Postgraduate Course: Animal cognition and consciousness (AWAB11016)
Course Outline
| School | Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies |
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | Motivation, learning and cognition are all fields that provide an underpinning to the study of animal behaviour and animal welfare. The students will be presented with the scientific basis of these areas, with particular reference to animal welfare. This module will also focus on historical and current interpretations of the concept of animal consciousness as well as on experimental approaches to the study of animal consciousness. Implications of the study of animal consciousness for models of animal welfare will be studied as well as basic principles of the moral evaluation of animal use |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | none |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2014/15, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 42,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 7,
External Visit Hours 4,
Summative Assessment Hours 2,
Revision Session Hours 20,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
125 )
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50% essay 50% exam
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
50 %,
Coursework
50 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Exam Information |
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| Main Exam Diet S1 (December) | Animal cognition and consciousness | 1:00 | |
Learning Outcomes
-Understand how internal and external factors combine to produce motivated behaviour
-Understand the methods used to assess animal motivation and how experiments in animal motivation have contributed to animal welfare science
-Understand the basic types of learning
-Understand the basic types of training
-Understand the concepts underlying animal cognition
-Understand the concepts of animal consciousness
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Susan Jarvis
Tel: (0131 6)51 7326
Email: Susan.Jarvis@sruc.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Willie Van-Wijde
Tel: (0131 6)51 3914
Email: Willie.van.Wijde@ed.ac.uk |
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