Advanced Series of Equine Online Courses
Whether you have been involved with horses for 4 months or 40 years, there are two basic ways to improve your interaction on with them. First, you practise the skills involved in working with horses and around them. Second, you continue to build on your knowledge of horses as individuals, and as a species.
The Equine Guelph series of advanced courses combines the same two concepts:
- Building knowledge and
- practising skills
Each of the advance series of courses are an extension of what you have learned in the introductory courses. You can expect to discuss current issues, research and explore specific areas of interest from multiple perspectives.
New Equine Online Courses include:
- Advanced Equine Health through Nutrition
- Advanced Equine Functional Anatomy
- Advanced Equine Behaviour
All of the Advanced Equine Courses are offered online, are 12 weeks long and are open to anyone who meets the pre-requisite requirements.
Advanced Equine Functional Anatomy - Next Offering May 2014
This course will build on your experience with horses and from what you have learned in Equine Functional Anatomy and other courses to improve your interaction with horses and enhance your ability to locate and use reliable information on equine anatomy. In this course you will research and explore areas of anatomy you are interested in whether it is the hoof, gut, skin, nervous system or any of the other systems based on research and evidence.
This course is not currently part of the Diploma in Equine Science program but will be of interest to independent self-motivated learners interested in further exploring equine anatomy.
Pre-requisite: Equine Functional Anatomy
Instructor: Jeff Thomason
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Advanced Equine Health through Nutrition - Next Offering January 2014
All of the equine courses have a focus on helping you make good decisions for the health and welfare of your horse by looking at current research and evidence based practice. This advanced nutrition course will explore new research findings as they relate to functional foods for health through nutrition. You will look at the role of diets such as high fibre low starch diets and learn how to correct nutritional deficiencies that may lead to diseased states. Assessment, evaluation and development of feeding programs for specialized populations will also be covered.
This course is not currently part of the Diploma in Equine Science program but will be of interest to independent self-motivated learners interested in further exploring equine nutrition.
Pre-requisite: Equine Nutrition
Instructor: Kathleen Crandell
Detailed Course Description
Advanced Equine Behaviour - September 2013 - Register Now
Advanced Equine Behaviour will take an in-depth look at the behaviour research process as you learn to apply evidence-based knowledge to improve the welfare of the horse. Understanding abnormal behaviour of horses and the management decisions which contribute to them will be a part of assessing and evaluating current management practices. You will have an opportunity to research a current or special topic in equine behaviour research as part of your work in this course.
This course is not currently part of the Diploma in Equine Science program but will be of interest to independent self-motivated learners interested in further exploring equine behaviour.
Pre-requisite: Equine Behaviour
Instructor: Kelly Heckler Jimmerson
Detailed Course Description
Equine Welfare
The Equine Welfare course explores controversial and sensitive issues surrounding the use of horses. It will enable all those with an interest in horses to gain an awareness of the specific human uses of horses and the welfare problems and abuses that can sometimes occur as a result. Students will study reliable scientific research and evidence-based information to support an informed debate. The course will draw on the expertise of leaders in equine health and welfare science introducing concepts and definitions of animal welfare. Students will discuss how to recognize negative emotional states, how welfare can be objectively assessed in the horse, and specific practices which may compromise horse welfare.
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Global Perspectives in Equine Welfare
This course takes students through the highly emotional issues of equine welfare exploring different practices across the globe while focusing on the horses perspective. Students will study equine welfare by examining current issues of wild horse management, working horses in developing countries, racing and sport horse practises, slaughter legislation, horses in research, unwanted horses and equine rescue facilities and a comparison of the different equine management practices used around the world. Current advances and key persons in equine research will be discussed, as well as policy development and the legislation covering equines in different countries. Students will be able to knowledgeably discuss equine welfare in any situation and be part of a world-wide move toward encouraging and supporting positive states of equine welfare.
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