usyd for animal nutritionist what degree? (1 Viewer)

[spicypotatos]

hellooo idk if u guys saw my past posts but i had a think about it and im not too sure if I want to become a vet because its very high stress and I dont do too well with gory things, still i have loved animals since I was young so I looked into becoming an animal nutritionist and I'm pretty sure I can still work around animals yippee so do you guys think I should do Bachelor of Animal and Veterinary Bioscience (https://www.sydney.edu.au/courses/courses/uc/bachelor-of-animal-and-veterinary-bioscience.html) or Bachelor of Science with Animal Health, Disease and Welfare (https://www.sydney.edu.au/courses/courses/uc/bachelor-of-science.html) major?

 

[saltedparsley]

hello! idk if you're still wondering about this but i'm currently doing bvb/dvm at usyd and have some friends in the bachelor of animal and vet bioscience (avbs) course. from what i've gathered, there's not a lot of difference between the two degrees you mentioned and most (if not all) of the first/second year units are shared between bvb, avbs and bsc in animal health. the courses are pretty structured especially in first year and later on is when you choose your electives to better reflect your area of interest (e.g. nutrition). that said, i feel avbs may be more closely connected with the animal science side of things since so many of the units are shared with bvb but it's a good idea to look at the handbooks for each degree to check out which units you can choose.

as for the gory stuff - unfortunately you're out of luck there, we all have to do foundational bio units which involve dissections...
if you have any questions feel free to ask!

 

[spicypotatos]

hello! idk if you're still wondering about this but i'm currently doing bvb/dvm at usyd and have some friends in the bachelor of animal and vet bioscience (avbs) course. from what i've gathered, there's not a lot of difference between the two degrees you mentioned and most (if not all) of the first/second year units are shared between bvb, avbs and bsc in animal health. the courses are pretty structured especially in first year and later on is when you choose your electives to better reflect your area of interest (e.g. nutrition). that said, i feel avbs may be more closely connected with the animal science side of things since so many of the units are shared with bvb but it's a good idea to look at the handbooks for each degree to check out which units you can choose.

as for the gory stuff - unfortunately you're out of luck there, we all have to do foundational bio units which involve dissections...
if you have any questions feel free to ask!

ahh thank you so much for the advice!! i mostly just have issues when the gory stuff is connected to a living animal if that makes sense but dissections are ok!! the usyd handbook is not my best friend ahh i had a look and it seemed like avbs had more to do with agriculture whereas i'm more interested in domestic animals so I put it lower on my uac... do you know if this is true bc i don't rlly trust my own comprehension of the handbook lol THANKS SO MUCH AGAIN FOR THE ADVICE UR LITERALLY THE BEST

 

[saltedparsley]

ahh thank you so much for the advice!! i mostly just have issues when the gory stuff is connected to a living animal if that makes sense but dissections are ok!! the usyd handbook is not my best friend ahh i had a look and it seemed like avbs had more to do with agriculture whereas i'm more interested in domestic animals so I put it lower on my uac... do you know if this is true bc i don't rlly trust my own comprehension of the handbook lol THANKS SO MUCH AGAIN FOR THE ADVICE UR LITERALLY THE BEST

happy to help!! to be fair in either degree you'll have to do farm pracs and industry placements which will definitely involve living animals and likely some degree of goriness (we have an abattoir placement for dvm) BUT from what i've seen staff are pretty accommodating if you have concerns.
i had a look at the unit of study tables/handbooks for both the avbs and bsc courses for you, from what i can gather avbs is very very similar to 1st/2nd year bvb and is broader than bsc in animal health/disease/welfare. the bsc in animal health is a lot more focused on the disease and and microbiology side of things, so i feel like it would be a good course if you wanted to do, say, vet pathology or epidemiology. it's probably important to note that all animal science degrees will include agriculture as a large part of the course content simply bc it's one of the largest animal-related industries in australia and globally so is highly relevant to any animal science related discipline, nutrition included. the bachelors degrees are all quite broad tbh, if you really want to specialise in a particular aspect of animal health a lot of learning will come after you've finished your bachelors - for example in a postgrad degree, professional development, placements etc. for example, if you decide to do a masters in vet med, these are the possible streams/areas you could choose from. also, switching majors and internal transfers between undergrad courses are very common and relatively easy to do, provided you're not going for something highly competitive like bvb/dvm, med, or law.

tldr: avbs and bvb are most similar and broader in focus, bsc in animal health/disease/welfare focuses more specifically on disease. many opportunities to specialise will come after you finish your bachelors, so order your preferences on uac based on what you like most (entry requirements are similar i think, except for bvb/dvm). if you really want to switch majors or courses during your undergrad degree, this is possible and shouldn't be too hard in most situations, so don't stress too much about missing opportunities this early on.