Course Overview

Learn about the impact of humans on the natural world and the devastating impact on efforts to sustain wildlife habitats and biodiversity. This course will provide you with a strong foundation in biology and environmental issues, enabling you to progress to study our BSc (Hons) Wildlife Conservation degree.

This foundation year pathway is ideal if you want to study conservation but have a non-scientific background, or you don’t meet the entry requirements for direct entry to our honours degree. We also recommend this pathway if you are returning to education, or if you want to use your studies to change career direction

Our BSc (Hons) Wildlife Conservation brings together conservation issues, the physical environment and landscape, as well as the study the ecology and behaviour of animals in the wild. We've designed the course to provide you with a broad understanding of wildlife, wildlife ecology and environmental problems threatening species, from both theoretical and practical points of view. 

You will:

• Gain a broad, basic knowledge of biological principles and environmental studies to prepare you for more advanced study

• Develop a broad understanding of wildlife, wildlife ecology and environmental problems threatening species, from both theoretical and practical points of view

• Cover both physical and biological components of the environment as well as studying specialist modules in wildlife and environmental areas

General Eligibility

GCSE

English language and mathematics at grade C or 4 or above. Equivalents are accepted.

You must fulfil our GCSE entry requirements as well as one of the requirements listed below.

UCAS tariff points

64 UCAS points

A level

64 UCAS points

Part Time Work Details

20 Hours of Work permit weekly for international students.

Language Requirement

• The IELTS score for international applicants is 6 (with no less than 5.5 in each component).