Overview

Animals play a significant role in the lives of people and communities, particularly in the areas of food, fibre production and as pets for companionship.

This Animal Health, Disease and Welfare major will integrate the areas of animal biology and ecology with comparative and veterinary science. You will learn about the science that underpins the biology of animal health and disease, including physiology, molecular biology, infectious agents and animal welfare.

An emphasis of this major is how to prevent, treat and understand disease in production and companion animals and wildlife. Your study could lead to a career in animal health sciences, including areas of infectious disease control, disease surveillance, animal welfare and animal production industries.

Requirements for completion

Requirements for the major and minor in Animal Health, Disease and Welfare are listed in the Animal Health, Disease and Welfare unit of study table.

Honours

Honours in Animal Health, Disease and Welfare is a 36-credit point component available via an appended Honours. It is an integrated program involving a 24-credit point research project and two 6-credit point units of advanced coursework in topics of applied animal science related to animal health, disease and welfare and other units that will develop research skills

A further 12-credit points of coursework is required to complete the degree requirements for the Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Advanced Studies, if not completed already, these could be used to complete a second major.

Honours is available to students who have completed a major in an area relevant to their project and met the requirements outlined in the resolutions. Admittance into the program is determined by the Faculty of Science as well as the honours coordinator.

Example pathways

Those with a strong interest in Microbiology should choose these units at 2000-level: AVBS2001 and MICR2X31.

Those with a strong interest in Immunology should choose these units at 2000-level: AVBS2001 and IMMU2X11.

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