This programme deals with animal behaviour and biology from an applied perspective, including problems associated with keeping animals in captivity. The aim is to provide students with a solid understanding of theory and methods of applied ethology.
Applied Ethology and Animal Biology, Master's Programme
Autumn 2019, Full-time, Linköping
Applied Ethology and Animal Biology, Master's Programme - Second admission round mainly for Swedish and EU/EEA students
Autumn 2019, Full-time, Linköping
Applied Ethology and Animal Biology, Master's Programme - Second admission round mainly for Swedish and EU/EEA students
Autumn 2020, Full-time, Linköping
Applied Ethology and Animal Biology, Master's Programme
Autumn 2020, Full-time, Linköping
You gain a good working knowledge of the programme’s central issues such as the biology of stress and its role in animal welfare, the effects of domestication on animal behaviour, the physiology of behaviour, and conservation biology. The programme is taught in collaboration with Kolmården Wildlife Park, one of the largest and most renowned zoos in Sweden. Several teaching sessions are held at the zoo where you acquire first-hand knowledge from experienced zoo staff.
Theory and methods
The programme provides a solid understanding of theory and methods of applied ethology and broadens your understanding of animal biology through courses in
- Applied Ethology
- Stress and Animal Welfare
- Behavioural Neurobiology
- Behaviour Genetics
- Zoo Biology
- Primate Ethology
- Conservation Biology
Hands-on projects
In addition to classroom lectures and seminars, you participate in hands-on projects involving studies of animals in captive environments. A key part of the programme is a one-year degree project in which you apply your theoretical and methodological knowledge. Students have the opportunity to perform the degree project abroad (e.g. assessing cognitive skills in spider monkeys in Mexico), or in zoos (e.g. studying how environmental enrichment affects lynx behaviour), or on domesticated animals (e.g. the attachment between horse and owner).
