Course code
Qualifications are made up of courses. Some universities call these papers. Each course is numbered using six digits.
Level
The fourth number of the course code shows the level of the course. For example, in course 219206, the fourth number is a 2, so it is a 200-level course (usually studied in the second year of full-time study).
Credits
Each course is worth a number of credits. You combine courses (credits) to meet the total number of credits needed for your qualification.
Subject
Course planning information
Course notes
For students enrolled in the BVSc programme only. Students will be required to be at Massey University until the end of each semester. Travel plans should therefore be made on the basis of being at Massey until the semester end date unless the Undergraduate Office advises that an earlier departure will be permitted.
Attendance at all practical classes and successful completion of all assessments is a requirement to pass the course. A mark of at least 70% is required to pass each assessment, however overall, this is a pass/fail course.
Learning outcomes
What you will learn. Knowledge, skills and attitudes you’ll be able to show as a result of successfully finishing this course.
- 1 Use appropriate terminology to describe, and communicate in writing the structure and location of the major organ systems of domestic animals.
- 2 Recognise the normal appearance of major organ systems on images, such as diagrams, photographs and radiographs.
- 3 Relate the structure of major organ systems to their function at a cellular and organ level.
- 4 Compare and contrast the structure of major organ systems in different species of domestic animals.
- 5 Relate the structure and location of major organ systems to the appropriate methods for investigating the organ system in the live animal.
Learning outcomes can change before the start of the semester you are studying the course in.
Assessments
Assessment | Learning outcomes assessed | Weighting |
---|---|---|
Test | 1 2 3 4 5 | 30% |
Test | 1 2 3 4 5 | 30% |
Participation | 2 | 0% |
Exam College/GRS-based (not centrally scheduled) | 1 2 3 4 5 | 40% |
Supplementary | 1 2 3 4 5 | 0% |
Assessment weightings can change up to the start of the semester the course is delivered in.
You may need to take more assessments depending on where, how, and when you choose to take this course.
Explanation of assessment types
- Computer programmes
- Computer animation and screening, design, programming, models and other computer work.
- Creative compositions
- Animations, films, models, textiles, websites, and other compositions.
- Exam College or GRS-based (not centrally scheduled)
- An exam scheduled by a college or the Graduate Research School (GRS). The exam could be online, oral, field, practical skills, written exams or another format.
- Exam (centrally scheduled)
- An exam scheduled by Assessment Services (centrally) – you’ll usually be told when and where the exam is through the student portal.
- Oral or performance or presentation
- Debates, demonstrations, exhibitions, interviews, oral proposals, role play, speech and other performances or presentations.
- Participation
- You may be assessed on your participation in activities such as online fora, laboratories, debates, tutorials, exercises, seminars, and so on.
- Portfolio
- Creative, learning, online, narrative, photographic, written, and other portfolios.
- Practical or placement
- Field trips, field work, placements, seminars, workshops, voluntary work, and other activities.
- Simulation
- Technology-based or experience-based simulations.
- Test
- Laboratory, online, multi-choice, short answer, spoken, and other tests – arranged by the school.
- Written assignment
- Essays, group or individual projects, proposals, reports, reviews, writing exercises, and other written assignments.
Textbooks needed
Textbooks can change. We recommend you wait until at least seven weeks before the semester starts to buy your textbooks.
Compulsory
INTRODUCTION TO VETERINARY ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY TEXTBOOK
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