Intercalated BSc Comparative Pathology

Overview

An intercalated year allows veterinary students to gain an additional degree, focusing on a specific area relevant to their veterinary studies. Most students intercalate after their second or third year and study a BSc course either at the RVC or at another university.

The additional year of study means that you will gain a more rounded education, additional scientific context, and gain valuable experience in carrying out in-depth, original, research. After the intercalated year, you will rejoin your original course, and continue from the point you left it.

The Intercalated BSc Comparative Pathology is a one-year programme taught at our Hawkshead Campus with research projects undertaken at either the Hawkshead or Camden Campus depending on the project.

Pathology, the science of disease, is central to understanding and conduct of veterinary and biomedical research, clinical medicine and surgery. There is a need for veterinary scientists who are trained in pathology and pathology techniques to fulfil the ever-growing demand for such expertise arising from clinical practice, academia and industry.

The programme aims to:

• develop an understanding of the disease process in animals and how it is assessed at the molecular level, in the cell, the organ, and the whole animal
• show how contemporary technology is applied to dissecting and interpreting tissue responses in the pathological process
• establish an understanding of how pathology can be used for research and diagnosis
• design experimental programs appropriate for evaluating disease; to prepare and evaluate data; and to develop written and oral skills of communication