Intended Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the Online Graduate Certificate in Animal Studies: Social Science and Humanities Perspectives, students will be able to:

  1. articulate their own worldviews and values about the relationships among humans, animals, and the natural world;
  2. summarize the diverse ethical and moral concerns about the treatment of animals;
  3. explain how the cultural representations of relationships among humans, animals, and the natural world have changed over time and vary across cultures.
  4. explain the links between human-animal relationships and human social problems, such as slavery, sexism, and environmental degradation;
  5. analyze the possible social, emotional, physical and cognitive benefits that animals have in human lives and the influence humans have in animal lives;
  6. evaluate contemporary arguments for coexistence among humans, animals, and the natural world;
  7. investigate the changes in the relationships among humans, animals, and nature that are necessary for achieving global sustainability; and
  8. communicate compelling arguments via formal writing and oral presentations.

Animal Studies Program