Zoo Management (Top Up) Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)

Do you dream of an exciting and rewarding career in the zoo industry? Gain the industry relevant experience and professional skills you need at UCR. This one-year course is an opportunity for zoo biologists and animal scientists to further specialise and hone their skills gained from Level 5 study (or equivalent), which includes specialist applied modules focused on species housed within zoological collections.

Teaching staff on our Zoo Management top-up degree have many years of experience working in the diversity of roles zoos can offer, and they bring this passion and knowledge to the classroom.

A core component of the course is the completion of an undergraduate dissertation, enabling you to research an area of zoological study that interests you and to develop a wide range of transferable skills.

Our on-site zoo is home to over 1,000 animals and 150 species including ring-tailed lemurs, porcupines, marmosets, otters, capybaras, owls, bearded dragons, kingsnakes, dart frogs, marine fish and much more.

Course Features
* Volunteer staff opportunities at our on-site zoo


* Exotic animal husbandry


* Zoo nutrition


* Conservation education


* ZIMS (Zoological Information Management Systems) software


* Opportunity to engage in overseas field courses to a range of localities in Africa and Europe


Career Options
* Zookeeper


* Curator


* Conservation biologist


* Registrar


* Conservation education or outreach officer


* Animal consultancy


* Scientific research


* Progress to MSc or PhD study