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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

KM

May 13, 2022

Course is very informative. WARNING - If you sign up as audit, it will noe let you complete unless you upgrade to paid certificate course.

NA

Oct 6, 2023

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

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By Brenda L

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Sep 30, 2020

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

By Ana C T

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May 10, 2023

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

By Melike N D

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Dec 30, 2020

It was a very productive course

Congratulations !!!

By W O

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Jan 18, 2021

The course was great and challenging

By Muhammad U S

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Jan 2, 2025

It was quite informative and useful

By Aizhan S

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Sep 30, 2020

Very useful course

By Camilo A M E

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Jan 19, 2021

Very informative!

By VICTOR D R B

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Jun 21, 2021

excelente curso

By S S

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Mar 21, 2021

easy and fun

By CARRERA C J M

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Apr 19, 2024

Excelent

By Mona A A

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Jul 12, 2022

good

By Kathy A M

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May 13, 2022

Course is very informative. WARNING - If you sign up as audit, it will noe let you complete unless you upgrade to paid certificate course.

By Fatima A K

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Jul 7, 2021

very informative course

By Ewura A

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Feb 12, 2021

Really worth it.

By Elizabeth P

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Dec 26, 2025

La verdad es que este curso me decepcionó muchísimo. Aunque el sobrevuelo de los temas a tratar es bueno, no profundiza en ninguno de ellos. Es demasiado superficial. Tengo más preguntas que respuestas. Me dejó con hambre de conocimiento, y estoy casi segura de que los otros dos cursos de la especialización no me van a llenar. Por eso no los voy a tomar. Por otro lado, el curso es excesivamente aburrido. Ver a una persona leer un texto, constantemente, sin ninguna expresión o variación… ya no se justifica. En realidad, copié la transcripción de cada lectura, la leí por mí misma y así evité ver a la profesora y dormir durante su lectura del texto. Hay mucha experiencia acumulada sobre cómo ofrecer un curso en línea, sobre todo después de la pandemia, y este curso rompe todas las reglas. Lástima, pues el tema es muy interesante.

By Gabbe S N

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Feb 24, 2025

It's slow to get the certificate, it depends on the other students. It is not good