Courses will consist of online lectures, online discussions, homework and applied activities. This structure will help students process and apply the course content to improve their skills when working with dogs.
Upcoming Courses:
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The Impact of Stress on Behavior – Starts October 7th, 2020 (through IAABC)
- The basics of stress – what is it? How does it impact the body?
- The impacts of stress on aggression, anxiety, learning and memory
- Factors that influence an animal’s resilience or vulnerability to stress
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Advanced Concepts in Learning – January 2021
- Observational learning, including copying and imitation
- The impact of stress on learning
- Neurobiology of stress and fear
- Neurobiology of reinforcement and punishment
- Schedules of reinforcement
- Theories of Reinforcement
- Generalization and Discrimination
- Habit vs. goal-directed behavior
- And much more!
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Introduction to Applied Ethology – March 2021
- What is ethology?
- Evolution and behavior
- Domestication
- Personality
- Cognition
- Social behavior
- Offensive and defensive behavior
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Introduction to Learning – Spring 2021
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Applied Ethology in Dogs – Summer or Fall 2021
- Behavior of free-ranging dogs
- Canine domestication and evolution
- Training methods
- Attachment
- Dog-human communication
- Dogs in shelters
- Affiliation and reconciliation
- And much more!
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