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Delivery method: Online learning with tutor support. 

This course will introduce students to the fascinating and often misinterpreted area of animal behaviour. You will explore how having an insight into behaviours can be applicable for wildlife as well as companion animals. From questions around nature vs nurture to the reasons behind social and life-stage behaviours, this module will build your theoretical and practical understanding of animal behaviour.

Course Description

This course will introduce students to the fascinating and often misinterpreted area of animal behaviour. You will explore how having an insight into behaviours can be applicable for wildlife as well as companion animals. From questions around nature vs nurture to the reasons behind social and life-stage behaviours, this module will build your theoretical and practical understanding of animal behaviour.

Knowledge of animal behaviour is important to a range of careers from Countryside Warden to Wildlife Research Assistant and any industry that works directly with or where decisions involve animals including conservation, consultancy and environmental management. This module develops students' transferrable skills, which will be relevant when studying complementary modules such as Bird ID: An Introduction and Mammals.