Jun 20, 2025  
2023-2024 Graduate Catalog 
    
2023-2024 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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AVS 8150 - Animal Welfare and Ethics

3 Credits (3 Contact Hours)
The course provides multidisciplinary instruction in animal welfare science and related issues, including physiology, behavior, human-animal interactions, suffering and pain, ethics, health, assessment and standards, and ethics of animal use in research. Students gain experience assessing the welfare of animals of a variety of species in virtual situations. Problem solving and critical thinking skills are promoted through these assessment exercises, discussions with the instructor and classmates, reading of peer-reviewed literature and assignments.



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