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

Title of topic	Date (2×45)	Teacher
1. Technical information Definitions: animal welfare, wellbeing, protection. The concept, goals and task of animal protection.	2026.02.02 15:15-17:00	Dr. Fodor Kinga
2. History of animal protection. the appearance of animals in religious history	2026.02.09 15:15-17:00	Dr. Korsós Gabriella
3. The issue of animal rights. Relationship between animal abuse and social aggression.	2026.02.16 15:15-17:00	Bozsó Dorottya
4. Relationship between animal and environmental protection. Wildlife protection	2026.02.23 15:15-17:00	Dr. Korsós Gabriella
5. Dogs and cats: breed-related problems, species-specific issues, and overpopulation.	2026.03.02 15:15-17:00	Bozsó Dorottya
6. Critical areas in animal protection I. (Experimental animals)	2026.03.09 15:15-17:00	Bozsó Dorottya
7. Ethical aspects of euthanasia. Problem with the noncompetent civil animal protection. Case reports. Animal abuse reporting options	2026.03.16 15:15-17:00	Dr. Kiss Annamária
8. Critical areas in animal protection II. (Stray-, zoo, circus-, non-professional breeding)	2026.03.23 15:15-17:00	Dr. Kiss Annamária
SPRING BREAK	2026.03.30 – 04.06
9. Critical areas in animal protection III. (companion animals, veterinary cases)	2026.04.11 15:15-17:00 (SZOMBAT)	Dr. Kiss Annamária
10. Critical areas in animal protection IV. (dangerous animals, dangerous dogs)	2026.04.13 15:15-17:00	Dr. Korsós Gabriella
11. Protection of animals during transport and slaughter	2026.04.20 15:15-17:00	Dr. Korsós Gabriella
12. Critical areas in animal protection IV. (Hunting. Legislation and ethics)	2026.04.27 15:15-17:00	Dr. Battay Márton
13. Recognition, prevention and alleviation of animal pain and estimation of the degree of suffering Consultation	2026.05.04 15:15-17:00	Dr. Fodor Kinga
14. How to teach animal protection on from kindergarten to adult education	2026.05.11 15:15-17:00	Dr. Korsós Gabriella

Practical lessons theme

Title of topic	Time (3×45’)	Teacher
1. Interpretation of media articles and events	gr. 6-10 2026.02.05 14:15-17:00   gr. 1-5 2026.02.06 14:15-17:00	Dr. Korsós Gabriella
2. Shelter or dog pouds? The past, the present and the future of “Illatos street” Short presentations about shelters	gr. 6-10 2026.02.26 14:15-17:00   gr. 1-5 2026.02.27 14:15-17:00	Dr. Kiss Annamária Bozsó Dorottya
3. The practice of preparing expert opinions on animal protection	gr. 6-10 2026.03.19 14:15-17:00   gr. 1-5 2026.03.20 14:15-17:00	Dr. Fodor Kinga
4. Animal welfare aspects of farm animal keeping and husbandry.	gr. 6-10 2026.04.09 14:15-17:00   gr. 1-5 2026.04.10 14:15-17:00	Dr. Korsós Gabriella
5. Saved wild animals (bears, wolves, raccoons) Central Europe largest bear refuge, the Bear Farm Veresegyház	gr. 6-10 2026.04.30 14:15-17:00   gr. 1-5 2026.05.01 ÜNNEP	Dr. Kiss Annamária Bozsó Dorottya

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).