ANIMAL SCIENCE

            

1. Brief presentation (of the importance) of the discipline

Agriculture, together with animal breeding, is in the middle of important changes and challenges. In order to develop new procedures of increasing healthy food and animal breeding, and for the sake of other social benefits as well as for sustainable and efficient balanced activities, it is necessary to educate graduates with wide knowledge, capable of specialisation but also understanding wider and connected aspects of agriculture in society.
The Master Program in Animal Science thus links in-depth knowledge in the sphere of classical and modern animal science (breeding, selection, nutrition, biotechnology, genomics) and associated aspects of the environment and safety and quality of food.

2. Basic aims of the study program

The master program is intended to deepen and broaden knowledge in the animal science. This is mainly knowledge required for efficient and sustainable balancing of production systems of breeding animals for the production of food and other benefits in their environmental, natural science and social science aspects. It is therefore planned in an interdisciplinary and multi-disciplinary manner, which is essential for the profile of animal science professionals, who must be capable of understanding general natural science and scientific-research aspects, as well as the most demanding professional tasks. The program therefore has two basic aims:

• to develop specific knowledge and skills that will enable students to be employed in leading positions in animal breeding production and processing and other fields connected with agriculture, as well as in the sphere of education,
• to develop in depth basic knowledge required for continuing studies at doctoral level.

3. Method of study

Regular and part time.
In the 2011/12 academic year, the study program will take place in the form of regular study.
Fifty places will be available in the 2011/12 academic year, of which 10% (5 places) will be for foreign candidates. The program will take place if at least 15 candidates enrol.

4. Duration of study

The level two master study program Animal Science lasts two years and amounts to 120 credit points. The program does not have fields of study.

 

5. Professional title obtained

After completion of studies, the student obtains the title master of animal science (MSc.), written after their name.

6. Employment opportunities for graduates

The professional and methodological knowledge and the associated competences enable graduates to be employed in a wide field of professional possibilities connected with agricultural production and breeding, processing and sale, food safety and quality, animal protection, environmental conservation, monitoring, associated service activities, rural development, representation of interest groups, agricultural state administration and agricultural politics, non-governmental organisations, education and research.

     

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