This diploma has the stamp of approval of the Veterinary Council. It gives students a solid grounding in all aspects of animal diseases and health, including anatomy and physiology, nutrition, pharmacology and toxicology and animal health law.
Type: undergraduate diploma
Duration: 3 years full time
Compulsory Subjects
First year subjects:
- Anatomy and Physiology: Animal Health
- Animal Diseases: Animal Health
- Epidemiology: Animal Health
- Management: Animal Health
- Occupational Communication: Animal Health
- Computer Usage
Second year subject:
- Animal Diseases: Animal Health
- Epidemiology: Animal Health
- Pharmacology and Toxicology: Animal Health
- Laboratory Diagnostics
- Pasture and Nutrition: Animal Health
- Work-integrated learning: Animal Health Practice
Third year subjects:
- Animal Diseases: Animal Health
- Epidemiology: Animal Health
- Veterinary Public Health
- Legislation: Animal Health
- Agricultural Economics: Animal Health
Careers: animal health technician, feedlot manager, meat inspector, pharmaceutical representative, stock farm manager.
Source: www.unisa.ac.za