Module Title

Academic Development

Module Number

Course

Foundation Degree in Animal Management Foundation Degree in Management of Animal Collections With Conservation Foundation Degree in Canine and Feline Behaviour, Training and Welfare

Essential Reading Bell, J. 2014. Doing Your Research Project 6th ed. Milton Keynes: Open University Press.

Dytham, C. 2010. Choosing and Using Statistics: A Biologist’s Guide 3rd ed. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell. Ennos, R. 2011. Statistical and Data Handling Skills in Biology. 3rd ed. Harlow: Pearson Education Ltd.

Extensive support manuals and exercises written by the college on the Microsoft Office programmes Word, Excel and PowerPoint are available for all students on Moodle. No further reading is deemed necessary to successfully complete the ICT section of the module.

Recommended Reading Brace, I. 2013. Questionnaire Design 3rd ed. London: Kogan Page Ltd.

Cottrell, S. 2012. The Exam Skills Handbook 2nd Ed. Basingstoke: Palgrave McMillan

Drew, S. and Bingham, R. 2003. The Student Skills Guide. 2nd ed. Aldershot: Gower (This book is now out-of-print)

Greetham, B. 2013. How to Write Better Essays. 3rded. Basingstoke: Palgrave McMillan

Jones, A., Reed, R. and Weyers, J. 2016. Practical Skills in Biology 6th ed. Harlow: Longman.

McMillan, K. and Weyers, J. 2006. The Smarter Student. London: Pearson Education

Martin, P. and Bateson, P. 2007. Measuring Behaviour: An Introductory Guide 3rd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University press

Northedge, A. 2005. The Good Study Guide. 2nd ed. Milton Keynes: Open University Press.

Petrie, A. and Watson, P. 2013. Statistics for Animal and Veterinary Science 3rd ed. Oxford: Blackwell Science Ltd.

Tucker, L. 2003. Simplistic Statistics. 2nd ed. Bath: Chalcombe Publications.

Journals Computing Weekly

Module Title Personal Research Project

Module Number

Course

Foundation Degree in Animal Management Foundation Degree in Management of Animal Collections With Conservation Foundation Degree in Canine and Feline Behaviour and Training

Essential Reading Bell, J. 2014. Doing Your Research Project. 6th ed. Milton Keynes : Open University Press.

Students to choose the most appropriate book from the following:

Dytham, C. 2010. Choosing and Using Statistics: A Biologist’s Guide. 3rd ed. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.

Petrie, A. and Watson, P. 2013. Statistics for Animal and Veterinary Science. 3rd ed. Oxford: Blackwell Science Ltd.

Ennos, R. 2011. Statistical and Data Handling Skills in Biology. 3rd ed. Harlow: Pearson Education Ltd.

Recommended Reading Blaxter, L. Hughes, C. and Tight, M. 2010. How to research. 4th ed. Buckingham: Open University Press.

Brace, I. 2013. Questionnaire Design. 3rd ed. London: Kogan Page Ltd.

Jones, A., Reed, R. and Weyers, J. 2016. Practical Skills in Biology. 6th ed. Harlow: Longman.

Martin, P. and Bateson, P. 2007. Measuring Behaviour: An Introductory Guide. 3rd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Robson, C. 2013. Real world research. 4th ed. Chichester: Blackwell Publishing.

Tucker, L. 2003. Simplistic Statistics 2nd ed. Bath: Chalcombe Publications.

Patton, M. Q. 2015. Qualitative research and evaluation methods. 4th ed. California: Sage.

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Module Title

Professional Development

Module Number

Course

Foundation Degree in Animal Management Foundation Degree in Management of Animal Collections With Conservation

Essential Reading Cottrell, S. 2013. Skills for success: the personal development planning handbook 4th Ed., Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan

Hargie, O. (ed). 2007. Handbook of Communication Skills(3rd Edition), London: Routledge

Thompson, N. 2015. People Skills 4th Ed., Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan

Recommended Reading Williams, L. 2012. Readymade CVs. 5th Edition. London: Kogan Page.

Williams, L. 2009. Readymade jobsearch letters. 4th Edition. London: Kogan Page.

Websites BeMyInterviewer website, created by Jobsite, internet recruitment agency, provides interactive interview advice:www.jobsite.co.uk/bemyinterviewer

Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) website is available at http://www.defra.gov.uk. Students will focus on areas of the website relevant to their chosen industry and the opportunities within it. Tutors will signpost relevant areas.

LANTRA, the Sector Skills Council for land-based industry has a website available http://www.lantra.co.uk

Graduate Prospects website is the UK's leading provider of information, advice and opportunities to students and graduates: www.prospects.ac.uk

Module Title

Breeding and Inheritance

Module Number

Course

Foundation Degree in Animal Management Foundation Degree in Canine and Feline Behaviour, Training and Welfare Foundation Degree in Management of Animal Collections With Conservation

Essential Reading Bourdon, R.M. 2013. Understanding Animal Breeding, 2nd ed. New Jersey: Prentice Hall.

Nicholas, F.W. 2010. Introduction to Veterinary Genetics. 3rd Ed. Chichester:Wiley-Blackwell

Recommended Reading Gordon, I. 2004. Reproductive Technologies in Farm Animals. Wallingford: Cabi Publications Kanakaraj, P. 2009. A Textbook of animal genetics. Lucknow: IBDC Krebs, J. E. Goldstein, S. E. Kilpatrick, T. S. 2012. Lewin’s Essential Genes. 3rd

ed. London: Jones & Bartlett publishers. Rees, P.A. 2011. An introduction to Zoo Biology and Management. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons

Journals Animal Science Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics

Module Title

Collections Husbandry

Module Number

Course

Foundation Degree in Animal Management Foundation Degree in Management of Animal Collections With Conservation

Essential Reading Hosey, G., Melfi, V., and Pankhurst, S. 2013. Zoo Animals: Behaviour, Management and Welfare. Oxford: Oxford

University Press.

Meredith, A. Delarey, C.C. Eds 2010. BSAVA Manual of Exotic Pets. 5th ed. Cheltenham: British Small Animal Veterinary

Association

Rees, A.P. 2011. An Introduction to Zoo Biology and Management. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons.

Recommended Reading Benyon, P.H. and Cooper, J.E. 2002. Manual of Exotic Pets. Cheltenham: British Small Animal Veterinary Association.

Campbell, K. L., Campbell, J. R., and Corbin, J. 2008. Companion Animals: Their Biology, Care, Health and Management.

2nd ed. Harlow: Prentice Hall

Dallas, S. 2014. Animal Biology and Care. 3rd ed. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell.

Gosden, C. 2004. Really Useful Handbook of Reptile Husbandry. 2nd ed. London: Butterworth Heinemann

Moore, P. Hoston, and Hughes, A. 2007. BSAVA Manual of Practical Animal Care. Gloucester: British Small Animal

Veterinary Association

Judah, V. 2016. Exotic Animal Care and Management. 2nd ed. Australia: Delmar.

Murray, E. and Fowler, M. E. 2008. Restraint and Handling of Wild and Domestic Animals. 3rd ed. Iowa: Wiley-Blackwell

Pond, W. G., Pond, K. R., Schoknecht, P., and Church, D. 2005. Basic Animal Nutrition and Feeding. 5th ed. Oxford: John

Wiley and Sons

Warren, D. 2015. Small Animal Care and Management. 5th ed. Boston, MA: Cengage Learning

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Module Title

Business Enterprise

Module Number

Course

Foundation Degree in Animal Management Foundation Degree in Canine and Feline Behaviour and Training Foundation Degree in Management of Animal Collections With Conservation

Essential Reading

Dyson, J.R. 2010. Accounting for none accounting students. 8th ed. Harlow: Prentice Hall

Recommended Reading Branson, R. 2006. Screw it lets do it. London: Virgin Books MacIntyre, E. 2014. Business Law. 4th ed. Harlow: Pearson Education Reuvid, J. 2009. Working for Yourself: An Entrepreneur’s Guide to Basics. 26th Ed. London: Kogan Page Ltd

Journals

Module Title

Collections Management

Module Number

Course

Foundation Degree in Animal Management Foundation Degree in Management of Animal Collections With Conservation

Essential Reading Hosey, G. Melfi, V. and Pankhurst, S. 2013. Zoo Animals: Behaviour, Management and Welfare. Oxford: Oxford

University press Zimmerman, A., Hatchwell, M., Dickie, L. and West, C. 2007. Zoos in the 21st Century: Catalysts for Conservation?

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

Recommended Reading Kleiman, D. G. Allen, M. E. Thompson, K. V. and Lumpkin, S. (Eds) .2012. Wild Mammals in Captivity. Chicago: University of Chicago Press Rees, P. A, 2011. An Imtroduction to Zoo Biology and Management. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons.

Journals Journal of Zoology Applied Animal Behaviour and Welfare Human Resource Management Journal International Zoo Yearbook RATEL (Journal of Association of Wild Animal Keepers) Zoo Biology SHAPE (the Shape of Enrichment)

Websites BIAZA website created by the British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums. BIAZA is the professional body representing the best zoos and aquariums in Britain and Ireland. BIAZA supports animal welfare, education and conservation work and helps promote the work of good zoos and aquariums: http://www.biaza.org.uk Conservation Breeding Specialist Group EAZA IUCN ISIS (International Species Information System-ZIMS) WAZA ZooLex website created by the ZooLex Zoo Design Organization, a non-profit organisation established to help improve holding conditions for wild animals in captivity: http://www.zoolex.org

Module Title

Collections Training

Module Number

Course

Foundation Degree in Animal Management Foundation Degree in Management of Animal Collections With Conservation

Essential Reading Lindsey, S. 2000. Development of Behaviour. In Lindsey, S. Handbook of Applied Behaviour and Training: Volume l. Oxford: Blackwell Professional Publishing. P. 32-72.

Lindsey, S 2001. Handbook of Applied Behaviour and Training: Volume II. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing.

Lindsey,S 2000. Handbook of Applied Behaviour and Training: Volume III. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing

Recommended Reading Donaldson, J. 2008. Oh behave! Dogs from Pavlov to Primack to Pinker. Washington: Dog Wise Publishing McGreevy, P. and Boakes, R. 2011. Carrots and Sticks: Principles of Animal Training. Australia: Sydney University Press (This book is now out-of-print) Pansksepp, J. 2006. Emotional endophenotypes in evolutionary psychiatry. Process in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry 30, 774-784

Journals Applied Animal Behaviour Science Animal Behaviour

Websites

Association for the study of Animal Behaviour - http://asab.nottingham.ac.uk/

Module Title

Incubation and Rearing

Module Number

Course

Foundation Degree in Management of Animal Collections With Conservation Foundation Degree in Animal Management

Essential Reading Harvey, R. 1990. Practical Incubation. Fernham: Birdworld (This book is now out-of-print)

Deeming, D.C. and Ferguson, M.W.J. 2004. Egg incubation, its effects on embryonic development in birds and reptiles. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

Deeming, D.C. 2004. Reptile Incubation: Environment, Evolution and Behaviour. 3rd ed. Nottingham: Nottingham University Press

Recommended Reading Kohler, G and Eidenmuller, B. 2005. Incubation of reptile eggs. Malabar, FLA: Krieger Publishing Company. Bellairs, R. and Osmond, M. 2014. Atlas of chick development. 3rd ed. Elsevier: Amsterdam.

Journals Journal of Herpetology

Websites Avian rearing resource http://www.avianrearingresource.co.uk/ Avian nutrition resource http://www.aviannutritionresource.co.uk/ The Avicultural Society http://www.avisoc.co.uk/

Module Title

Biodiversity and Restoration Ecology

Module Number

Course

Foundation Degree in Management of Animal Collections With Conservation Foundation Degree in Animal Management

Essential Reading Falk, D., Palmer, M. and Zedler, J. 2006. Foundations of restoration ecology. Washington, DC: Island Press

Hunter, M. and Gibbs, J. 2006. Fundamentals of conservation biology. 3rd ed. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing.

Recommended Reading Bowles, M. and Whelan, C. 2008. Restoration of endangered species. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Caro, T., 1998. Behavioral ecology and conservation biology. Oxford: Oxford University press Carroll, S. and Fox, C. 2008. Conservation biology. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Krausman, P. and Cain, J. 2013. Wildlife management and conservation. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.

Journals Conservation land management Journal of applied ecology Keeping the balance

Module Title

Welfare, Legislation and Ethics

Module Number

Course

Foundation Degree in Animal Management Foundation Degree in Management of Animal Collections With Conservation

Essential Reading Appleby, M.C., Mench, J.A., Olsson, A.S. and Hughes, B.O. 2011. Animal Welfare. Wallingford: CABI International

Hosey, G. Melfi, V. and Pankhurst, S. 2013. Zoo Animals: Behaviour, Management and

Welfare. Oxford: Oxford University Press Webster, J. 2005. Animal Welfare. 2nd ed. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing (available as an e-book on Moodle) Radford, M. 2001. Animal Welfare Law in Britain: Regulation and Responsibility. Oxford: Oxford University Press

Recommended Reading Gregory, N.G. and Grandin, T. 2007. Animal welfare and meat production. Wallingford: CABI International Gullone, E. 2013. Animal cruelty, antisocial behaviour and aggression: more than a link. Basingstoke: Palgrave MacMillan Turner, J. 2010. Animal breeding, welfare and society. London: Earthscan Schaffner, J.E. 2011. An introduction to animals and the law. Basingstoke: Palgrave MacMillan (available as an e-book on Moodle) Van Zutphen, L.F.M. and Balls, M. 1997. Animal alternatives, welfare and ethics. Amsterdam:Elsevier (This book is now out-of-print) Webster, J. 2011. Management and welfare of farm animals. 5th ed. Wheathampsted: Universities Federation for Animal Welfare Williams, J. 2009. The Complete textbook of animal health and welfare. London: Saunders Elsevier (available as an e-book on Moodle)

Journals Animal Welfare. Applied Animal Behaviour and Welfare. Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science.

Module Title

Animal Nutrition

Module Number

Course

Foundation Degree in Animal Management Foundation Degree in Management of Animal Collections With Conservation

Essential Reading Cheeke, P.R. 2005. Applied Animal Nutrition: Feeds and Feeding, 3rd Edition. New Jersey: Pearson Educational Ltd. McDonald, P., Edwards, R. A., Greenhalgh, J. F. D., and Morgan, C., Sinclair, L.A., Wilkinson, R.G. 2011. Animal Nutrition 7th Ed., Harlow: Pearson Education

Recommended Reading Case, L.P. 2011. Canine and Feline Nutrition: A Resource for Companion Animal Professionals. 3rd ed. Maryland Heights: Mosby Elservier. Dryden, D. 2008. Animal Nutrition Science, Wallingford: CAB International Pond, W.G., Church, D.C., Pond, K.R., Schoknecht, P.A. 2005. Basic Animal Nutrition and Feeding. Oxford: John Wiley & Sons.

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Websites