Equine Health and Welfare (Top Up) BSc (Hons)

Coming from a Foundation Degree or HND background, this course offers a flexible programme which enables students to select a study diet to suit interests and career aspirations. This flexibility is achieved through the selection of a relevant dissertation topic and via offering elective choices from a wide range of modules.<br/><br/>A reflective outlook is developed where the sustainability and longevity of the domestic horse is concerned, examined from a health and welfare standpoint and through the ocular of public opinion with reference to social licensing of equestrian activities. <br/><br/>Through the medium of equine studies, students will develop intellectual, professional and transferable skills and the knowledge necessary to enhance employability prospects at management level in a range of equine establishments.<br/><br/>Career Prospects<br/>• Nutritionist working for a horse feed company<br/>• A variety of roles within welfare focussed organisations such as the Horse Trust and World Horse Welfare<br/>• Lecturer in equine science (with equine health, behaviour and welfare as specialist areas)<br/>• Welfare focussed roles in equestrian sport governing bodies such as the British Horse racing Authority or FEI (Federation Equestrienne Internationale) <br/>• Roles linked into Equine Assisted Therapy (EAT) <br/>• Companies offering equine science services