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Ethology and Equine Sciences Diploma

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1700,00

Next intake: October 2026

Registration opens: spring 2026

Become an actor in equine well-being by developing your scientific knowledge about the horse.

Thanks to training combining online courses and practical work, you will learn to analyze et apply the most recent knowledge in ethology and equine sciences

Who is concerned?

This training is aimed at all people with an educational project and:

  • over 18 years old
  • Level Gallop 4 or Knowledge 2

 

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Contents

Behavior, habitat, diet, health and education, you develop on a course of 8 months and half your knowledge and optimize the management of your horses while respecting their well-being.

Thus, sensitized to the Scientific procedure, you learn to define the nature of a source, scientific or not, and to popularize knowledge scientists on equine ethology.

During the training, you develop the following skills:

  1. Explain and use current knowledge in horse behavior, housing, feeding, health and education.
  2. Analyze and evaluate the reliability of an information source.

 

These skills are assessed through continuous monitoring (quizzes and practical days)

Practical information

Next school year: September 2026

Registration open: Spring 2025

Duration : 8 and a half months, from October to June

Hourly volume : 70 hours (56 hours online, 14 hours in person)

Location : online + 2 practical days at the Haras de la Cense (mid-May)

Cost : €1. Payment in 700 or 1 installments possible.

Please note, this training is not eligible for the CPF.

Accessibility : training open to people with disabilities (contact: Aimie Meron, 01 30 88 49 09 / formations@lacense.com)

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Program

6 online modules (Horse MOOC):

  • Introduction to ethology
  • The scientific approach
  • Horse behavior
  • Learning in horses
  • The physiological functioning of the horse
  • Horse management at grass

 

Practical days at the Haras de la Cense:

Spend two days at the Haras de la Cense with an ethologist and an agricultural engineer specializing in equine nutrition. The practical work will cover the following topics:

  • Observe the horse's behavior in a group
  • Analyze the behavior of the horse alone or in interaction with humans
  • Studying and adapting the horse's diet to its needs: practical cases
  • Question and answer time

 

Assessment methods:

You are assessed through continuous monitoring (quizzes and practical days).

The “Ethology and Equine Sciences” diploma is awarded to learners who have obtained more than 70% correct answers to the quizzes, and who have validated their attendance at the stud farm’s practical days.

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