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About the Course

This course explores how animals and people are situated within the web of structures and connections known as “society.” Module 1 considers some of the key symbolic roles that animals play in society by investigating the practice of “thinking with animals.” We investigate how people construct different meanings of animals and the implications these meanings have for both animals and humans. You will gain first-hand experience of this by analyzing how animals are represented in the media. Modules 2 and 3 investigate human-animal relationships, including those that involve suffering as well as those that are beneficial. Although many people describe their pets as friends or family members, Module 2 takes a deeper dive into what constitutes friendship and family membership where other species are concerned. Module 3 examines the dark side of these relationships, focusing on animal abuse and its relationship to domestic violence. Module 4 focuses on people’s encounters with those animals outside the boundaries of the home and the farm. The way people understand and regard the species commonly considered “wild” shapes the treatment and moral status of these animals....

Top reviews

CW

Jan 4, 2022

This specialization covers interation between ourselves as a human and other species.It will challenge your thinking and beliefs. Well worth taking even if it is not in your normal area of interest.

JL

Nov 21, 2020

A really great course, easy to follow lectures and great information! I had a really fun time with it, and the peer graded assignment really solidified what I had learnt. I definitely recommend! :)

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By Rhyki W

Sep 28, 2020

I don't think that peer-review assignments ought to weigh on our grades, as I have encountered peers not testing my reference links or actually reading submissions which ended up resulting in a non-passing score.

By GUIDO F K

Sep 28, 2020

Leslie Irvine was an excellent teacher. Even though the classes were short, the information was detailed and I learned a lot of different aspects of the animals sorrounding our current society that I had never considered before.

By Cynthia W

Jan 5, 2022

This specialization covers interation between ourselves as a human and other species.It will challenge your thinking and beliefs. Well worth taking even if it is not in your normal area of interest.

By Wendy J P

Feb 14, 2021

Awesome course! Learned a lot. Very interesting and easy to learn from. Educational. I am studying to be a vet tech and this will be a valuable course on my resume.

By Rijita M

Nov 19, 2020

very informative and highly reccomended for anyone in the field of human and animals dyad.

By Yengkhom D S

Aug 21, 2022

very useful to understand about animals.

By Marcnel J

Sep 25, 2020

Easy to follow and understand.

By Winston A W

Sep 24, 2020

Excellent, thank you.

By Jen A G

Dec 14, 2020

love the instructor!

By Reshob R

Sep 29, 2020

This course provides a lot of examples regarding human and animal relationships. It also encourages us to question the philosophical, psychological, and moral implications regarding human-animal interactions along with racialization and genderization of animals.

By Jose J P U

Dec 17, 2021

Very good content, but the lecturer just reads everything throughout the whole course, there is no graphic or visual explanation and the content becomes hard to digest.

By Osama A M

Oct 30, 2021

Need Graphics, & Pictures in Lecture

By Éva J S

May 27, 2023

I am really sad that I have to give such a low rating, but unfortunately I cannot give more stars to this course.

The videos had a serous lack of visual aids, and the fact that the professor simply read a text made sitting through the videos unbearable. I think it was unprofessional to read the text verbatim, instead she could have made notes and based on those she could have delivered the lectures free style. Or at least she could have made an attempt to be a bit less monotone while reading.

If any changes are to be made I recommend minimalising the video of the professor and putting presentation slides in the background that have the main points of the lecture and some pictures to make them more memorable. They don't have to be fancy, a simple Power Point presentation would suffice.

I also found the material of the course too simple, even though I didn't posses much prior knowledge. I will not be taking the next course in this specialisation.

By HASSAN I

Jan 6, 2023

I have completed 100% of course but still not getting my certificate.

By Lexy L G

Mar 10, 2023

O curso em si é ótimo, só a participação dos outros alunos que deixa a desejar, não tem quase nenhuma resposta opcional dos outros alunos e no fórum pelo que vi não tem muitos respostas as perguntas, só preciso que alguém corrija minha resposta para conseguir o certificado, espero que seja logo!

Ótima professora e didática, conteúdo interessante e perguntas cabíveis. Recomendo

By Utkarsha C

Nov 3, 2022

This course looks into a completely new dimension of interlinkage between animals and society which makes it completely a new sphere in my knowledge domain. Thanks for such a great and fun learning experience

By Jessica L

Nov 22, 2020

A really great course, easy to follow lectures and great information! I had a really fun time with it, and the peer graded assignment really solidified what I had learnt. I definitely recommend! :)

By Adela H

Jan 17, 2024

Lots of videos make it an easy to pass course that packs a lot of information. Requires a bit of writing skill, as there is one multiparagraph writing assignment that is peer graded.

By Arturo L L

Jul 31, 2023

Excellent course on human-animal relationships. The assigned tasks are manageable and invite the learner to apply the information taught in the course to their surroundings.

By Sebastián D L C

Dec 19, 2022

Ofrece conocimientos muy completos referentes al tema de estudio y datos importantes para aumentar los debates referentes a temas de interes.

By Maria C

Dec 17, 2020

It's a very nice, full of information course. I think everyone should lay an eye on this course and learn critical information about animals.

By Naveed A

Oct 6, 2023

I got ever best learning. Thank you, Coursera, and thank you university of colorado

By Brenda L

Sep 29, 2020

Excellent course. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Lots of very good information!!

By Ana C T

May 9, 2023

I really liked this course, well explained and easy to understand

By Melike N D

Dec 29, 2020

It was a very productive course

Congratulations !!!