Education Programs and Field Courses
Date Posted:
2009-10-19
Position Description:
AIMED AT:
Preferably those with a degree in Psychology, Biology, Prehistory, Veterinary Medicine, Anthropology, etc. who would like to deepen their understanding of the methodology and techniques in the study of primate ethology. Also those completing the final year of their degree and preparing their final-year dissertation.
OBJECTIVES:
The course has a fundamentally practical approach and offers the possibility of learning the main techniques through non-invasive observation and experimental methods of study of the behaviour of non-human primates. During their stay, students will participate in real projects of investigation in areas such as social behaviour, animal welfare, cognition, postural behaviour, manual laterality or the evaluation of enrichment activities. There is also the possibility for students to further their own project of investigation during their stay, as well as receiving tuition and a review of the project at the end of the course. The areas of investigation carried out at the Mona Foundation and offered to students are the following:
Educational Background:
REQUIREMENTS:
The students must have some previous knowledge of nonhuman primates such as statistical experience, methods of observation, etc. Experience in the handling of certain computer science programs (SPSS, Excel, Endnote) are also recommended, as is previous experience in the handling and use of digital video recording.
Qualifications/Experience:
Experience and knowledge in animal behaviour and related areas.
Application Deadline:
Open date
Comments:
The programme of study lasts six to nine months.
Students must dedicate a minimum of 20 hours per week to practical work: observations and fieldwork, data analysis in the laboratory or research and bibliography reading. The schedule must be stable but flexible according to the necessities of each one of the projects in which it participates. Students will learn in an individualized way the main techniques and methods of fieldwork and laboratory analysis, as well as how to prepare, design and commence a project of investigation within the scope of the ethoprimatology. Students will have to adapt to the schedule, routine and norms of work at the Centre, distributing their work within the weekly schedule of Monday to Sunday and with a minimum dedication of 3 days per week. We will provide a place of work and the material for investigation, as well as training adapted for the handling of individual projects.
Contact
Information:
TRAINING PROGRAMME FOR PRIMATE ETHOLOGY FIELD ASSISTANT
Carretera de Cassà, 1km
Riudellots de la Selva, Girona, Catalonia 17457
Spain
Telephone Number:
00 34 972 477 618
Website:
http://www.fundacionmona.org
E-mail Address:
recerca@fundacionmona.org
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