Companion Animal Sciences Institute

Program Description

The Diploma of Advanced Companion Animal Behavior is an in-depth and advanced exploration of the training and constructing behavior change programs for parrots, cats and dogs. The student will become familiar with principles of learning and behavior, the biology of behavior, how to do a functional assessment of behavior problems, develop a behavior change program for addressing problem behavior as well as an introduction to the free-range behavior of parrots, cats and dogs, research methods and principles of critical thinking. This program will prepare the graduate to carry out behavioral research and interpret the reasoning and research carried out by others. 

This program allows the student to specialize their program with an independent study course. The student will have the opportunity to explore a topic of their choice in detail.

Students can expect to do a lot of studying and writing in this program, exploring the various topics in depth. The program is geared toward a behavioral approach.

This program requires approximately 602 work-hours.

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

• Critical Thinking 102
• Principles of Learning and Behavior 104
• Functional Assessment and Behavior Change Programming 108
• Behavior Change Procedures 114
• Biology of Behavior 111
• Dog Behavior 103
  
• Cat Behavior - 287
  
• Behavior Consulting with People and Parrots - 288
  
• Consulting Skills 113
• Ethics for Companion Animal Trainers and Behavior Consultants 106
• Research Methods 220
• Independent Study 109