BSc (Hons) Equine Health and Welfare (Top-up)

at Royal Agricultural University

All full-time academic programmes at the RAU are constructed using a selection of modules, each of which requires engagement with a variety of learning activities. Successful completion of module assessments will result in the award of credits, and students are required to achieve a total of 120 credits. Part-time students are required to achieve a 60 credits per year over two years.

Each module represents a value of 15 credits or multiples thereof. Each 15-credit module represents a minimum of 150 hours of student learning, effort and assessment. To achieve the award of BSc (Hons) in Equine Health and Welfare, a student must achieve a minimum of 120 credits. For this BSc (Hons) Top-up course, your grade is calculated entirely on this course's modules. 

The modules available for this course are as follows: 

• 3058 Equine Behaviour and Welfare
• 3200 Equine Health
• 3241 Advances in Equine Science & Industry Developments
• 3300 Research Project / Dissertation

Plus a choice of THREE electives, examples given below:

• 3034 Marketing Communications
• 3041 Corporate Finance
• 3059E Equine Genetics
• 3078 Equine Performance Nutrition
• 3206 Equine Breeding Management​
• 3217 Advances in Training the Equine Athlete
• 3240 Contemporary Media Studies
• 3325 Rural Entrepreneurship

The availability of electives to individual students will be dependent on timetabling considerations and on sufficient students electing to take part.

Typical offers

• A foundation degree or an HND award in a related subject, achieving 240 credits overall
• Depending on previous studies, you may be required to complete additional ‘bridging’ studies prior to enrolling on the Honours course in order to cover identified gaps in previous learning

Full-time  

UK  
£9,250 per year    

International
£13,500 per year

Our graduates have gone on to pursue careers within companies worldwide and within the following roles:

• Nutritionist working for a horse feed company
• A variety of roles within welfare focussed organisations such as the Horse Trust and World Horse Welfare
• Lecturer in equine science (with equine health, behaviour and welfare as specialist areas)
• Welfare focussed roles in equestrian sport governing bodies such as the British Horseracing Authority or FEI (Federation Equestrienne Internationale)  
• Roles linked into Equine Assisted Therapy (EAT)
• Companies offering equine science services (i.e. Plusvital-Equinome)