Bachelor of Science (Animal Behaviour)

Learn to appreciate the societal and ethical contexts of conservation biology, animal behaviour and animal welfare issues. The Bachelor of Science (Animal Behaviour) provides you with training in retrieving, analysing and evaluating information relevant to animal behaviour, and communicating this information to a variety of audiences.

This degree will enable students to understand and describe the processes through which current knowledge about the disciplines of animal behaviour, evolution, and socio-biology were developed and appreciate that animal behaviour science is multidisciplinary and has connections to other science and non-science disciplines.

Your career

On completion of the degree students will be able to know and critically apply theories, subject content, professional methodologies and research procedures relevant to animal behaviour, for example focal sampling method, ethogram analysis, and experimental design.

This degree prepares graduates for employment in various workplaces including private and public global organisations. Potential occupations may include animal behaviour consultant, animal welfare officer and zookeeper.

Honours

On completion of this degree there is an opportunity to apply for a one-year Honours degree. For further information, please visit our One Year Honours webpage.