FdSc Applied Equine Management (Therapy)

You will be required to have:

- A minimum of 72 UCAS points

OR

- A relevant BTEC Level 3 and significant industry experience

AND

- GCSE English at grade 4 or above, or an equivalent qualification

- A suitable reference

- Equitation modules require riding to BHS Stage 2 or equivalent standard, or above

UCAS points may be from qualifications such as A Levels, T Levels, BTEC Level 3 Extended Diplomas, Access to Higher Education Diplomas, and City and Guilds Advanced Technical Diplomas amongst others. Please use the UCAS Tariff points calculator to determine the UCAS points value of your qualifications.

Life and/or experience of non-traditional students will be taken into account when considering applications. The successful completion of an entry task may be required when considering applications without the required formal entry qualifications.

If your first language is not English, or a Tier 4 student visa to study is required and GCSE grade C/4 English or equivalent is not held, English language proficiency level such as International English Language Testing System (IELTS) 6.0 overall (with a minimum 5.5 in each skill) will need evidencing.

Advanced entry may be possible due to prior experience or certificated learning; applicants are invited to complete the accreditation of prior learning approval process. If you have an appropriate HNC, you can apply for direct entry to Year 2.

This programme is delivered with a variety of learning and teaching approaches to include all students' learning styles and preferences.

For all modules, theory lectures are delivered that aim to deliver the core content and provide the underpinning knowledge. To complement the theory lectures, you will have group seminars/practical sessions that are used to reinforce concepts delivered theoretically, utilising excellent laboratory facilities and equine centre.

The teaching methods focus on facilitating a student-centred approach to enhance your independent learning outside of the classroom. Within work based learning modules you will undertake weekly yard experience with both academic and commercial instructors, developing both industry and transferable skills.

FULL TIME:

You will have approximately 14-16 hours of contact time each week, including lectures, seminars, practicals and tutorials. This is inclusive of four hours experience per week at our commercial Equine Centre.

You are also expected to carry out a significant amount of private study in addition to contact time (25-30 hours a week).

PART TIME:

You will have approximately 6-11 hours of contact time each week, including lectures, seminars, practicals and tutorials. This is inclusive of four hours experience per week at our commercial Equine Centre.

You are also expected to carry out a significant amount of private study in addition to contact time (18-20 hours a week).

You can expect to receive your timetable during induction week.

You will undertake 80 hours of external work placements within an appropriate establishment during level 4 of the programme. You will participate in work experience in the Bishop Burton Equine Therapy Centre within your second year of study.

The programme will incorporate a variety of assessment methods across each academic year. The mix of assessments will seek to challenge and evaluate your knowledge, understanding and skills. Assessments for this programme may include written assignments, time constrained assessments, logbooks/portfolios, practical assessments, seminars and presentations, project-based assessments and examinations. Tutors provide support for assessments in class. There will also be opportunity for formative assessment and feedback during the delivery of each module to monitor learning, and to support and prepare you for the summative assessments which make up the module. Feedback on your summative assessments will be given which will allow you to guide efforts and activities in subsequent modules. Staff aim to return assessed work within a 20 working day timeframe (not including holidays) so that you can most benefit from the feedback.

This programme prepares you to go on to undertake practitioner level qualifications, such as in Equine Sports Massage. It is also designed to enable you to progress on to level 6 study, and allows progression onto the Level 6 of the BSc (Hons) Equine Therapy and Rehabilitation at University Centre Bishop Burton. Attainment of the top-up programme then enables you to progress to postgraduate study, including MSc Veterinary Physiotherapy and MSc Animal Manipulation (Chiropractic), in addition to broader Equine Performance and Science related Masters level programmes, enabling further progression onto Doctoral level.

Upon graduating from this programme you could follow a career in the wide and diverse equine industry as a self-employed equine musculoskeletal therapist (NB: an additional practitioner level qualification must be attained to achieve practitioner status); assistant/operative within equine rehabilitation or welfare centres; equine facility supervisor and manager; racehorse rehabilitation centre manager; events manager.