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 Instrumental Learning – Thursday, January 14th – 4 weeks
- Schedules of reinforcement
- Theories of Reinforcement
- Generalization and Discrimination
- Habit vs. goal-directed behavior
- Practical applications
- And much more!
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Advanced Concepts in Learning – Beyond Reinforcement and Punishment – Thursday, February 11th – 4 weeks
- Advanced topics in classical conditioning (emotional learning)
- Observational learning, including copying and imitation
- The impact of stress on learning
- The neurobiology of learning
- Practical applications
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Principles of Applied Ethology – Week of March 22nd, 2021 (tentative)
- What is ethology?
- Evolution and behavior
- Domestication
- Motivation
- Personality
- Cognition
- Social behavior
- Play
- Human-animal relationships
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Introduction to Learning – Week of May 10th, 2021 (tentative)
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Applied Ethology in Dogs – Week of September 13th, 2021 (tentative)
- Behavior of free-ranging dogs
- Canine domestication and evolution
- Reproduction and Development
- Social Behavior – affiliative
- Social Behavior – agnostic
- These topics will go into more detail and be more specific to dogs than the Principles of Applied Ethology Course
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