Course summary

We are pleased to confirm that Writtle University College and ARU (Anglia Ruskin University) have joined together as of 29 February 2024. Writtle’s full range of Higher and Further Education courses will continue to be delivered on site at the new ARU Writtle campus, enhanced by resources available at nearby ARU Chelmsford If you are starting your course in September 2024, your degree will be awarded by ARU. Find out more about ARU, including our recent Gold rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework, at www.aru.ac.uk Now, more that ever is there a growing demand in the Pet Industry. Likely a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, pet ownership levels peaked to an unprecedented high of 59 percent in 2020/21 up from 45% (Statista Research Department Aug 2021) . This presents an increased demand for a range of services including professional dog trainers and behaviorists, canine and feline services such as walking, grooming and sitting, rehabilitation and specialist services. Our BSc (Hons) Animal Management (Pet Behaviour and Welfare) programme focuses more on holistic approach to animal husbandry with courses on applied behaviour and welfare, breeding and animal health management alongside core topics of behaviour, nutrition and health. This degree course takes a holistic approach to animal management and prepares students for the increasingly diverse enterprises of the UK animal industry. A wide range of species are available to enable students to gain sound practical animal husbandry skills, which are then complemented by an academic programme that covers topics such as nutrition, breeding, health and behaviour. These are combined with a deeper understanding of business and trade as it relates to the animal sector. This programme in Pet Behavior and Welfare runs alongside other pathway routes of zoo and wildlife conservation, and farm livestock technology. If you are passionate about dogs and looking for a degree course to learn about their behaviour and welfare then this is the option for you. Complementing the holistic approach of the Animal Management programme or the core scientific principles of the Animal Science programme, this course particularly prepares students for employment in the range of companion animal roles including canine behaviour councilors, pet nutritionists and pet animal welfare charities. From 2021 the new Canine Academy provides specialist facilities for our canine behaviour and training aspects of the course. This degree course is based on the academic requirements for the standards set by the Animal Behaviour and Training Council (ABTC) for Animal Trainer, Animal Training Instructor, Animal Behaviour Technician and Clinical Animal Behaviourist. On graduating, students would be eligible for provisional membership of the Association of Pet Behaviour Counsellors (APBC)