Licence professionnelle Métiers de la relation à l'animal-compagnon : médiation, éducation, comportement at Université Paris Nanterre

Licence professionnelle (arrêté of 6 December 2019) training professionals to work both in animal-assisted mediation and as dog and cat behaviourists, combining psychology, ethology and animal zootechnics with practical sessions with trained animals. Expected cohort: 15.

Faculty: Sciences psychologiques, sciences de l'éducation  |  Duration: 1 year, 432 h  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Nanterre, Île-de-France, France

What you will study

General psychology, clinical psychopathology, ethology and human-animal relations, animal welfare, domestic species ethology, veterinary approach for mediation animals, English and a tutored project. Teaching is in independent skills blocks that can be validated in part.

Career pathways

Animal-mediation practitioner and behaviourist, in liberal practice or employed in structures developing animal mediation for specific audiences (people in social difficulty, older people with neurodegenerative disorders, children and adults with specific needs, owners with animals with behavioural problems, schools and companies).

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