This course meets the requirements of modern and realistic wildlife management for habitat and species conservation in the UK and Europe. With a larger element of work-based and practical learning than usual in BSc courses, the foundation degree is based on practical learning and application. Students typically have a genuine interest in the environment and in wildlife. In many cases this interest has had to play a secondary role to work, family or past study commitments, in others it is the only route that they have wished to follow from school. It provides the knowledge and skills to enable effective management activities, alongside an understanding of the legislative, financial and personnel-related framework. Experience is enhanced by work-based learning with appropriate conservation and wildlife management organisations. It includes: introductory science, ecological science, habitats and species, land use and historical ecology, ICT skills, methods of analysis, wildlife and habitat protection, ecological surveys, wildlife conservation, conservation research, financial studies and human resources.