Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations
Learning Requirements:
Students are required to become proficient in the handling and management of a variety of animal species and are allocated an appropriate programme of farm and companion animal experience up to a maximum of ten weeks, following interview. This experience should be obtained between the Christmas vacation of the first veterinary year and the end of the Easter break of the second veterinary year. Each student will also be allocated 6 shifts in the large animal hospital. Students are designated a staff supervisor who approves the farm or animal facilities proposed. The completion of this requirement to the satisfaction of the student's supervisor is a pre-requisite for progression into the 3rd year of the MVB degree programme. These credits are GPA neutral.
Learning Exclusions:
Students with prior animal handling experience may not be advised to complete the full 10 week farm and companion animal experience recommendation.
Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Co-requisite:
VET10040 - Practical Animal Husbandry
Additional Information:
Students must have passed one of the listed pre-requisite modules