We offer the programme over an academic year consisting of three blocks of 11 weeks. Each block contains either a single 20 credit course or two 10 credit courses, delivered over 5 or 10 weeks, with a consolidation week in between for independent study. 2024/2025 Teaching block Weeks 1-5 Consolidation week Weeks 7-11 Term 1 16 September - 18 October 2024 19 October - 27 October 2024 28 October - 10 December 2024 Term 2 6 January - 7 February 2025 8 February - 16 February 2025 17 February - 1 April 2025 Term 3 7 April - 9 May 2025 10 May - 18 May 2025 19 May - 1 July 2025 Term 1 Block 1 and Block 2 Pathogen strategies for transmission and survival (20 credits) Block 1 Zoonotic disease Technical Advances in Diagnostics Block 2 Zoonotic diseases in a global setting Wildlife animal health and environment Term 2 Block 3 and Block 4 Host responses to infection (20 credits) Surveillance and control of transboundary diseases affecting international trade (20 credits) Block 3 An introduction to transboundary diseases and their impact on trade and wildlife populations Block 4 The Use of Artificial Reproductive Technologies in Threatened Species Zoonotic disease Term 3 Block 5 and Block 6 Applied veterinary epidemiology (20 credits) Socioeconomic Principles for One Health ** Block 5 Project planning and decision support for animal disease control ** An introduction to vaccinology The Modern Zoo Block 6 Pastoralism and Herd Health Globalisation and health Introduction to GIS and spatial data analysis Control of economically important parasites ** ** courses will only run if sufficient demand This article was published on 2024-08-05
