Bachelor of Science (Honours) - Animal and Conservation Biology (CC11)

Program Description

Animal & Conservation Biology introduces the diversity of animals, their form and function. Students will study how animals have evolved and adapted to different environments in terms of their ecology, behaviour and physiology.

Students will learn how this knowledge can be put to use to guide conservation and understand the impacts of pollution and climate change on animals. Edinburgh and the surrounding countryside is rich in biodiversity and they'll visit local sites of scientific interest, gaining valuable fieldwork experience, as well as going on residential trips, including to the Algarve.

Students will leave equipped with a range of skills for a career in animal conservation or management, including species identification, field surveying techniques and collection and analysis of biological data, or they could continue on to postgraduate study.