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Veterinary Sciences

SCQF Level 07 (1 courses)

Code Availability Course Name Period Credits
VESC07001VV1 Vet Medicine Experience Flexible 0

SCQF Level 08 (3 courses)

Code Availability Course Name Period Credits
VESC08002 Agri-food Systems Science Not delivered this year 40
VESC08001 Agricultural Economics Not delivered this year 20
VESC08003 Professional Skills for Global Agri-Food Scientists 1 Not delivered this year 20

SCQF Level 11 (135 courses)

Code Availability Course Name Period Credits
VESC11072 SS1 Foundations of advanced veterinary practice (A-FAVP.1) Flexible 10
VESC11037 SV1 Academic Study Skills for Postgraduate Taught Students Full Year 0
VESC11120 SS1 Advanced cardiovascular procedures and monitoring Full Year 10
VESC11023 SV1 An introduction to Conservation Medicine Vet Med Semester 1 20
VESC11033 SV1 An introduction to One Health Semester 1 20
VESC11040 SS1 Anaesthesia and analgesia of laboratory animals (C-LAS.1) Flexible 10
VESC11130 SS1 Anaesthesia in reptiles, birds and wild animals Flexible 20
VESC11086 SV1 Anaesthetic Equipment Flexible 10
VESC11078 SV1 Analytical Methods in Animal Biosciences Semester 2 10
VESC11071 SS1 Animal models, humane end points and study design (C-LAS.2) Flexible 10
VESC11038 SV1 Applied Epidemiology and Surveillance for Conservation Medicine Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond 20
VESC11146 SS2 Approaches to wound management in horses Flexible 10
VESC11039 SV1 Avian biology and development Semester 2 10
VESC11085 SV1 Basic Sciences in Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia Flexible 20
VESC11090 SV1 Bovine Mastitis and Lameness Flexible 10
VESC11048 SS1 Bovine Mastitis and Lameness (C-C.6) Flexible 10
VESC11049 SS1 Bovine Nutrition Husbandry and Lactogenesis (C-C.4) Flexible 10
VESC11091 SV1 Bovine Nutrition, Husbandry and Lactogenesis Flexible 10
VESC11092 SV1 Bovine Reproduction Flexible 10
VESC11073 SS1 Bovine Reproduction (C-C.5) Flexible 10
VESC11056 SS1 Canine Small Animal Medicine 1 (C-SAM.1) Flexible 10
VESC11055 SS1 Canine Small Animal Medicine 2 (C-SAM.2) Flexible 10
VESC11054 SS1 Canine Small Animal Medicine 3 (C-SAM.3) Flexible 10
VESC11059 SS1 Cardiovascular anatomy, physiology and pathology (C-VC.1) Flexible 10
VESC11058 SS1 Cardiovascular diagnostics (C-VC.2) Flexible 10
VESC11057 SS1 Cardiovascular therapeutics (C-VC.3) Flexible 10
VESC11123 SS1 Chronic pain and advanced analgesic principles Full Year 10
VESC11133 SS1 Climate change and animal health Block 4 (Sem 2) 10
VESC11093 SV1 Companion Animal Cardiology Flexible 10
VESC11127 SS1 Companion Animal Respiratory Medicine 1 Semester 1 10
VESC11126 SS1 Companion Animal Respiratory Medicine 2 Semester 1 10
VESC11094 SV1 Companion Respiratory Medicine Flexible 10
VESC11028 SV1 Comparative Animal Models Semester 1 20
VESC11002 SV1 Current Topics in Veterinary Medicine Full Year 0
VESC11010 SV1 Current topics in animal biosciences Semester 2 10
VESC11095 SV1 Dairy Health and Fertility Flexible 10
VESC11096 SV1 Dairy Nutrition and Production Flexible 10
VESC11152 Data Analysis for Food Safety Not delivered this year 10
VESC11097 SV1 Dermatology 1 - Anatomy, Physiology and Pathology of the Skin Flexible 10
VESC11098 SV1 Dermatology 2 - Diagnostic approach to animals with skin disease Flexible 10
VESC11099 SV1 Dermatology 3 - Management of skin diseases in companion animals Flexible 10
VESC11009 SV1 Diploma dissertation in animal biosciences Semester 2 30
VESC11100 SV1 Diseases of Adult Sheep Flexible 10
VESC11046 SS1 Diseases of Adult Sheep (C-S.1) Flexible 10
VESC11069 SS1 Diseases of laboratory animals (C-LAS.4) Flexible 10
VESC11083 SV1 Dogs and Cats (Anaesthesia and Analgesia) Flexible 10
VESC11019 SV1 Eco-system health and species conservation Vet Med Semester 2 20
VESC11088 SS1 Ecosystem Health Block 3 (Sem 2) 10
VESC11102 Endocrinology Not delivered this year 10
VESC11082 SV1 Equidae (Anaesthesia and Analgesia) Flexible 10
VESC11068 SS1 Equine dental anatomy and physiology (C-E.12) Flexible 10
VESC11067 SS1 Equine dental care, diagnosis and treatment (C-E.13) Flexible 10
VESC11066 SS1 Equine dental surgery (C-E.14) Flexible 10
VESC11121 SS1 Ethics in anaesthesia and euthanasia Full Year 10
VESC11101 SV1 Evidence-Based Research Methods in Clinical Practice Flexible 10
VESC11061 SS1 Exotic avian species (C-ZM.4) Flexible 10
VESC11103 SV1 Feline Medicine 1 Flexible 10
VESC11104 SV1 Feline Medicine 2 Flexible 10
VESC11053 SS3 Feline Small Animal Medicine 1 (C-SAM.4) Flexible 10
VESC11052 SS1 Feline Small Animal Medicine 2 (C-SAM.5) Flexible 10
VESC11051 SS1 Feline Small Animal Medicine 3 (C-SAM.6) Flexible 10
VESC11154 Food Production Systems Not delivered this year 20
VESC11153 Food Safety Hazards and Food Safety Management Systems Not delivered this year 20
VESC11151 Food Supply Chain & Food Safety Not delivered this year 10
VESC11029 SV1 Foundations of Animal Science Semester 1 20
VESC11105 SV1 Gastroenterology Flexible 10
VESC11070 SS1 Genetically modified animals (C-LAS.3) Flexible 10
VESC11106 SV1 Hepatology Flexible 10
VESC11134 SS1 Host-pathogen arms race Block 4 (Sem 2) 10
VESC11042 SV1 Interventions in Wild Animal Health Vet Med Semester 2 20
VESC11001 SV1 Introduction to Molecular Biology Full Year 0
VESC11118 SS1 Introduction to Veterinary Epidemiology Flexible 20
VESC11075 SV1 Introduction to disease in livestock ecosystems: dynamics & control Flexible 20
VESC11024 SV1 Laboratory Tools for the Biosciences Semester 1 20
VESC11043 SS1 Laboratory animal science (B-LAS.4) Flexible 10
VESC11107 SV1 Lamb and Parasitic Diseases Flexible 10
VESC11076 SV1 Livestock behaviours as routes of disease transmission Flexible 10
VESC11077 SV1 Livestock management impacts on disease risk & control Flexible 20
VESC11135 SS1 Livestock nutrition and disease control Block 1 (Sem 1) 10
VESC11031 SV1 MSc Dissertation (Dissertation only mode) Full Year 180
VESC11011 SV1 MSc dissertation in animal biosciences Semester 2 90
VESC11108 SV1 Management and Diseases of Beef Cattle Flexible 10
VESC11079 SV1 Managing and Leading Conservation Projects Flexible 10
VESC11141 SS1 Modelling disease systems and control Blocks 4-5 (Sem 2) 10
VESC11087 SS1 One Health Dissertation Course Flexible 60
VESC11089 SS1 One Health Policy Semester 2 10
VESC11034 SV1 One Health Policy and Practice Vet Med Semester 2 20
VESC11041 SV1 One Health and Comparative Animal Models Semester 1 20
VESC11026 SV1 One Health, Zoonoses and Emerging Infections Semester 2 10
VESC11044 SS1 Parasitic and Lamb Diseases (C-S.3) Flexible 10
VESC11081 SV1 Patient Assessment, Critical Incidents and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Flexible 10
VESC11148 SS1 Poor athletic performance in horses Flexible 10
VESC11145 SS1 Practical pathology and microbiology Flexible 10
VESC11124 SS1 Problem solving and non-technical skills in anaesthesia Full Year 10
VESC11050 SS1 Production Animal Practice (B-PAP.2) Flexible 10
VESC11109 SV1 Professional and Clinical Skills for Advanced Veterinary Practice Flexible 10
VESC11142 SS1 R for Veterinary Epidemiologists Semester 1 10
VESC11110 SV1 Rabbit Medicine Flexible 10
VESC11131 SS1 Recent Advances in Equine Practice Flexible 10
VESC11111 SV1 Recent Advances in Internal Medicine Flexible 10
VESC11112 SV1 Recent Advances in Production Animal Practice Flexible 10
VESC11117 SV1 Renal and Urinary Flexible 10
VESC11045 SS1 Reproduction, Pregnancy and Parturition (C-S.2) Flexible 10
VESC11060 SS1 Reptile (C-ZM.5) Flexible 10
VESC11149 SS1 Research Methods and Study Design Full Year 10
VESC11144 SS1 Research skills and statistics Semester 2 10
VESC11143 SS1 Rights, Roles and Responsibilities in disease control Semester 2 10
VESC11084 SV1 Ruminants, Camelids and Pigs (Anaesthesia and Analgesia) Flexible 10
VESC11113 SV1 Sheep Reproduction, Pregnancy and Parturition Flexible 10
VESC11139 SS1 Small Animal Orthopaedic Surgery A (C-SAS.6) Flexible 10
VESC11140 SS1 Small Animal Orthopaedic Surgery B (C-SAS.7) Flexible 10
VESC11136 SS1 Small Animal Surgical Practice (C-SAS.1) Flexible 10
VESC11080 SV1 Small Mammals (Anaesthesia and Analgesia) Flexible 10
VESC11062 SS1 Small pet mammals in practice (C-ZM.3) Flexible 10
VESC11137 SS1 Soft Tissue Surgery A (C-SAS.2) Flexible 10
VESC11138 SS1 Soft Tissue Surgery B (C-SAS.3) Flexible 10
VESC11114 SV1 Standard Diagnostic Testing in Companion Animals Flexible 10
VESC11147 SS1 Standard Diagnostic Tests in Equine Practice Flexible 10
VESC11132 SS1 Standard Diagnostic Tests in Production Animal Practice Flexible 10
VESC11125 SS1 Student-Led, Individually-Created Course for Veterinary Clinical Practice Semester 1 20
VESC11115 SV1 Thoracic Imaging Flexible 10
VESC11119 SS1 Ventilators and ventilation in veterinary anaesthesia Block 1 (Sem 1) 10
VESC11155 Veterinary Anaesthesia & Analgesia Dissertation Not delivered this year 60
VESC11129 SS1 Veterinary Cardiology 1: Cardiac Diseases of the Cat and Dog Semester 1 10
VESC11128 SS1 Veterinary Cardiology 2: Cardiac Diseases of the Cat and Dog Semester 1 10
VESC11150 SS1 Veterinary Ethics Full Year 10
VESC11022 SV1 Veterinary techniques and interventions for Conservation Medicine Block 1 (Sem 1) 10
VESC11064 SS1 Wildlife Medicine (C-ZM.1) Flexible 10
VESC11074 SV1 Wildlife disease ecology in livestock ecosystems Full Year 10
VESC11020 SV1 Wildlife disease management Block 2 (Sem 1) 10
VESC11021 SS1 Written reflective element Flexible 60
VESC11116 SV1 Youngstock Rearing and Infectious Diseases Flexible 10
VESC11047 SS1 Youngstock Rearing and Infectious Diseases (C-C.7) Flexible 10
VESC11063 SS1 Zoo Animals (C-ZM.2) Flexible 10
VESC11065 SS1 Zoological Medicine (B-ZM.6) Flexible 10

SCQF Level 12 (20 courses)

Code Availability Course Name Period Credits
VESC12014 SS1 Related Discipline Training 1 Full Year 10
VESC12015 SS1 Related Discipline Training 2 Full Year 10
VESC12016 SS1 Related Discipline Training 3 Full Year 10
VESC12017 SS1 Related Discipline Training 4 Full Year 10
VESC12006 SS1 Research Project Part 1 Full Year 40
VESC12009 SS1 Research Project Part 2 Full Year 40
VESC12013 SS1 Research Project Part 3 Full Year 100
VESC12003 SS1 Research Proposal Full Year 40
VESC12020 SS1 Research Proposal (1st Intake) Full Year 40
VESC12001 SS1 Specialist Clinical Skills 1 Full Year 100
VESC12018 SS1 Specialist Clinical Skills 1 (1st Intake) Full Year 100
VESC12004 SS1 Specialist Clinical Skills 2 Full Year 100
VESC12007 SS1 Specialist Clinical Skills 3 Full Year 100
VESC12011 SS1 Specialist Clinical Skills 4 Full Year 40
VESC12010 SS1 Specialist Level Clinical Case Reports Full Year 30
VESC12002 SS1 Veterinary Academic Practice 1 Full Year 10
VESC12019 SS1 Veterinary Academic Practice 1 (1st Intake) Full Year 10
VESC12005 SS1 Veterinary Academic Practice 2 Full Year 10
VESC12008 SS1 Veterinary Academic Practice 3 Full Year 10
VESC12012 SS1 Veterinary Academic Practice 4 Full Year 10
Key
Available to all students - SV
Not available to visiting students - SS
Part-year visiting students only - VV
 
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