Postgraduate Course: Production Animal welfare (AWAB11024)
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 | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course enables you to critically analyse the uses of animals for food and fibre production. You will examine the ethical, cultural and economic aspects and trade-offs involved with farming animals. You will gain a critical understanding of different farming systems around the world, and how animals are moved, marketed and slaughtered. You will evaluate legislation as applied to farmed animals and how this relates to policies of governmental bodies, NGOs and globally important retailers. |
| Course description |
This course enables you to critically analyse the uses of animals for food and fibre production. You will examine the ethical, cultural and economic aspects and trade-offs involved with farming animals. You will gain a critical understanding of different farming systems around the world, and how animals are moved, marketed and slaughtered. You will evaluate legislation as applied to farmed animals and how this relates to policies of governmental bodies, NGOs and globally important retailers.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2024/25, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Flexible |
| Course Start Date |
05/08/2024 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 40,
Formative Assessment Hours 20,
Summative Assessment Hours 50,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
86 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
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, and will include:
Individual written assessment (50%) [LO1 and 2]
Poster presentations (50%) [LO 1, 2 and 3]
Formative assessments:
1) Discussion Board - Considering Sustainability
2) Welfare Assessment at Markets - Discussion Board
Summative assessments:
1) Essay (50%)
2) Poster (50%) |
| Feedback |
Students will receive written or oral feedback on all formative and summative assessments within 15 working days of each assessment being due.
Formative assessment and associated feedback will be provided prior to each summative assessment. Summative assessment will include comprehensive feedback. |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Demonstrate a critical understanding of the specialised concepts, principles and legislative frameworks applied to welfare issues of production animals in international contexts.
- Apply knowledge and understanding of the ethical, cultural, economic and environmental trade-offs involved in production animal welfare to current and future farming systems.
- Demonstrate an ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences with an interest in production animal welfare standards.
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Reading List
| A course reading list will be provided with relevant resources to support the teaching materials. |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Knowledge and skills will include:
A. Research and Enquiry
Graduates of the University will be able to create new knowledge and opportunities for learning through the process of research and enquiry. This may be understood in terms of the following:
- be able to identify, define and analyse problems and identify or create processes to solve them
- be able to exercise critical judgment in creating new understanding
- be ready to ask key questions and exercise rational enquiry
- be able to critically assess existing understanding and the limitations of their own knowledge and recognise the need to regularly challenge all knowledge
- search for, evaluate and use information to develop their knowledge and understanding
- have an informed respect for the principles, methods, standards, values and boundaries of their discipline(s) and the capacity to question these
- understand economic, legal, ethical, social, cultural and environmental issues in the use of information
B. Personal and Intellectual Autonomy
Graduates of the University will be able to work independently and sustainably, in a way that is informed by openness, curiosity and a desire to meet new challenges. This may be understood in terms of the following:
- be independent learners who take responsibility for their own learning, and are committed to continuous reflection, self-evaluation and self-improvement
- be able to make decisions on the basis of rigorous and independent thought, taking into account ethical and professional issues
- be able to use collaboration and debate effectively to test, modify and strengthen their own views
- be intellectually curious and able to sustain intellectual interest
- be able to respond effectively to unfamiliar problems in unfamiliar contexts
C. Communication
Graduates of the University will recognise and value communication as the tool for negotiating and creating new understanding, collaborating with others, and furthering their own learning. This may be understood in terms of the following:
- make effective use of oral, written and visual means to critique, negotiate, create and communicate understanding
- use communication as a tool for collaborating and relating to others
- further their own learning through effective use of the full range of communication approaches
- seek and value open feedback to inform genuine self-awareness
- recognise the benefits of communicating with those beyond their immediate environments
- use effective communication to articulate their skills as identified through self-reflection
D. Personal Effectiveness
Graduates of the University will be able to effect change and be responsive to the situations and environments in which they operate. This may be understood in terms of the following:
- appreciate and use talents constructively, demonstrating self-discipline, motivation, adaptability, persistence and professionalism
- be able to manage risk while initiating and managing change
- be able to flexibly transfer their knowledge, learning, skills and abilities from one context to another
- understand social, cultural, global and environmental responsibilities and issues
- be able to work effectively with others, capitalising on their different thinking, experience and skills |
| Keywords | Farm Animal Welfare,Animal husbandry,Animal Transport,Slaughter,Animal Welfare Standards |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Laura Dixon
Tel:
Email: Laura.Dixon@sruc.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mr Stephen Mitchell
Tel: (0131 6)51 7112
Email: stephen.mitchell@ed.ac.uk |
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