1	Describe the roles of animals in society
2	Describe the biology of commonly domesticated animals
3	Demonstrate knowledge of common husbandry systems
4	Describe the economic drivers of the industry and how veterinary/animal scientists play a part in this.
5	Demonstrate basic animal handling skills
6	Demonstrate basic skills in written and oral communication, information retrieval and the critical evaluation of information.

Access to a variety of monographs, journals and industry publications available on-line.
Access to animals through the Roseworthy Farm and Production Animal Health Centre Ambulatory Practice.
Access to various production facilities as available through the Production
Animal Health Centre at Roseworthy Campus, including diagnostic &  surgery services.Visits to various farm enterprises.

2 hours of lecture block taught in one day
1 tutorial for 1 hour per week
1 practical of 4 hours per week

A student enrolled in a 3 unit course, such as this, should expect to spend, on average 12 hours per week on the studies required. This includes both the formal contact time required to the course (e.g., lectures and practicals), as well as non-contact time (e.g., reading and revision).

Lectures will be done by species and include:

• Animals in Society
• Equine Industry
• Poultry Industry
• Beef Cattle Farming
• Pasture Management
• Pig Industry
• Companion Animals & Lab Animals
• Sheep and Other Small Ruminants
• Dairy Cattle Farming
• Introduction to Wildlife
• Management/Conservation

Practical classes will involve instruction in basic handling skills in: Pigs, poultry, horses, cattle, sheep, dogs and laboratory animals.

Tutorials will involve classes in the use of endnote, essay writing, finding, citing and referencing information (including use of databases), and oral presentation skills. Students will also have time to work
on their groups project and get assistance from their tutors if needed.

Attendance at practicals and tutorials is compulsory. Students are able to apply for an allowed absence from a class by submitting the application form, with appropriate supporting documentation, to the Course Co-ordinator. If students do not, and are continuously absent, they may be precluded from sitting the final examination and/or from being eligible for additional assessment opportunities. Application forms are available at http://www.sciences.adelaide.edu.au/current-students/forms/savs-allowed-leaveofabsence-tute-prac.pdf.  

Assessment task	Type of assessment	Percentage of total assessment for grading purposes	Hurdle Yes or No or part of a combined hurdle	Outcomes being assessed / achieved	Approximate Timing of Assessment
Tutorial Quizzes	Formative	0%	No		Weeks 2 - 10
Literature Review	Summative	20%	No	1, 2, 3, 4, 6	Week 6
Group Project – written report & oral presentation	Summative	20%	No	1, 2, 3, 4, 6	Week 10
Practical Exams	Summative	30%	YES	1, 2, 3, 4, 6	Weeks 6 - 13
Theory Exam	Summative	30%	YES	1, 2, 3, 4, 6	Exam week

Assessment Item	Requirement for hurdle	Is additional assessment available if student does not meet hurdle requirement?	Details of additional assessment, if known
Practical exam	minimum of 50% over all practical exams (not individual species)	YES	Students that do not attain this minimum requirement will be offered an additional assessment in the form of another practical examination, concentrating on the species failed in the first examination which will take place in week 13 or in the replacement exams times.
Theory exam	minimum of 50%	YES	Students that do not attain this minimum requirement will be offered an additional assessment

Attendance at practicals and tutorials is compulsory. Students are able to apply for an allowed absence from a class by submitting the application form, with appropriate supporting documentation, to the Course Co-ordinator. Application forms can be downloaded from http://www.sciences.adelaide.edu.au/current-students/forms/savs-allowed-leaveofabsence-tute-prac.pdf

Assignments:

1. Assignments will involve interpretation of questions, data retrieval and presentation in a written and/or spoken format. There are two assignments: A web of science literature review (1500 words; worth 20%) on a species and production system selected from provided list. This will be handed in during week 6. Feedback on this assignment will be provided by week 9.               
2. A group project  (worth 20%) on a topic chosen from list provided. This will require skills of data acquisition but will also require
   problem solving as they will be required to develop an informed opinion on a potentially contentious issue facing the animal production industries.  There may therefore be some degree of knowledge of regulatory framework pertaining to the topic. The report must be concise yet informative. This is a group written project (total of 1000 words – individual student contribution will be a component of that total) and the outcomes will be presented by a 10 – 15 minute organised debate at the end of semester. Feedback to the students will be provided by week 13.

Tutorial Quizzes (worth 0%).
Students will undertake quizzes within tutorial times based on pre-reading material for that week’s classes. The format of the tutorial quizzes will be the same as for the end of semester theory exam so that students become accustomed to the MCQ format.
  
Exams:

1. The practical exam will be made up of a series of mini exams which will test the student’s basic animal handling and restraint skills in all species involved. Students will be tested on up to two species each week in eight to nine species (which may include sheep, pigs, cattle, poultry, horses, alpacas, dogs, mice & rats and fish. Students will be allowed 5 – 10 minutes (depending on species) to perform animal handling and restraint skills taught in the first practical.
2. The final theory exam will test the theory aspects of the course. This will take the form of a combination of multiple choice and, short answer questions.

Assessment items are due at the time and date specified. Students can apply for an extension at any time before the due date, but you should do so as soon as the need becomes apparent. Extensions
of deadlines may be allowed for reasonable causes, including compassionate and medical grounds. Evidence for the grounds must be provided when an extension is requested. If the application is made within 2 days of the due date, or after the due date has expired, it will not be granted unless the course co-ordinator is satisfied that you were unable to make an earlier application and the circumstances warrant an extension. The assessment extension application form can be obtained from: www.sciences.adelaide.edu.au/current/.

Any assessment item submitted after the published due date and that has not been approved for an extension will not be marked.

The Web of Science literature review must be submitted via MyUni.  Your tutor may also require a printed copy.  To submit the review via MyUni, go to the home page for the course, click on the
Assignments button, and look for the item with the name of the relevant review.  Click on it, and you will be taken to a page through which you can post your review.  Post your reviews in the "file to attach" upload box.  To ensure that the file does not get lost in the system (or in the tutor’s extensive document folders) the file must be named Tutorname Yourname Review.doc (eg Coleman Webster Review.doc).  You must submit the electronic version by 11:59 pm on the due date (which will be the night before a tutorial session).  If you are having difficulties submitting your review, please contact the MyUni Helpdesk: 8303 3335.  All students must submit an electronic copy of their Web of Science literature review.  If your tutor requires a printed copy as well, that will be due at the tutorial on the following day.

The Consultants’ Report (one copy only from each consultancy group) is to be submitted in bound paper form.  The Records of Meetings are to be submitted in paper form, as an Appendix to the main report.  Your talks on the consultancy projects will be given in week 11.

Any hard copies of assignments are to be handed in to the relevant course box in the Williams Building foyer. Each item must have a signed cover sheet attached; if the cover sheet is not attached or not signed, the item will not be marked.

Assessment activities will be returned to you within 3 weeks of the due date. Any assessment item not collected by students by the completion of the examination period for that semester will be
destroyed.

Provision of feedback to students: Your marked literature reviews will be returned to you as e-mail attachments or in printed form, depending on your tutor. Electronic returns will have been marked using the Track Changes facility in Word for Windows, and so you will see the assessor’s comments as coloured annotations written on your submitted review. There will also be a checklist indicating strengths and weaknesses.