Postgraduate Course: International Animal Welfare Science (AWAB11020)
Course Outline
| School | Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies |
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Animal Welfare and Animal Behaviour |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | 1. History, Culture and Concepts of Animal Welfare
2. Science and Animal Welfare
3. Understanding Animal Behaviour
4. Animal Suffering
5. Animal Welfare Assessment |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | No |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2012/13 Vet Med Semester 1, Available to all students (SV1)
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Learn enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
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| No Classes have been defined for this Course |
| First Class |
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. - Students will be able to discuss the meanings and definitions of animal welfare.
2. - They will also be able to describe how the concepts of animal welfare have changed over time and in different parts of the world
3. - The students will understand how science works, how to read a scientific paper and apply statistical principles in animal welfare research.
4. - The students will be able to discuss how animal learning and motivation affects welfare. They will also be able to explain how animal cognition and consciousness affect animal quality of life.
5. - The students will be able to describe the concepts of stress, pain and suffering and how these relate to animal welfare.
- Explain the process of animal welfare assessment, the tools needed, the checks that are required. Discuss the criteria of an animal welfare indicator
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Assessment Information
Online in-course assessments will incorporate a variety of activities constituting 100% of the overall course mark. These in-course assessments provide the opportunity to give students feedback on their performance during the course.
Assessments include:
¿ Research proposal: After receiving a research question students have to complete a proposal, including sample size, experimental design, type and method of data collection, proposed method of data handling etc. ( 50%)
¿ Develop an animal welfare assessment protocol for a chosen animal system (30%)
¿ Animal Welfare Quiz (20%) |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
Not entered |
| Syllabus |
This is a core course |
| Transferable skills |
Not entered |
| Reading list |
Latest reviews and research articles from this field as directed by the Course Organiser and lecturers. A reading list for the course will be provided at the start of the course. |
| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
This programme is entirely online, allowing students the flexibility to study when it suits them.
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| Keywords | Animal welfare assessment, Global issues in Animal welfare |
Contacts
| Course organiser | |
Course secretary | Miss Bryony Waggett
Tel: (0131 6)50 8783
Email: bryony.waggett@ed.ac.uk |
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