Capstone in Animal Welfare and Behavior

This online course follows directly from the MSc Proseminar course (VPTH 637) where students developed their research questions, hypotheses, methods and piloted their approach to an investigation that could either be the product of original literature analysis and synthesis of new ideas or the result of investigative work that involves data collection and analysis*. Through structured meetings with mentors, peers and other AWB faculty, this semester long (6 credit) capstone course will provide Penn Vet MSc students with the guidance required to gather and interpret their data and communicate their results in written and oral form. Students will provide weekly updates on their research progress and will discuss and troubleshoot their projects with their peers and advisors in weekly synchronous sessions. Students will generate a formal protocol for their research approach, maintain online records of raw data, give a public oral presentation of their results and generate a paper describing their results in a format appropriate for publication. Fall or Spring 6 Credit Hours