New Online Course on Horses Launches at UF

The course includes information on common health issues, the species’ history, equine business and research, and more.
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A new online undergraduate course focusing on everything horse—from common health issues and anatomy to history of the species and an understanding of equine-related business and research—launched this fall at the University of Florida (UF) College of Veterinary Medicine.

“Because it’s online, we are able to offer this course to students at universities where they might not have a strong equine sciences department,” said Patrick Larkin, PhD, an adjunct lecturer in the college’s department of large animal clinical sciences who serves as course coordinator. Larkin also codirects an online course about the dog, which began at UF in 2012.

“It’s also good exposure for students to decide whether or not they want to go into this field,” Larkin said.

Team-taught by UF faculty members from several different disciplines, the course is aimed at sophomore or higher-level students and features pre-recorded lectures. Students must log in to the course website to watch lectures and complete assignments and can post questions in a discussion forum, Larkin said

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