Current active course description (last updated 2023/24)
Physiology and Anatomy
HUS120
Current active course description (last updated 2023/24)

Physiology and Anatomy

HUS120
The course is an introduction to the structure (anatomy) of the bodies of livestock as well as how their bodies function (physiology).
This course provides an overview of normal bodily functions for livestock animals (cattle, sheep, goats, horses, pigs, dogs, cats and poultry) and the main principles of how the body is constructed.
The subject is reserved for the study programme Animal Sciences - Welfare and Production. Other students can get admitted if there are places available. Contact student advisor.
Students must meet current admission requirements for the associated study program.

Upon completion of the course, the student is expected to:

Knowledge:

  • has knowledge of the anatomy of domestic animals (cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, horses, dogs, cats and poultry)
  • has knowledge of how the body's organs and the body as a whole functions
  • has knowledge of key research areas in this field

Skills:

  • can explain, or demonstrate, the key anatomy of domestic animals
  • can account for simple issues related to the body's normal functions

General competence:

  • has basic knowledge of the biology and anatomy of domestic animals, and how the various organs and organ systems function independently and as a whole
  • can communicate how the body's normal functions are affected by, and themselves affect, abnormal conditions and disease
Paid semester fee and syllabus literature. It is also required that students have a laptop at their disposal.
Compulsory
Teaching consists of lectures and demonstrations, and exercises on live animals and organs. The exercises will for practical reasons take place at Mære Agricultural School.
Evaluated annually by students through course surveys. These evaluations are included in the university’s quality assurance system.

Compound assessment, grading scale letter grades

Compulsory participation - 75% participation in exercises on live animals / organs ,

Compulsory coursework 1

Compulsory coursework 2

Compulsory coursework 3 - multiple choice: 7 out of 8 must be approved

The compulsory participation and the 3 courseworks comprises 0/100 of the grade, are evaluated with the grading scale approved/ not approved, and must be approved prior to submission of the written examination.

Written examination, 4 hours, comprises 100/100 of the grade, grading scale letter grades.

Pen, ruler and up to 2 bilingual dictionaries.

Generating an answer using ChatGPT or similar artificial intelligence and submitting it wholly or partially as one's own answer is considered cheating.

Overlap refers to a similarity between courses with the same content. Therefore, you will receive the following reduction in credits if you have taken the courses listed below:

HUS1005 - Livestock Anatomy and Physiology - 7.5 credits

HUS1008 - Animal Nutrition 1 - 2.5 credits