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  • 3.00 Credits

    This course is a continuation of EQS 370 and is designed to prepare students for competitive horse judging contests; to strengthen visual appraisal skills; and to improve oral defense of judgments. Weekend travel required. Prerequisite: EQS 370 or consent of instructor.
  • 2.00 Credits

    Students will be assigned to a clinical instructor to observe and to apply treatment skills learned. This clinical experience will take place on campus at Midway College. Indications and contraindications of therapeutic treatments, procedures in patient care, and clinical assessment will be studied. Building relationships with veterinarian's record keeping, and evaluation sheet preparation will be presented. Completion of one research project is required. The course should be taken with EQS 388. Prerequisites: consent of the Director of the Equine Therapy Program.
  • 2.00 Credits

    This course focuses on locating, reading and understanding published scientific research in the fields of veterinary medicine, human athletic training, physical therapy, equine nutrition and equine reproduction. The student will learn how to locate and obtain a specific research article using various databases. The student will learn to view published work objectively and understand published research by preparing oral reports of current and classic studies. Prerequisites: Consent of the Director of the Equine Therapy Program and senior status.
  • 1.00 Credits

    This course is a continuation of EQS 304. It includes more advanced jumping course work of hunter and jumper type over 3'. Also includes work outside the arena. Prerequisite: Grade of "B" or higher in EQS 304
  • 2.00 Credits

    This course is a continuation of EQS 302 Teaching Equitation Practicum. The student will assist the instructor in advanced equitation courses. Prerequisite: EQS 302.
  • 1.00 Credits

    The advanced dressage course will explore classical horsemanship and develop the rider's knowledge about dressage as an art and as a technique. Balance seat equitation will be emphasized in achieving engagement, impulsion and freedom of gaits from the horse. Mounted lessons, theory and videos will be used to teach riders first and second level movements and tests. Prerequisite: EQS 392.
  • 2.00 Credits

    Course will focus on conditioning and training the horse and rider for cross country competition as a phase of combined training. Riding over various terrains at different speeds as well as techniques in form as it relates to the obstacle will be the major emphasis. Prerequisite: EQS 396 or consent of instructor.
  • 1.00 Credits

    This course builds on the skills learned in EQS 305 and will give students the opportunity to learn and execute advanced reining patterns, learn and understand NHRA/FEI scoring systems, learn the use of advanced training devices, and to understand the mental and physical well begin of a reining horse. Prerequisites: EQS 305 or consent of instructor.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course focuses on the ethical concerns that may arise from the use of animals in various programs, animal welfare, and confidentiality for human and equine clients, and alleviating stress in a program environment. Designated critical thinking. Prerequisites: CT 101, PSY 180 OR SOC 120, and EQS 215 (formerly numbered EQS 205).
  • 1.00 Credits

    EQS 407 is a continuation of EQS 306 Advance Western Equitation. This course is a continuation of the exploration of the wide range of styles and events available within western equitation including all aspects of western showing and the working western horse. This class is designed for students with previous experience in western equitation but who wish to further explore the art of western riding and the many options available within the discipline itself. The whole western horse industry will be explored. Everything from pleasure to speed events, reining, cow-horse, cutting, roping, western riding, and trail and of course western horsemanship will be practiced and studied. Further research into the differences in western horses across the country and from breed to breed discussed. Students will review and further develop their western equitation skills; they will learn more complex and in depth training techniques and practice them until competent. Class discussions will further develop the students appreciation the history of the western discipline while developing the further understanding how to analyze current trends, both good and bad, in the western industry. At the conclusion of this class students will be competent, well-rounded, educated keepers of the western horse industry.
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