Postgraduate Course: Introduction to Applied Animal Behaviour and Animal Welfare (AWAB11048)
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 will provide a brief history of animal welfare science before introducing current issues in animal welfare. It will demonstrate how the study of behaviour can be applied to animal welfare and how this application can be used to solve practical animal welfare problems. The development of UK/EU animal welfare legislation will be put in a global context and the application of ethics to animal welfare, as well as the trade-offs between economics, environmental sustainability and animal welfare will be discussed. Finally there will be a focus on emergent issues in animal welfare and the future for animal welfare science. |
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Not entered
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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, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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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 50,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 5,
External Visit Hours 8,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
133 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
A1 (50%)
a) 1000 word essay (75%): This essay will enable students to describe and provide evidence of an animal welfare issue of their choice through effective synthesis of the literature.
b) 3 min recorded sound bite (25%) The soundbite will enable students to propose what they think should happen next to address the animal welfare issue.
A2 (50%)
a) 1500 word essay (75%): The essay will enable students to identify innate and key species-specific behaviours in a chosen topic, evidence welfare issues and identify trade-offs. There will be a number of option topics for students to choose from.
b) Accompanying infographic diagram (25%) The creation of an infographic will enable students to visually represent information and convey key elements of the issue from part a.
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| Feedback |
Opportunities for feedback arise during timetabled courses, for example during live session tutorials, discussion boards, emails, telephone communication and in person/on campus. Feedback can be provided on coursework assignments but also activities which are not formally assessed, for example class discussion on the discussion board, group exercise, problem-solving and developing project plans and proposals. A formative task is provided in each course which provides formative feedback prior to the student submitting their first piece of assessed course work.
All assignments, including the formative assessment, will be marked and feedback is provided within a period of fifteen working days (where possible) following the submission date (excluding holidays periods whereby the University of closed, e.g. over the Christmas period)
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Demonstrate a critical understanding of animal behaviour and animal welfare science which includes recognition that animal welfare is multi-dimensional and involves a number of societal and scientific aspects that need to be integrated when addressing a welfare problem (C1)
- Apply critical analysis, evaluation and synthesis of the scientific research in animal behaviour and animal welfare in order to develop ideas about potential solutions (C3).
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | animal behaviour,animal welfare |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Vincent Bombail
Tel:
Email: v1vbomb4@exseed.ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Linda Pollock
Tel: (0131) 650 6149
Email: Linda.Pollock@ed.ac.uk |
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