MA/MS in Animal and Human Interaction

General Description: Objective(s) of a study programme: To prepare professional specialists with wide erudition in the field of animal and human interaction, with deep, science-based knowledge of animals used for human rehabilitation, service, sports, for recreational activities, aesthetic and communication needs, the importance of integration for public welfare, able to structurally and ethically model these activities, paying special attention to ensuring animal welfare and human safety. Learning outcomes: Prepared specialists with wide erudition in the field of animal-human interaction: -having deep, science-based knowledge about the importance of integration of animals used for human rehabilitation, service, sports, recreational activities, aesthetic and communication needs to ensure public welfare; - able to structurally and ethically model these activities, paying special attention to ensuring animal welfare and human safety; - knowledgeable about statistical analysis and modeling and research methods in the area of animal and human interaction; - capable to interpret and predict the obtained results, evaluate them critically. 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: Research methodology; Professional communication; Small business management and organizational psychology; Use of assisting animals in society; Practice (according to the relevant chosen field: (for people's rehabilitation, service, sports, recreational activities, aesthetic and communication needs); Thesis. Specializations: - Cynology - Canine Therapy - Horse Breeding and Rearing - Hippotherapy - The Use of Alternative Animals to Assist in Therapy Optional courses: Optional subjects (the list is updated every year): Positive psychology; Oratory; he Animal Used for the Rehabilitation and Recreation, Raising; Finding and applying evidence-based scientific information in the practice of animal science specialists; Advanced technologies in the breeding of small ruminants and camelids; Organizational culture. Distinctive features of a study programme: This is the only study program in Lithuania that specializes in training professionals with wide erudition in the field of Animal and human interaction, who have deep, science-based knowledge about animals used for human rehabilitation, for service, sports, recreational activities, aesthetic and communication needs, the importance of integration for public welfare, capable of structurally and ethically modeling these activities, with an exclusive focus on animal welfare and for ensuring human safety. 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 your studies in the pH studies in Animal Sciences.