I’m hoping to learn more about (a) various ethical arguments animal welfare, and (b) the empirical evidence/counter-evidence of animal welfare. Ideally, it should be information dense and easy to read.
What I’ve found so far:
https://www.animal-ethics.org/making-a-stand-for-animals/
https://www.worldanimalprotection.org.au/education/concepts-in-animal-welfare
https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/topics/animal-welfare?tab=wiki (perhaps a select few readings from this tag)
(EDIT) What I’ve found after publishing this question:
Chek out Maya Mathur’s slides on the state of nudging research: https://osf.io/encd5
I also wrote a recent meta-analysis of MAP reduction research that identifies some high-quality RCTs as well as collates some prior systematic reviews: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/k9qqGZtmWz3x4yaaA/environmental-and-health-appeals-are-the-most-effective
From a moral philosophy/psychology perspective, check out Lucius Caviola at Harvard or Eric Schwitzgebel : http://www.faculty.ucr.edu/~eschwitz/
These aren’t exactly syllabi, but I think that between these researchers you’ll be able to put something nice together.
I would be obliged to see the final product when you have one!