Postgraduate

Livestock Health and Production (MSC, Postgraduate Diploma and Postgraduate Certificate)

Structure and syllabus

MSc: seven courses
Postgraduate Diploma: four courses
Postgraduate Certificate: two courses

MSc structure

MSc degree consists of seven courses 7 courses (3 compulsory, 4 optional):

Three compulsory core courses:

• Animal disease (current concepts)
• Development and monitoring of livestock and production systems 
• Principles of livestock production

PLUS four further optional courses selected from:

• Animal welfare
• Epidemiology and animal health economics
• Economics for livestock development and policy
• Management of infectious viral disease outbreaks in animal populations **
• Reproduction and fertility – a species approach
• Veterinary public health
• Research, design, management and grant application writing ‡
• Research project in livestock health and production
• Sustainable livestock farming in the environment*** (new for 2010)

Postgraduate Diploma consists of four courses comprised of:

Two compulsory core courses:

• Animal disease (current concepts)

AND one other compulsory  core course chosen from the following:

• Development and monitoring of livestock and production systems 
• Principles of livestock production

PLUS  two other courses chosen from the remaining core course and the optional courses of the MSc degree (excluding the Research project).

Postgraduate Certificate consists of two courses comprised of:

• Animal disease (current concepts)

AND one other chosen from the following:

• Development and monitoring of livestock and production systems 
• Principles of livestock production

Notes:

* Please view the information leaflet [PDF: 2pgs, 183KB].
** Please view the information leaflet [PDF: 2pgs, 550KB].
*** New for 2010, please view the information leaflet [PDF: 2pgs, 553KB].
† Internet access is required (56K dial-up modem or broadband).

Short courses

The individual courses of the degrees can also be studied as stand-alone 240-hour Short courses for CPD, allowing students to sample a discrete learning unit. On completion of the course a student can transfer onto the degree programme.

There are also a range of shorter 50-hour and 35-hour Short courses.