Animal Behaviour BSc (Hons)

UK

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What will I learn?

The BSc in Animal Behaviour involves study at an advanced, research-led level and covers behavioural ecology, the mechanisms of animal behaviour, the processes of evolution and speciation, adaptive physiology of animals and animal cognition.

Emphasis is given to current topics like cultural learning, animal communication and molecular ecology. Additional choices include marine biology, marine mammals, neuroscience, and biodiversity and conservation.

The BSc (Hons) in Animal Behaviour is a four-year course run by the School of Biology. Students are provided with high-tech equipment, laboratories and expertise to facilitate learning and to develop the skillset of a modern behavioural biologist.

In the first two years of your degree, you will take the core modules in Biology along with modules intended to prepare you for advanced modules in Animal Behaviour specifically.

Alongside Biology, in the first year of your studies, you will be required to study an additional two subjects. In the second year you will usually carry on at least one of these subjects, sometimes two.

In third year, there is a shift from core, broad-themed modules to more specialised modules that allow students to prepare for their Honours degree. In fourth year students continue specific research in their chosen area through student-led, enquiry-based learning.

Centres of research within the School of Biology offer students the experience of working alongside experts and the opportunity to develop their own research in Honours years.

Careers

Graduates with a Biology degree are in high demand and are keenly sought after by institutions including the government, universities, research centres and major companies. Normally around 40% of graduates succeed in their applications to progress to PhD or Masters programmes and a further 30% to 40% engage in graduate employment destinations.

Biology graduates have gone on to find success in a wide variety of careers including:

  • professional biologists in biological research, conservation, higher education, and the pharmaceutical and biomedical industries
  • researchers and advisers in government
  • journalists
  • advisers, researchers and managers in the National Health Service
  • teachers
  • forensic scientists
  • management consultants
  • marketing and advertising experts.

Which department am I in?

Biology

Study options

Full Time (4 Years)

Tuition fees
£30,160.00 (US$ 38,950) per year
£30160 Per year

This is a provisional fee yet to be approved
Start date

September 2025

Venue

Main Site

16 St Katharine's West,

St Andrews,

KY16 9AX, SCOTLAND, Scotland

Full Time (4 Years)

Tuition fees
£30,160.00 (US$ 38,950) per year
Accomodation (self-catered residences) - 7816 (Per Year)
Start date

September 2025

Venue

Main Campus

College Gate,

St. Andrews,

Fife,

KY16 9AJ, United Kingdom

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