PSGB Undergraduate Courses
The following university departments offer courses that contain elements of primatology, follow the links for further information.
If you are aware of any courses that I have missed out, please let me know.
University College London
Department of Anthropology
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/anthropology/anthro_courseunits/
BSc Anthropology / BSc or BA Anthropology and Geography - offer an optional Primate Behaviour and Ecology module that can be taken during either the 2nd or 3rd year. Prof. Volker Sommer teaches the primatology modules in this department and is director of The Gashaka Primate Project (http://www.ucl.ac.uk/gashaka/home/).
Contact:
Helen Cooper
Faculty of Life Sciences
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-students/undergraduate-degrees/life-sciences/human-sciences/
BSc Human Sciences – an interdisciplinary degree programme bringing together various approaches to the scientific study of the human species. Modules can be chosen from various departments including anthropology, biology, geography and psychology. Courses available include Primate Behaviour and Ecology, Human Ecology and Evolution, Evolution of Mammals and Tropical Africa.
Contact:
Dr Leslie Dale
Department of Biology
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/biology/undergrads/admissions/
BSc Zoology / BSc Biology – opportunities are available to conduct third year projects at London Zoo and the Primate Behaviour and Ecology module can be taken in the Department of Anthropology as a third year option.
Contact:
Dr Hazel Smith
Goldsmiths College, University of London
Department of Psychology
http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/ug/bsc-psychology.php
BSc Psychology - some modules focus on non-human primates and the evolutionary basis of human behaviour.
Contact:
Colin Latham
Roehampton University, London
School of Human and Life Sciences
http://www.roehampton.ac.uk/hals/courses/undergraduatecourses.html
BA/BSc Biological Anthropology / BSc Anthropology – modules in primate biology and behaviour constitute a key component of the degree programme during both the 1st and 2nd years. The Biosciences and Anthropology Department also offer postgraduate course in primatology. PSGB council members Dr. Caroline Ross and Prof. Ann MacLarnon teach in this department.
BSc Zoology / BSc Conservation Biology / BSc Biological Sciences – optional module in primate biology and behaviour.
Contacts:
Professor Ann MacLarnon
Admissions Office
University of Exeter
School of Psychology
http://www.psychology.ex.ac.uk/undergraduate/ugdegrees.shtml
BSc Animal Behaviour / BSc Biology and Animal Behaviour / BSc or BA Psychology – optional modules in primatology.
Contact:
University of Central Lancashire
Department of Psychology
http://www.uclan.ac.uk/courses/ug/bsc_pap.htm
BSc Psychology – Professor Peter Henzi teaches a module on evolutionary psychology and is the director of De Hoop Baboon Project (http://www.uclan.ac.uk/facs/science/psychol/Dehoop/index.htm).
Contact:
Professor Peter Henzi
University of Cambridge
Department of Zoology
http://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/ or http://www.cam.ac.uk/cambuniv/natscitripos/
BA / MSci Natural Sciences Tripos – most of the sciences are taught within this multi-disciplinary degree and the student decides how to specialise. The Department of Zoology has an Evolutionary Genetics Group focusing on a range of primate genetics issues from olfactory communication to colour vision (http://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/zoostaff/egg/index.htm).
Contact:
Ann Jeffrey
Department of Biological Anthropology
http://www.cam.ac.uk/admissions/undergraduate/courses/archanth/index.html or http://www.bioanth.cam.ac.uk/index.html
BA Archaeology and Anthropology – again this is a multi-disciplinary degree were the student takes modules in archaeology, social anthropology and biological anthropology before deciding how to specialise. Dr. Leslie Knapp teaches within the Department of Biological Anthropology and is the director of PrIME (Primate Immunogenetics and Molecular Ecology) - http://www-prime.bioanth.cam.ac.uk/.
Contact:
archanth-enquiries@lists.cam.ac.uk
University of Oxford
School of Anthropology
http://www.human-sciences.ox.ac.uk/
BA Human Sciences – includes a module in primatology by PSGB council member Dr. Anna Nekaris.
Contact:
Liverpool John Moores University
School of Biological and Earth Sciences
http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/BIE/83818.htm
BSc Animal Behaviour / BSc Biological Anthropology / BSc Wildlife Conservation / BSc Zoology – All of these degree programmes offer modules in primatology, usually Primate Adaptation and Behaviour in the 2nd year which includes a trip to Chester Zoo and Primate Social Systems in the 3rd year. The BSc Zoology course also organise a tropical expedition.
Contact:
Ms. Sam Phillips
University of Liverpool
School of Biological Sciences
BSc Zoology with Evolutionary Psychology – module in Primate Societies taught by Prof. Robin Dunbar.
Contact:
Dr Susan Scott,
Department of Human Anatomy and Human Biology
BSc Anatomy and Human Biology – module on the Biodiversity of Animals in the 1st year which includes a lecture on the primates followed by a whole module on Primate Biology in the 3rd year.
Contact:
Dr Nathan Jeffery
School of Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology
BSc Evolutionary Anthropology – some modules taught by Prof. Robin Dunbar who is part of the Evolutionary Psychology and Behavioural Ecology Research Group (http://www.liv.ac.uk/evolpsyc/dunbar.html) which studies the behavioural ecology of primates.
Contact:
Dr Bruce Routledge
Oxford Brookes University
School of Social Sciences and Law
http://ssl.brookes.ac.uk/undergraduates/anthroplogy.htm
BA or BSc Anthropology (Joint Honours) – Anthropology must be taken alongside another subject. Modules can be taken in Primate Behaviour, Ecology and Social Systems, and Humans and Other Primates. A postgraduate course in primate conservation is taught in this department, which is also home of the Nocturnal Primate Research Group (http://www.nprg.org/members.shtml). Prof. Simon Bearder, Dr. Anna Nekaris and Dr. Kate Hill teach modules in primatology.
Contact:
Senior Tutor
University of Durham
Department of Anthropology
http://www.dur.ac.uk/anthropology/
BA Anthropology / BSc Biological Anthropology – Modules can be taken in Palaeoanthropology and Biological/Social Origins, which have a strong primatology element. The department is home to an Evolutionary Anthropology Research Group. Prof. Robert Barton and Dr. Todd Rae are both involved in research on primate evolution in the department.
Contact:
Dr Paul Sant Cassia
University of Sussex
Department of Biology and Environmental Science
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/biology/index.php
BSc Human Sciences / BSc Biology /BSc Ecology and Conservation / BSc Environmental Science with Development Studies – a module in Human Evolution places an emphasis on primates. There are also Wildlife and Habitat Conservation modules available.
Contact:
Professor Roper (Biology)
biology.admissions@sussex.ac.uk
Dr Hill (Environmental Science)
Anglia Ruskin University
Department of Life Sciences
BSc Animal Behaviour / BSc Animal Welfare / BSc Ecology and Conservation / BSc Wildlife Biology / BSc Zoology – these courses can be combined to form a joint honours degree. All the courses offer field work experience but not necessarily with primates. The module in Tropical Ecology and Management includes a two week trip to East Africa. Guy Norton and Dr Andrew Smith are both primatologists within this department.
Contact:
Department of Life Sciences – 01223 363271
University of St Andrews
The School of Psychology
BSc Psychology – this department is a member of the Scottish Primate Research Group.
Contact:
University of Stirling
Department of Psychology
http://www.psychology.stir.ac.uk/
BA / BSc Psychology – this department is a member of the Scottish Primate Research Group. Modules can be taken in evolution and animal behaviour, and opportunties to focus on primate behaviour and cognition with specialist final year courses and dissertation project.
Contact:
University of Kent
Department of Anthropology
http://www.kent.ac.uk/anthropology/prospective_students/prospective_undergraduates.html
BSc Anthropology / BSc Biological Anthropology / BSc Wildlife Conservation / BSc Biodiversity Conservation and Management - many modules have a primate focus and the department has links to zoos for projects.
Contact:
Dr Nicholas E. Newton-Fisher
University of Bristol
School of Biological Sciences
http://www.bio.bris.ac.uk/admiss/ug_admiss/ug_admiss_home.cfm
BSc Biology / BSc Zoology / BSc Psychology and Zoology - modules on Mammalian Biology and Sociobiology include primate ecology.
Contact:
http://www.bio.bris.ac.uk/admiss/ug_admiss/contact_us.cfm
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