Animal Welfare and Society BA (Hons)
Bachelor's degree
In Winchester
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Bachelor's degree
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Winchester
You explore connections and relationships between humans and other animals, and critically review theories, philosophies and issues concerning the treatment of them. You will study a range of issues including animal welfare; animal ethics; animal law; consuming animals; criminality and animals; animal representations; animals and policy; environment and animals; and animal advocacy.Throughout the course you explore crucial questions about human relationships with other animals. How do we understand them? What are our responsibilities to them? Should we eat them? Why do we develop emotional attachments to them? Why do we vilify some animals and not others? An essential element of the course is how humans relate to other animals, and what it means to be human.This interdisciplinary course engages with scholarly work from the arts and humanities, social sciences and natural sciences in order to examine how humans may reconsider their relationship with animals. The broad scope and thought-provoking content enables you to discover and explore your areas of interest.The course is both classroom-based and field-based. Through internships and other work-placement opportunities you are able to experience working with animals and/or are organisations associated with animal issues.
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Our aim is to shape 'confident learners' by enabling you to develop the skills needed to excel in your studies here and as well as onto further studies or the employment market. You are taught primarily through a combination of lectures and seminars, allowing opportunities to discuss and develop your understanding of topics covered in lectures in smaller groups.In addition to the formally scheduled contact time such as lectures and seminars etc.), you are encouraged to access academic support from staff within the course team, your personal tutor and the wide range of services available to you within the University.Independent learningOver the duration of your course, you will be expected to develop independent and critical learning, progressively building confidence and expertise through independent and collaborative research, problem-solving and analysis with the support of staff. You take responsibility for your own learning and are encouraged to make use of the wide range of available learning resources available.Overall workloadYour overall workload consists of class contact hours, independent learning and assessment activity.While your actual contact hours may depend on the optional modules you select, the following information gives an indication of how much time you will need to allocate to different activities at each level of the course .Year 1 (Level 4): Timetabled teaching and learning activity*• Teaching, learning and assessment: 300 hours• Independent learning: 900 hoursYear 2 (Level 5): Timetabled teaching and learning activity*• Teaching, learning and assessment: 288 hours• Independent learning: 876 hours• Placement: 36 hoursYear 3 (Level 6): Timetabled teaching and learning activity*• Teaching, learning and assessment: 168 hours• Independent learning: 984...
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- IT Law
- Law
Course programme
Core modules:
- Introduction to Animal Welfare and Society
- Regarding Animals
- Animal Behaviour and Welfare Issues
- Introduction to Research and Fieldwork
Core modules:
- Theorising the Animal
- Animal Welfare Law and Policy
- Animal Welfare Concepts and Assessment
- Researching Risk and Animals
Optional modules:
- Volunteering
- The Environment, Climate Change and Globalisation
Core modules:
- Applied Animal Behaviour
- Dissertation in Animal Welfare and Society
- Placement in Animal Welfare and Society or Work-Place Study in Animal Welfare and Society
Optional modules:
- Animals and the Arts
- Animals and Alternatives Within Research and Education
- Representing the Environment
- Depth Study: Thinking Green: The Emergence of Modern Environmentalism I (Origins and Ideas)
- Depth Study: Thinking Green: The Emergence of Modern Environmentalism II (Activism and Politics);
- Animals and Sociology
Please note the modules listed are correct at the time of publishing, for full-time students entering the programme in Year 1. Optional modules are listed where applicable. Please note the University cannot guarantee the availability of all modules listed and modules may be subject to change. For further information please refer to the terms and conditions at /termsandconditions. The University will notify applicants of any changes made to the core modules listed above.
Animal Welfare and Society BA (Hons)