Course description

Responsible for the subjects:
Dr. habil Kinga Fodor Ph.D.,
associate professor, head of department
e-mail: [Click to see email]

Lecturers:
• Dr. Kinga Fodor associate professor
• Dr. Gabriella Korsós, assistant research follow
• Dr. Annamaria Kiss, PhD. student

Invited lecturers:
• Attila Márton, dog-welfare journalist, blogger

Administrator:
Krisztina Sényi secretary of the department

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Lectures theme

STUDY PLAN OF ANIMAL WELFARE

THEORY
Title of topic Kotlán Lecture Hall	Date (2×45)	Teacher
1) Technical information Definitions: animal welfare, wellbeing, protection. The concept, goals and task of animal protection.	2024. 02. 05. 15.15- 17.00	dr. Kinga Fodor
2) History of animal protection. the appearance of animals in religious history	2024. 02. 12. 15.15- 17.00	dr. Gabriella Korsós
3) The issue of animal rights. Relationship between animal abuse and social aggression. Recognition, prevention and alleviation of animal pain and estimation of the degree of suffering.	2024. 02. 19. 15.15- 17.00	dr. Kinga Fodor
4) Relationship between animal and environmental protection. Wildlife protection	2024. 02.26. 15.15- 17.00	dr. Gabriella Korsós
5) Dogs: special species, special problems (domestication-adaptation to human life, zoonosis, overpopulation, breeds problems etc.)	2024. 03. 04. 15.15- 17.00	dr. Kinga Fodor Attila Márton
6) Ethical aspects of euthanasia. Problem with the non-competent civil animal protection. Case reports. Animal abuse reporting options	2024. 03. 11. 15.15- 17.00	dr. Annamaria Kiss
7) Critical areas in animal protection I. (Experimental animals)	2024. 03.18. 15.15- 17.00	dr. Gabriella Korsós
Spring BREAK	2024. 03. 25.	Spring BREAK
8) Critical areas in animal protection II. (Stray-, zoo, circus-, non-professional breeding)	2024. 04.06. SATURDAY working day instead of 04.01. 12.15 – 14.00	dr. Gabriella Korsós
9) Critical areas in animal protection III. (companion animals, veterinary cases)	2024. 04. 08. 15.15- 17.00	dr. Gabriella Korsós dr. Annamária Kiss
10) Protection of animals kept for farming purposes	2024. 04. 15. 15.15- 17.00	dr. Gabriella Korsós
11) Protection of animals during transport and slaughter	2024. 04.22. 15.15- 17.00	dr. Gabriella Korsós
12) Critical areas in animal protection IV. (Hunting. Legislation and ethics)	2024. 04. 29 15.15- 17.00	dr. Márton Battay
13) How to teach animal protection on from kindergarten to adult education	2024.05.06. 15.15- 17.00	dr. Gabriella Korsós
14) Consultation, thesis topics	2024.05.13. 15.15- 17.00	dr. Kinga Fodor dr. Gabriella Korsós dr. Annamária Kiss

Practical lessons theme

PRACTICALS
Title of topic in Kotlan Lecture Hall	Time (3×45’)	Teacher
Interpretation of media articles and events	gr. 6-10 2024.02.08. 14.15 -17.00 gr. 1-5 2024.02.09. 14.15 – 17.00	dr. Gabriella Korsós
The practice of preparing expert opinions on animal protection	gr. 6-10 2024.02.29. 14.15 – 17.00 gr. 1-5 2024.03.01. 14.15 – 17.00	Dr. Kinga Fodor
Shelter or dog pouds? The past, the present and the future of “Illatos street” Short presentations about shelters	gr. 6-10 2024. 03.21. 14.15 – 17.00 gr. 1-5 2024.03.22. 14.15 – 17.00	dr. Gabriella Korsós dr. Annamária Kiss
Practical animal welfare aspects of farm animal keeping and husbandry (cattle, pigs, poultry).	gr. 6-10 2024.04.11. 14.15 – 17.00 gr. 1-5 2024.04.12. 14.15 – 17.00	dr. Viktor Jurkovich
Saved wild animals (bears, wolves, raccoons) Central Europe largest bear refuge, the Bear Farm Veresegyház	gr. 6-10 2024.05.02. 14.15 – 17.00 gr. 1-5 2024.05.03. 14.15 – 17.00	dr. Kinga Fodor dr. Gabriella Korsós dr. Annamária Kiss

Exam information

Electronic exam during the exam period

The exam has 50 test questions (single choice and true or false questions) and 2 short essays (5-5 points each) and 1 longer essay (10 points).
For 70 points altogether, with the standard UNIVET scoring system, so:
<60% – 1
60-69% – 2
70-79% – 3
80-89% – 4
90≤ – 5

You will have 60 minutes for the exam (75 minutes for students on the officially sent learning disability list).

It is important that you will not be able to navigate backwards in the exam, so never let any question blank before moving to the next page (there is no penalty for wrong answers).