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General Description:
Objective(s) of a study programme:
To prepare professional specialists with wide erudition in the field of Animal and Human Interaction, knowing about the importance of integration of animals used for human rehabilitation, service, sports, recreational activities, aesthetic and communication needs to ensure public welfare and well-being, national and international legislation regulating this area, the species of animals used for human rehabilitation, service, sports, recreational activities, aesthetic and communication needs and their characteristics, animal anatomy, physiology, behavior, physiological needs; conditions necessary to ensure animal welfare and health.
Learning outcomes:
Prepared specialists in the field of Animal and Human Interaction:
- aware of the importance of integration of assisted animal therapy and animal recreational activities
to ensure public welfare and well-being;
- who know and know how to apply national and international legislation regulating the field of Animal and Human Interaction;
- knowledgeable about the species of animals used for animal and human interaction activities (for persons’ rehabilitation, service, sports, recreational activities, aesthetic and communication needs) and their peculiarities, animal anatomy, physiology, behavior, physiological needs; conditions necessary to ensure animal welfare and health.
Activities of teaching and learning:
Lectures; interactive activities; seminars; laboratory and practical works; exercises; discussions; case studies; reflections; problem-based teaching; consultations; simulations; practice in companies; individual and team work.
Methods of student achievement assessment:
Exam; colloquium; defense of practice work; course work; control work; practice report; final work.
Framework:
Study subjects (modules), practical training:
Bioethics; Animal biology; Cell Biology and Genetics; Animal morphology and physiology; Innovative food and feed preparation technologies; Biochemistry; Raising and management of assisting animals; Animal Therapy in Rehabilitation of Patients; Ecology and environmental protection; Animal hygiene; Pet animals nutrition; Animal breeding and applied ethology; Immunology; Marketing; Informatics; The Basics of Prevention of Infections in Animals Participating in Recreation
Wellness of Animal; Biostatistics; Research Methodology; Applied Health Psychology; Animal welfare; Practice (according to the relevant chosen field: (for people's rehabilitation, service, sports, recreational activities, aesthetic and communication needs); Thesis.
Specializations:
Cynology: Rearing and reproduction of dogs; Dog nutrition; Dog assistance and recreational activities.
Horse Rearing: Rearing and reproduction of horses; Equine nutrition; Horse assistance and recreational activities.
Felinology: Rearing and reproduction of cats; Cat nutrition; Cat assistance and recreational activities.
Exotic and wild animals: Rearing and reproduction of exotic and wild animals; Nutrition of exotic and wild animals; Assistance and recreational activities of exotic and wild animals.
Optional courses:
Optional subjects (the list is updated every year):
Media and health; Personal health education; Experimental animal models; Biodiversity of the World; Animal genetic resources; Horse breeding technologies; Invasive species; Snail Growing; Physical Education; Beekeeping, Bee Products and Apitherapy; Basic laboratory animal models, instructions and protocols; Nutrition of wild captive animals, etc.
Distinctive features of a study programme:
This is the only program in Lithuania that specializes in training professionals with a wide erudition in the field of Animal-human interaction, who know the importance of the integration of assisted animal therapeutic and animal recreational activities to ensure public welfare, national and international legislation regulating this area, the species of animals used for these activities and their peculiarities, animal anatomy, physiology, behavior, physiological needs; necessary conditions to ensure animal welfare and health.
Access to professional activity or further study:
Access to professional activity:
In the Ministries of the Republic of Lithuania (Agriculture, Environment, Health, etc.) and their departments; in consulting services; State border guard services; in police departments, in which animal assistance is used; in kennels; in zoos; animal shelters; in stud farms, creating own business, consulting, etc.
In perspective provided for that those who have completed the Animal-Human Interaction study program will be able to seek to obtain a license for the provision of services in the subgroup of complementary and alternative health care services in the field of psychosocial effects in the field of natural and folk medicine, in which animals are used for their provision.
Access to further study:
Continue studies in the Master's degree in Animal and Human Interaction.