📖Program Curriculum
PROGRAMME STRUCTURE
The programme provides a strong grounding in scientific writing and communication statistical analysis and experimental design It is designed for flexibility to enable you to customise a portfolio of courses suited to your particular interests
You can choose from a range of specialised options that encompass key skills in
ethics legislative policy and welfare science – critical for promoting humane treatment of both captive and wild animals
monitoring and assessing biodiversity – critical for understanding the impacts of environmental change
quantitative analyses of ecological and epidemiological data – critical for animal health and conservation
A total of 180 credits are required with 40 flexible credits in the second term
Core courses
ANIMAL ETHICS
ANIMAL LEGISLATION AND SOCIETAL ISSUES
ANIMAL WELFARE SCIENCE
KEY RESEARCH SKILLS
Term 2 Optional courses
ANIMAL WELFARE ASSESSMENT
BIODIVERSITY INFORMATICS
BIOLOGY OF SUFFERING
CARE & ENRICHMENT OF CAPTIVE ANIMALS
CONSERVATION GENETICS
ECONOMIC TOOLS FOR CONSERVATION
GENETIC AND GENOMIC ASPECTS OF ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE
GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS FOR ECOLOGISTS
HUMAN DIMENSIONS OF CONSERVATION
INTRODUCTION TO BAYESIAN STATISTICS
INVERTEBRATE IDENTIFICATION
MULTI SPECIES MODELS
PRINCIPLES OF CONSERVATION ECOLOGY
SINGLE SPECIES MODELS
SOCIETAL ASPECTS OF AMR
VERTEBRATE IDENTIFICATION
Core component
RESEARCH PROJECT
Animal welfare is a very broad and applied field and the programme aims to provide coverage of all the different aspects of the topic which are often treated separately
Science is an essential skill in order to have a good understanding of welfare but we appreciate that applicants may come from diverse backgrounds and therefore the course includes a rigorous training in science communication experimental design data analysis and interpretation
The programme also includes teaching by practitioners and visits to organisations with first-hand experience of applied welfare problems
The programme also attempts to cover the entire spectrum of animal welfare including zoos farms laboratory animals and wildlife
Programme alteration or discontinuation
The University of Glasgow endeavours to run all programmes as advertised In exceptional circumstances however the University may withdraw or alter a programme For more information please see Student contract
