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Degree Programme Table: International Animal Health (Online Learning) (ICL) (PG ProfDev) - 2 Years (Part-time) (PTPDVINTAH1U)

Jump to: Year 2

Year 2 Academic year: 2026/27, Starting in: September

Notes:
Students may take between 10 and 50 credits from the following courses over a maximum period of 2 years.

It may be possible to transfer credits achieved towards a Postgraduate Certificate, Diploma or Masters in International Animal Health. Students interested in further study should contact the Programme Director before the end of the first year of study.

Elective course availability will be subject to student demand.

There are no compulsory courses in this year of this programme.

Course options

Group A

Select between 10 and 50 credits in this group.

International Animal Health (Online Distance Learning) (MSc) (Part-time) - Diploma Elective Courses Section A

Select between 10 and 20 credits of the following courses
Surveillance and control of transboundary diseases affecting international trade
INAH11023 20 credits
An introduction to transboundary diseases and their impact on trade and wildlife populations
INAH11024 10 credits
OR

International Animal Health PPD courses

Select between 10 and 50 credits of the following courses
The Use of Artificial Reproductive Technologies in Threatened Species
BIME11018 10 credits
The Modern Zoo
BIME11019 10 credits
The Nexus of Food Security and Global Health
BIME11143 10 credits
Project Management of Development Aid
BIME11194 10 credits
Globalisation and health
EMND11009 10 credits
Zoonotic diseases in a global setting
EMND11029 10 credits
Technical Advances in Diagnostics
EMND11033 10 credits
Pathogen strategies for transmission and survival
INAH11001 20 credits
Host responses to infection
INAH11002 20 credits
Zoonotic disease
INAH11004 10 credits
Control of economically important parasites
INAH11006 10 credits
New developments in epidemiology and the control of vector borne disease
INAH11007 10 credits
Wildlife animal health and environment
INAH11008 10 credits
Project planning and decision support for animal disease control
INAH11013 10 credits
Introduction to GIS and spatial data analysis
INAH11017 10 credits
Pastoralism and Herd Health
INAH11021 10 credits
Socioeconomic Principles for One Health
INAH11025 20 credits
An introduction to vaccinology
INAH11026 10 credits
Applied Veterinary Epidemiology
INAH11027 20 credits
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