Animal Science Degree

Bachelor of Science in Agriculture-Animal Science option

In addition to the wide variety of coursework you take in the Animal Science option, gain hands-on experience in animal evaluation, selection and handling, breeding techniques, pregnancy checking, livestock ration formulation, and other important real-life skills. Exposure to the beef, dairy, horse, sheep and swine industries can lead you to career opportunities in:

• Feedlot management
• Meat quality assurance
• Agriculture communications
• Animal production
• Pharmaceutical sales
• Nutrition and feeding
• Livestock reproduction
• Marketing

Specified General Education Courses (18 Credit Hours)

• Foundation Studies (12 Credit Hours)
• ENG 101 English Comp I (3 Credit Hours)
• ENG 102 English Comp II (3 Credit Hours)
• COMM 100 Fundamentals of Oral Communication (3 Credit Hours)
• HHP 200 Personal Wellness (3 Credit Hours)
• MATH 110 College Algebra (3 Credit Hours)
• INF 101 Introduction to Computer Information Systems (3 Credit Hours)

Elective/Specified General Education Courses: Liberal Arts (37 Credit Hours)

• International Studies (6 Credit Hours)

  Humanities (9 Credit Hours)

• IDS 350 Diversity in the U.S.
  or beginning Modern Language course (3 Credit Hours)
• Electives (6 Credit Hours)

        Math and Natural Sciences (10 Credit Hours)

• BIOL 180 Principles of Biology (3 Credit Hours)
• BIOL 180L Principles of Biology Laboratory (1 Credit Hour)
• CHEM 112 General Chemistry I (2 Credit Hours)
• CHEM 112L General Chemistry I Lab (1 Credit Hour)
• CHEM 114 General Chemistry II (2 Credit Hours)
• CHEM 114L General Chemistry II Lab (1 Credit Hour)

        Social and Behavioral Sciences

• ECON 201 Principles of Economics: Micro (3 Credit Hours)
• Electives (6 Credit Hours)
• Upper-division Integrative Course (3 Credit Hours)

Department Major Requirements: Core Courses (24 Credit Hours)

• AGRI 111 Animal Science (3 Credit Hours)
• AGRI 112 Agronomic Crop Science (3 Credit Hours)
• AGRI 112L Agronomic Crop Science Lab (1 Credit Hours)
• AGRI 113 Introduction to Agribusiness (3 Credit Hours)
• AGRI 211 Marketing Farm Products (3 Credit Hours)
• AGRI 220 Agricultural Accounting (3 Credit Hours)
• AGRI 311 Farm Management (3 Credit Hours)
• AGRI 321 Agricultural Law and Policy (3 Credit Hours)
• AGRI 475 Seminar (1 Credit Hour)

Animal Science Option (38 Credit Hours)

• AGRI 114 Techniques of Livestock Selection and Evaluation I (2 Credit Hours)
• AGRI 212 Techniques of Livestock Selection and Evaluation II (2 Credit Hours)
• AGRI 214 Principles of Feeding (3 Credit Hours)
• AGRI 306 Pasture and Forage Crops (3 Credit Hours)
• AGRI 313 Anatomy and Physiology (4 Credit Hours)
• AGRI 409 Dairy Cattle Production and Management (3 Credit Hours)
• AGRI 411 Beef Feedlot Technology and Management (3 Credit Hours)

       -OR-

• AGRI 610 Beef Cattle Production and Management (3 Credit Hours)
• AGRI 611 Swine Production and Management (3 Credit Hours)
• AGRI 615 Genetics of Livestock Improvement (3 Credit Hours)
• AGRI 616 Reproductive Physiology of Domestic Animals (4 Credit Hours)
• AGRI 617 Animal Nutrition (3 Credit Hours)
• Agriculture Electives (6 Credit Hours)

Free Electives (7 Credit Hours)

TOTAL: 124 Credit Hours