Graduate Specialization in Animal Studies: Social Science & Humanities Perspectives

The graduate specialization in Animal Studies:  Social Science & Humanities Perspectives is designed for doctoral and master’s students to explore the historical and social dimensions of the human-animal relationship from an interdisciplinary perspective.  Students participating in the specialization program:

• Gain basic knowledge in the relationships between humans and other animals;
• Develop their understanding of how humans and other animals are linked together in a vulnerable biosphere;
• Examine the legal, philosophical and historical perspectives on the human-animal relationship;
• Apply issues of the human-animal relationship to their home disciplines.

This specialization is administered by the College of Social Science, and the Department of Sociology is the primary administrative unit.

For more information, contact:

Dr. Linda Kalof
Department of Sociology
Michigan State University
6H Berkey Hall
East Lansing, MI 48824
Telephone: (517) 355-6638
lkalof@msu.edu

Animal Studies:  Social Science & Humanities Perspectives website: http://animalstudies.msu.edu