Academic Courses

The following institutions offer academic courses and postgraduate qualifications specifically relating to the human-animal relationship.

For an extensive overview of college and university courses offered in the USA and Canada, please consult Jonathan Balcombe's (HSUS) article published (also on-line) in the journal Society and Animals Vol. 7, No. 3, 1999, pp. 229-240.

An annotated list of courses on animal ethics, animal rights and animal welfare, discussed in this article may be found on the HSUS website. Course information is arranged according to both state and academic discipline.

Unfortunately, no similar survey of courses relating to animal ethics and welfare is currently available for other regions of the World. So, if you have direct links to any other courses in existence, particularly outside of North America, please drop me a line:

Postgraduate Certificate/Diploma/MSc in
Companion Animal Behaviour Counselling
Anthrozoology Institute
Department of Biology
University of Southampton,
Southampton SO16 7PX, UK

Masters of Science in Animals and Public Policy
Tufts University Center for Animals and Public Policy
School of Veterinary Medicine
200 Westboro Road
North Grafton, MA 01536, USA

Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Program in
Animal Welfare and Societal Concerns
Center for the Human-Animal Bond
Purdue University
West Lafayette IN 47907-1243, USA

Undergraduate Course on Animal Welfare
and the Ethics of Animal Use
Department of Animal Science
University of British Columbia
Suite 248-2357 Main Mall
Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada

Postgraduate Study Programme:
Applied Animal Behaviour and Animal Welfare
Institute of Ecology and Resource Management
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, EH9 3JG, Scotland

Perspectives: Interrelationships of People and Animals in Society Today
Center to Study Human-Animal Relationships and Environments
Course Coordinator: Professor Gail Peterson, Department of Psychology
223 Elliott Hall
University of Minnesota, USA