you will progress onto. You will be able to demonstrate your knowledge and skills through verbal, written, practical and collaborative tasks that will provide a broad underpinning for your ongoing academic journey.
Program Outline
What will I study?
Year 1 | |
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Key Academic Skills (HF) | 20 |
Principles of Animal Management (HF) | 20 |
Skills Portfolio (HF) | 20 |
Global Challenges - Local Impact (HF) | 20 |
Life Sciences (HF) | 20 |
Team Challenge (HF) | 10 |
Individual Project (HF) | 10 |