Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Study Details: 1 year full-time, 2 years part-time
From newts to bats, gorillas to cats, there’s always more to learn about the mechanisms underlying behaviour. On this course, you will get to grips with cutting-edge techniques used by top scientists to uncover the secrets of the natural world.
You will explore how our most recent findings can be applied to solve real-world problems, such as enhancing captive animal management or mitigating the effects of climate change. You will gain an understanding of key ethical dilemmas in the field, improve your research skills, and explore a topic of specific interest to you in a personal dissertation project.
At Chester, you will learn directly from leaders in the field of animal behavioural research. Our School is a friendly, welcoming community, where students from a range of backgrounds will experience thought-provoking research seminars and approachable, supportive staff. From hormone assays to genetic analysis, we have the facilities you will need to develop key laboratory skills. Chester is also well placed to enable you to hone your field-based skills as nature reserves, zoos, and national parks are closely located.
Applicants should normally possess an honours degree (minimum 2:2) in a biological/behavioural/ecological science (e.g. animal behaviour, conservation biology, zoology) including components of experimental design and statistical analysis.
Students with a minimum of a 2:2 undergraduate degree in an unrelated area must demonstrate on application that they have equivalent experience in a related field, e.g. wildlife conservation, captive animal management. They must also demonstrate on application evidence of experimental design and basic statistical analysis skills, perhaps gained during completion of a research dissertation or by carrying out an additional course.
Our course is specifically targeted at giving you the skills you need to pursue a successful career. Whether this is in a behaviour-related field (perhaps managing wild or captive animals, providing behavioural consultancy services, or in academic research) or in a broader career (journalism, teaching or policy-making perhaps), we will help you stand out from the crowd in your applications.
Core Modules:
Research Dissertation
Biodiversity Informatics
Human-Animal Interactions and Animal Welfare
Contemporary Issues in Animal Behaviour
Behavioural Ecology in a Changing World
Animal Welfare & Ethics
Optional Modules:
Conservation Genetics
Conservation Physiology
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