Applied Animal Science
Bachelor of Animal Husbandry
What is a bachelor?
Van Hall Larenstein offers many practical focused and accredited bachelors. Within these four-year courses, majors are the main object of study. The choice of a major determines the professional profile of the student.
If you already have followed two years of a bachelor course, you could switch majors and move on to year three of another bachelor; these are final phase bachelors. You could also start in the third year when you have had a couple of years of relevant working experience but do not have the neccessary level of education.
In Velp and Leeuwarden, the first year offers a broad basic training. From year three you will get deeply involved in your major. In Wageningen the choice for a specific major is integrated in the programme right form the start.
You will be following objective specific courses, doing practical periods and preparing an exciting graduation assignment. In the third or fourth year you will make a choice out of many available minors. A minor is actually a short course of your own choice. It can be specialistic or broad, in which case it can add to your interests and talents.
The programme is competency based: each theoretical subject supports workgroup situations in which students tackle practical problems and explore workable solutions. This means that you will be active from day one, learning to work independently as you collaborate with others. The programme culminates in a thesis project, conducted in an international setting.
At the end you will receive a European accredited bachelordegree (for example, a Ba in Rural Development).