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Animal Behavior and Learning
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Animal Behavior and Learning
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Once you have created an account, you can enroll in your favorite course or program. Take the course, one lesson at the time, pass the quizzes and earn your certificate.
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Ethology Institute offers you 28 high-quality online courses at amazingly low fees, and two free courses (we invite you to check the internet for comparable programs before you enroll in any of our courses).
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Our ‘Certified Professional Dog Trainer’ is probably the best and cheapest program of its kind. 12 online courses and one video proficiency verification. One-on-one tutor support for the practical work. Earn redeem points for completing courses. Try it today.
Certified Professional Dog Trainer (CPDT) EUR 1,419 (or 12 installments of EUR 126)
18 online courses, two video Proficiency Verifications. Go a step further than CPDT. Learn about ethology, applied animal learning, agonistic behavior, canine scent detection. One-on-one tutor support for the practical work. This is the ultimate program for dog trainers.
Certified in Applied Canine Ethology (CACE) EUR 2,496 (or 18 installments of EUR 148)
Online, self-study program for you, who wish to be a top professional with a solid theoretical knowledge and a vast experience in training different animals.
24 online courses and four video Proficiency Verifications. One-on-one tutor support for the practical work.
Certified in Advanced Applied Ethology (CAAE) EUR 4,116 (or 24 installments of EUR 184)
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Featured Course of the Week
“Measuring Behavior” teaches you to ask valid questions and get sound answers. You need not be a highly trained scientist to answer many of your daily questions about your pet’s behavior. You can do it if you follow the best-practice rules scientists use. This course teaches you how to stop guessing and start knowing. Learn how to predict animal behavior accurately.
Take our online featured course of the week and earn a certificate for ONLY €89 until Sunday midnight GMT.
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Live Online
Attend one of our LIVE ONLINE events, and feel free to ask any questions you may have. Meet an ethologist in person or take part in lively conversations regarding animal training.
Coming events LIVE ONLINE:
📆 Oct. 14: Meet Your Tutors (EI students only)
📆 Oct. 20: Study Group (EI students only)
Watch this section for coming LIVE ONLINE events.
Video-on-demand
You may watch our LIVE ONLINE programs whenever and wherever you wish. For the time being, we provide video on demand for free. We will provide two membership kinds in the future: (1) monthly subscription and (2) yearly subscription. You will be able to see all of the videos in our library with any membership.
⭐️ An Ethologist Reacts
⭐️ Controversial Questions in Dog Training
⭐️ Professor Abrantes Thursday Meetings
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Apply for a Fair Price Grant
We’ve taken our principle “knowledge to everyone, everywhere” to a new level.
Students from poorer countries are unable to pay the same study fees as their counterparts from affluent countries. The Fair Price Grant we now offer all year around rectifies that. We consider a student’s country of residence’s local purchasing power index and may fund up to 80% of the listed study fees.
So, browse through our website, pick the curriculum of your dreams, and apply for a Fair Price Grant.
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“After attending a seminar by Professor Abrantes, I took my first free course (Evolution). I liked it so much that I enrolled in the next course—and then I couldn’t stop. I finished my CPDT, CACE and finally earned my CAAE diploma of which I’m very proud. Today, I have a good business helping dogs and their owners to a better life. That was my dream!
~Claudia Chiappini, CAAE, Rome, Italy.
Yes, we pay you to study!
We reward our good students. You earn points for each course and program you complete. When you graduate as a CAAE, if you have saved all your redeeming points, we pay you EUR 527 (almost 600 USD) – an excellent way to start your career.