Programme Name | Diploma in Animal Health (Level 6) |
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Programme Description | The Diploma in Animal Health is two years full-time programme, which prepare students with comprehensive knowledge and technical skills in the animal health field and their management. The programme has been developed to build skilled resource capacity to manage livestock-based industries and to provide efficient and need based veterinary services. |
Majors | Animal Science |
Minimum Requirement | a) Applicant who has graduated Fiji Year 13 Certificate Examination (without scaling of marks) in the year 2015 and subsequent years with a minimum of 200 marks and pass (50 percent) in English, Math, Biology/Agriculture/Chemistry and any one from the following subjects such as Biology/Agriculture/Chemistry/Geography/Food & Nutrition Technology/ Physics/Computer Science/Economics/Introduction to Technology. b) Applicant who has graduated Fiji Seventh Form Examination (with scaling of marks) before the year 2015 with a minimum of 250 marks and pass (50 percent) in English, Math, Biology/Agriculture/Chemistry and any one from the following subjects such as Biology/Agriculture/Chemistry/Geography/Food & Nutrition Technology/ Physics/ Computer Science/Economics/ Introduction to Technology. c) The Applicants who have passed Foundation Course with English, Mathematics, and Biology or Agriculture Biology (Trade Diploma in Agriculture Unit) or Forest Biology (Trade Diploma in Forestry Unit) unit/ Chemistry are also eligible for admission. |
Programme Type | Higher Diploma |
Credit Points Required | 240 |
Campus | Koronivia |
Duration | 2 Years |
Estimated Tution Fees - Local (FJD) | $11,832.00 |
Estimated Tution Fees - Regional | $35,496.00 |
Note |
Core Units | Offered In |
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VSC622 - Animal Care & Management Industrial Internship | Summer |
ANN512 - Animal Nutrition, Fodder & Pasture Management | Semester 2 |
AHQ611 - Animal welfare, Ethics, Health Laws and Quarantine | Semester 1 |
LNG501 - English for Academic Studies | Semester 1 |
VNC511 - General Veterinary Nursing, Clinical Care and Handling | Semester 1 |
VPM512 - Introduction to Veterinary Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics | Semester 2 |
LPM512 - Livestock Production Management | Semester 2 |
VAP511 - Principles of Veterinary Anatomy and Physiology | Semester 1 |