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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2026/2027

Draft Edition - Due to be published Thursday 9th April 2026

Timetable information in the Course Catalogue may be subject to change.

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DRPS : DPTs : Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies DPTs

Jump to: Year 1

Year 1 Academic year: 2026/27, Starting in: September

TBC

There are no compulsory courses in this year of this programme.

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Equine Behavioural Medicine

Equitation Science

Feline Medicine 1

Feline Medicine 2

Professional and Clinical Skills for Advanced Veterinary Practice

Recent Advances in Production Animal Practice

Standard Diagnostic Tests in Production Animal Practice

Veterinary Ethics

Controlling Infectious Diseases in Beef and Dairy Cattle

Evidence Based Veterinary Medicine in Clinical Practice

Ewe Survival

Feeding for Production

Lamb Growth

Lambing Percentage

Udder Health

Bovine Reproduction: Beef and Dairy

Ethics for Veterinary Clinicians and Researchers

Feline Medicine 3

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Equitation Science A (C-ES.1)

Equitation Science B (C-ES.2)

Equine Behavioural Medicine A (C-EBM.1)

Equine Behavioural Medicine B (C-EBM.2)

Anaesthesia and analgesia of laboratory animals (C-LAS.1)

Laboratory animal science (B-LAS.4)

Parasitic and Lamb Diseases (C-S.3)

Reproduction, Pregnancy and Parturition (C-S.2)

Diseases of Adult Sheep (C-S.1)

Youngstock Rearing and Infectious Diseases (C-C.7)

Bovine Mastitis and Lameness (C-C.6)

Bovine Nutrition Husbandry and Lactogenesis (C-C.4)

Production Animal Practice (B-PAP.2)

Feline Small Animal Medicine 3 (C-SAM.6)

Feline Small Animal Medicine 2 (C-SAM.5)

Feline Small Animal Medicine 1 (C-SAM.4)

Canine Small Animal Medicine 3 (C-SAM.3)

Canine Small Animal Medicine 2 (C-SAM.2)

Canine Small Animal Medicine 1 (C-SAM.1)

Reptile (C-ZM.5)

Exotic avian species (C-ZM.4)

Small pet mammals in practice (C-ZM.3)

Zoo Animals (C-ZM.2)

Wildlife Medicine (C-ZM.1)

Zoological Medicine (B-ZM.6)

Diseases of laboratory animals (C-LAS.4)

Genetically modified animals (C-LAS.3)

Animal models, humane end points and study design (C-LAS.2)

Foundations of advanced veterinary practice (A-FAVP.1)

Bovine Reproduction (C-C.5)

Small Animal Surgical Practice (C-SAS.1)

Soft Tissue Surgery A (C-SAS.2)

Soft Tissue Surgery B (C-SAS.3)

Small Animal Orthopaedic Surgery A (C-SAS.6)

Small Animal Orthopaedic Surgery B (C-SAS.7)

Approach to the Cancer Patient (C-ONC.1)

Cancer Biology and Medical Therapy for Cancer (C-ONC.2)

Cancer of Body Systems (C-ONC.3)

Animal Welfare Science, Ethics and Law Introduction and Theory (C-AWSEL.1)

Animal Welfare Science, Ethics and Law Applying the Theory (C-AWSEL.2)

Evidence Based Veterinary Medicine (C-EBVM.1)

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