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DRPS : Course Catalogue : Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies : Animal Welfare and Animal Behaviour

Postgraduate Course: Principles of Applied Animal Behaviour (AWAB11043)

Course Outline
SchoolRoyal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies CollegeCollege of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate)
Course typeOnline Distance Learning AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryThis course introduces the theoretical concepts that underpin the professional field of Clinical Animal Behaviour, drawn from disciplines of ethology, psychology, learning theory, neurophysiology, neuropsychology and psychopharmacology.
Course description This course will provide students with a solid foundation of theoretical concepts which will be used throughout the Clinical Animal Behaviour programme.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Demonstrate a current understanding of the ethology of vertebrate domestic animals, including perceptual abilities, maintenance and social behaviour, communication and theories of motivation.
  2. Describe key principles underlying behavioural ontogeny; including sensitive periods, socialisation and attachment theory.
  3. Articulate an understanding of the processes of domestication, and effects on the behaviour of animals, and critically evaluate the influences and interaction between żnatureż and nurtureż in the development of behavioural disorders for a range of the most commonly kept domestic animals
  4. Articulate an understanding of the theory of animal learning relating to associative and non-associative processes, including habituation, sensitization, classical conditioning, operant conditioning, insight, social learning and higher learning processes.
  5. Develop an understanding of functional anatomy and physiology as well as specific receptor mediated control mechanisms, the role of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical axis and nociception in the vertebrate animal including their role in mediating behaviour.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsAnimal Behaviour,Motivation,Cognition,Learning Theory,Neural mechanisms,Stress.
Contacts
Course organiser Course secretaryMrs Angela Harding
Tel: (0131 6)51 7363
Email: Angela.Harding@ed.ac.uk
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