We are delighted to welcome you to your Animal Science course at Canterbury Christ Church University. You will have lots of opportunities to learn practical skills and work with us and your fellow students in your first few weeks. We pride ourselves that this is a very friendly and supportive place to study, so we believe you will have an enjoyable and productive time with us.
You can stay up to date with what's happening in our Faculty with the Faculty Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/cccu_fsess/
If you would like to meet some of the academics who you will meet during your studies with us, you can find us on our Summertime Science YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/@summertimescience3972/videos
Welcome and induction
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And don’t forget to attend our other welcome events including your Freshers’ Fayre – see here for full details.
You will study a wide range of animals large and small including zoo animals during your animal science degree, so we suggest you do some further research in this area in preparation for your studies. Howletts is a wild animal park based in Kent. Have a look at their website, particularly in the 'animals' section. What are the scientific names for the animals? What are their husbandry requirements? Which would be your favourite animal at the park?
In your first week with us you will have a practical week where we will introduce you to our new lab facilities and get you started with developing your practical skills. After that, we aim to structure the timetable so that you will only have to be in for one or two days a week for some weeks, three or four days in others, with one additional lab week later in the semester (these will appear in your timetable). As part of your practicals, you will complete competencies that will enhance your employability and evidence your hands-on experience. Attendance at these sessions is particularly important and we will support you in attending as much as you can.
Year 1 Core Modules:
- Biochemistry 1
- Statistics and Introduction to ‘R’ Software
- Cell Biology and Genetics
- Microbiology
- Chemistry for Life and Environmental Science
- Diversity, Evolution and Ecology
We would like you to enjoy your holiday time and start refreshed, however please see below if you would like some recommended reading for the summer:
- Hillis, D., Heller HC., Hacker, SD., Hall, D., Sadava, D., Laskowski, M. Life: The Science of Biology (12th edition) Publisher: Macmillan Learning
ISBN: 9781319315788
- Hosey, G, Melfi, V, Pankhurst, S.(2013) Zoo animals - Behaviour, management and welfare. 2nd Ed. Oxford University Press.
It is useful to note that the University Bookshop offers 10% discount on most titles in print and have some price-beating book bundles. They also price match Amazon on core texts recommended in the module handbooks you will receive when you start in September.
