Student Information
Undergraduate Instruction
The animal science major is designed to provide the scientific and technical education to prepare students for positions of leadership and responsibility. Students gain valuable experience pertaining to the production of beef and dairy cattle, swine, horse, and sheep, as well as companion animals. In addition, extensive study is offered in the specialized areas of animal health, breeding and genetics, meat science, nutrition and physiology.
Students majoring in animal science are prepared for a variety of careers. Pre-veterinary, pre-medical and pre-professional course requirements may be fulfilled while meeting degree requirements. Specific career opportunities include positions and services related to the production, merchandising, processing, and distribution of meat, milk, and related products.
Additional opportunities include field persons, farm and herd managers and other agribusiness-related positions. With additional academic training, animal science majors may become Extension and livestock specialists, nutritionists, geneticists and physiologists.
Basic Career Tracks
I. Entry to Professional or Graduate Study (MS, PhD, DVM)
- I. Entry to Professional or Graduate Study (MS, PhD, DVM)
- Careers: Veterinarian, teaching, research or extension specialist
- Suggested Courses:
- CHEM 3603, 3601: Organic Chemistry I
- CHEM 3613, 3611: Organic Chemistry II
- CHEM 3813: Introduction to Biochemistry
- PHYS 2013, 2011: College Physics I
- PHYS 2033, 2031: College Physics II
- MATH 1213: Plane Trigonometry
- AGST 4023: Principles of Experimentation
II. Management, sales or service with feed, drug or equipment companies etc.- Careers: Service or sales representative, product manager, etc.
- Suggested Courses:
- ACCT 2013: Principles of Financial Accounting
- ACCT 2023: Principles of Management Accounting
- AGME 2903:
- AGEC 3505: Agricultural Law
- AGEC 3303: Marketing of Farm Products
- AGEC 3403: Farm Management
- ANSC 3282: Livestock Judging and Selection
III. Animal production or management with beef, dairy or swine including extension.- Careers: Field person, production operations, extension agents, livestock sales.
- Suggested Courses:
- ANSC 4143: Animal Nutrition
- ANSC 4133: Animal Breeding
- VTSC 3133: Diseases of Farm Animal
- VTSC 3033: Applied Animal Parasitology
- ANSC 3282: Livestock Judging and Selection
- ANSC 2252: Livestock Fitting and Showing Practices
- EXED 3023: An introduction to the Cooperative Extension Service
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