Postgraduate Course: Pastoralism and Herd Health (INAH11021)

Course Outline
School	Deanery of Biomedical Sciences	College	College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate)
Course type	Online Distance Learning	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	10	ECTS Credits	5
Summary	This course aims to promote an appreciation of nomadic herd health through understanding diseases of importance and control systems.
Course description	Not entered

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites		Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	None

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2015/16, Available to all students (SV1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Flexible
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 100 ( Lecture Hours 10, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 10, Online Activities 25, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 53 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	Formal summative written assessment will constitute 60% of the student's grade. Online discussion in both a synchronous and asynchronous environment will contribute further to the final mark. In combination with the submission of electronic course assignments, these elements will provide the remaining 40% of the final mark.
Feedback	Not entered
No Exam Information

Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to: On completion of this course the candidate should understand: * Pastoralist livestock management & ownership * Diseases of importance in these systems * Disease surveillance in pastoralist regions / application and limitations of Participatory Epidemiology * How animal diseases are controlled in pastoralist herds / "Public and Private Goods" * Veterinary service delivery in pastoralist regions / role of paravets ("Community Animal Health Workers") * Basics of camel health management