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Animal Law

Animal Law

The AniLex program is a program on Animal Law provided as continuous learning by the Open University at Åbo Akademi University.

The program consists of 9 courses á 5 credits (in total 45 ECTS). The students get a course certificate for a passed course.
The program does not lead to a degree from Åbo Akademi University, but the students may apply for validation and crediting from their own university with the course certificate. More information about the AniLex program.

Link to our Swedish Law courses 2024–2025.

Increased fees for Open University courses from August 2024

From August 1, 2024, Åbo Akademi University will implement a pricing system for its open university courses based on the number of study credits. The pricing structure will be as follows:

  • Basic Studies (and other introductory courses): €12 per credit.
  • Intermediate Studies and Advanced Studies: €15 per credit.

Degree students at Åbo Akademi University are exempted from the course fee.

Link to the news about the fees

To read more about the course content and -times, click the Öpu course in the Study guide.

BASIC STUDIES

Introduction to Animal Law (5 ECTS), online course.

Read more about course content and- times in the Study Guide.
Time: 23.8–13.12.2024.
Price: 60€
Teacher: PhD Birgitta Wahlberg.
Enrolment 12.8–1.11.2024. The course has continuous registration. Admission to the course is made on the following dates 16.8, 27.9 and 4.11.
Course enrolment here 


Animal Law Theory (5 ECTS), online course.

Read more about course content and- times in the Study Guide.
Time: 23.8–13.12.2024.
Price: 60€
Teacher: PhD Birgitta Wahlberg.
Enrolment 12.8–1.11.2024. The course has continuous registration. Admission to the course is made on the following dates 16.8, 27.9 and 4.11.
Course enrolment here


Multidisciplinary Perspectives to Animal Law (5 ECTS), online course.

Read more about course content and- times in the Study Guide.
Time: 23.8–13.12.2024.
Price: 60€
Teacher: PhD Birgitta Wahlberg.
Enrolment 12.8–1.11.2024. The course has continuous registration. Admission to the course is made on the following dates 16.8, 27.9 and 4.11.
Course enrolment here


INTERMEDIATE STUDIES

Animals in Private and Criminal Law (5 ECTS), online course.

Read more about course content and- times in the Study Guide.
Prerequisites: The three basic courses in the AniLex -program: Introduction to Animal Law (5 ECTS), Animal Law Theory (5 ECTS), and Multidisciplinary Perspectives to Animal Law (5 ECTS).
Time: 30.8–4.10.2024.
Price: 75€
Teacher: PhD Birgitta Wahlberg.
Enrolment 12.8–23.8.2024.
Link to course enrolment. Contact opu@abo.fi if you have difficulties paying for your course.


The Link Between Animal Law, Environmental Law and, and Food Law (5 ECTS), online course.

Read more about course content and- times in the Study Guide.
Prerequisites: The three basic courses in the AniLex -program: Introduction to Animal Law (5 ECTS), Animal Law Theory (5 ECTS), and Multidisciplinary Perspectives to Animal Law (5 ECTS).
Time: 11.10–15.11.2024.
Price: 75€
Teacher: LL.D. Tero Kivinen.
Enrolment extended to 8.10.2024.
Link to course enrolment. Contact opu@abo.fi if you have difficulties paying for your course.


Animal Law and Science (5 ECTS), online course.

Read more about course content and- times in the Study Guide.
Prerequisites: The three basic courses in the AniLex -program: Introduction to Animal Law (5 ECTS), Animal Law Theory (5 ECTS), and Multidisciplinary Perspectives to Animal Law (5 ECTS).
Time: 21.10–24.11.2024.
Price: 75€
Teacher: PhD Birgitta Wahlberg.
Enrolment 9.9–14.10.2024.
Link to course enrolment. Contact opu@abo.fi if you have difficulties paying for your course.


Essay on an Animal Law Topic (5 ECTS), online course.

Read more about course content and- times in the Study Guide.
Prerequisites: The three basic courses in the AniLex -program: Introduction to Animal Law (5 ECTS), Animal Law Theory (5 ECTS), and Multidisciplinary Perspectives to Animal Law (5 ECTS).
Time: 22.11.2024–30.4.2025.
Price: 75€
Teacher: PhD Birgitta Wahlberg.
Enrolment 9.9–15.11.2024.
Link to course enrolment. Contact opu@abo.fi if you have difficulties paying for your course.


Link to our Swedish Law courses.

To read more about the course content and -times, click the Öpu course in the Study guide.

INTERMEDIATE STUDIES

International and Constitutional Animal Law (5 ECTS), online course.

Read more about course content and- times in the Study Guide.
Time: 31.1–7.3.2025.
Price: 75€
Teacher: LL.D. Tero Kivinen.
Enrolment 18.11–24.1.2025.
Prerequisites: The three basic courses in the AniLex -program: Introduction to Animal Law (5 ECTS), Animal Law Theory (5 ECTS), and Multidisciplinary Perspectives to Animal Law (5 ECTS).
Link to course enrolment.

Animal Law and the European Union (5 ECTS), online course.

Read more about course content and- times in the Study Guide.
Time: 21.3–25.4.2025.
Price: 75€
Teacher: PhD Birgitta Wahlberg.
Enrolment 18.11–13.3.2025.
Prerequisites: The three basic courses in the AniLex -program: Introduction to Animal Law (5 ECTS), Animal Law Theory (5 ECTS), and Multidisciplinary Perspectives to Animal Law (5 ECTS).
Link to course enrolment.

Animal Law and Administrative Control (5 ECTS), online course.

Read more about course content and- times in the Study Guide.
Time: 2.5–6.6.2025.
Price: 75€
Teacher: PhD Birgitta Wahlberg.
Enrolment 18.11–25.4.2025.
Prerequisites: The three basic courses in the AniLex -program: Introduction to Animal Law (5 ECTS), Animal Law Theory (5 ECTS), and Multidisciplinary Perspectives to Animal Law (5 ECTS).
Link to course enrolment.


Link to our Swedish Law courses.


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