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Animal Science
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General Description: Objective(s) of a study programme: To prepare highly qualified Animal Science specialists, mature and integrated personalities capable of ensuring the welfare and health of production animals, organizing and managing activities in the livestock business sector, applying fundamental knowledge and the latest innovations in the fields of animal genetics and breeding, rearing, housing, care, and nutrition, understanding the importance of the One Health concept and responding to consumer needs for high quality and safe animal origin products, capable of applying skills and knowledge in independent activities and studies in the second cycle of studies (master's studies). Learning outcomes: Highly qualified Animal Science specialists capable to: · ensure the welfare and health of production animals; · organize and manage activities in the livestock business sector; · applying fundamental knowledge and the latest innovations in the fields of animal genetics and breeding, rearing, housing, care, and nutrition for livestock sector business; · understand the importance of the One Health concept and responding to consumer needs for high quality and safe animal origin products; · apply skills and knowledge in independent activities and studies in the second cycle of studies (master's studies). Activities of teaching and learning: Lectures; Interactive Activities; Seminars; Laboratory and Practical Work; Exercises; Discussions; Case Analyses; Reflections; Problem-Based Learning; Consultations; Simulations; Practice in Agricultural Companies; Individual and Team Work. Methods of student achievement assessment: Exam; Colloquium; Defense of Practical Work; Course Work; Test; Practice Report; Thesis.
Framework: Study subjects (modules), practical training: Information Technology; Economics and Accounting; Management and Marketing; Biological Chemistry; Applied Biology and Ecology; Bioethics; Animal Anatomy and Physiology; Microbiology; Animal Genetics and Breeding; Fundamentals of Clinical Veterinary Medicine and Reproductive Biotechnology; Animal Hygiene and Welfare; Animal Nutrition; Law; Agronomy; Engineering Solutions in Animal Husbandry; Aquaculture; Fodder Production; Beekeeping; Poultry Farming; Equine Husbandry; Sheep and Goat Farming; Cattle Farming; Pig Farming; Alternative Animal Husbandry; Biostatistics; Slaughter Product Technology; Milk and Meat Processing Technologies; Internships in Companies. Specializations: - Optional courses: Animal Safety and Prevention of Cruelty; Cynology and Felinology; Snail Farming; Alternative Crop Production; Healthy Lifestyle; Media and Health; Physical Activity and Health; Organization of Recreational Sports for the Population; Human Anatomy; Application of Information Technology in Biomedical Studies; Information Visualization; Improvement of Foreign Language Proficiency. Distinctive features of a study programme: The Animal Science study program is designed to prepare broadly educated Animal Science specialists who understand the challenges of biodiversity and environmental protection, the scope and complexity of human-animal-environment interaction, and the social and economic factors influencing it, considering rapidly changing global trends; it focuses on the welfare and health of production animals, the organization and management specifics of the livestock business sector, and the integrated application of fundamental knowledge and the latest achievements in Animal Science in the context of the One Health concept. 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 divisions; in consulting services; in companies within the production animal business sector; in animal raw material processing companies; in companies involved in the production, import, export, and sale of nutritional and medicinal substances for production animals; to establish and manage their own businesses, etc.
Access to further study: To continue studies in the Animal Science master's program.
