The University of Washington certificate program
in applied animal behavior was really developed
because there was this gap between what we
teach students in modern animal behavior science
about wild animals and what people know about
companion animals or captive animals, and
we found there was a big gap in the academic
training, but yet there's a huge desire to
understand our pets and to improve psychological
well-being of captive animals whether that's
in a laboratory or in a zoo or aquarium setting.
Most of our students are adult learners.
They're professionals.
They're in shelters.
They're in doggy day cares.
Some of them are veterinarians.
Some of them are PhDs, and they want to go
back and get a little bit more education about
the modern science of animal behavior, evolution,
genetics, temperament the latest research
and know how to apply that to the work they're
doing today to help their organization.
