Companion Animal Sciences Institute

Course Title: Adoption Processes - 234

Credits: 3 (Approx. 42 work-hours)

Instructor: Molly Stone, CDBC; Dip.A.B; CC-SF/SPCA

Course Description

Resources

• Great Dog Adoptions: A Guide for Shelters by Sue Sternberg (2002).
• Successful Dog Adoption by Sue Sternberg (2003)
• Adopt the Perfect Dog by Gwen Bailey (2000)
• http://www.kshumane.org/...
• http://www.aspca.org/...
• New, J., Salman, M., Scarlett, J., Kass, P., Vaughn, J., Scherr, S., & Kelch, W. (1999). Moving: Characteristics of Dogs and Cats and Those Relinquishing Them to 12 U.S. Animal Shelters. Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science, 2(2), 83-96. Click here to purchase or get through library.

Enrollment Package Includes

• Coursework document with assignments and course notes
• Student Handbook
• Access to Classroom, with transcripts from Guest Visits and handouts
• Free membership with IIACAB and to all issues of its journal JACAB
• Access to your Instructor for one-on-one guidance

Schedule

The course begins as soon as your enrollment is complete and you receive your enrollment package. Although we allow 4 months for this course, you are free to complete the course sooner if you can, and we do allow extensions if need be.

Prerequisites

None

Tuition

$350 Cdn. (Currency Converter) + 4% fee for for online payments. Textbooks not included in tuition. They may be purchased through http://www.dogwise.com, http://www.amazon.com, http://www.abebooks.com or http://www.half.com in most cases. Also check the Student Library. Canadian Residents 5% GST. Most public libraries will either have journal articles or can get them through inter-library loans. University libraries are more likely to have them on site.

Enrollment

Visit the "ENROLL" page and follow the application instructions.