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Major in Animal Science Courses
Bachelor of Science in Agriculture
2002-2004

General Education Requirements

Specific General Education Requirements:
Students with this major must take the following:
CHEM 1013, General Chemistry I
CHEM 1011, Laboratory for General Chemistry I
ECON 2313, Principles of Macroeconomics
BIOL 1013, Biology of the Cell
BIOL 1021, Laboratory for Biology of the Cell
SCOM 1203, Oral Communication

General Education Curriculum for Baccalaureate Degrees totals 46-49 semester hours.

College of Agriculture Core Courses

College of Agriculture Core Courses total 34 semester hours.

Core for Pre-veterinary emphasis only (Students electing to take this option must maintain a minimum 3.25 GPA to graduate)
AGEC 1003, Introduction to Agricultural Business 3
PSSC 1303, Introduction to Plant Science 3
ANSC 1613, Introduction to Animal Physiology and Production 3
AGRI 1211, Introductory Seminar in Agriculture 3
ENG 3043, Technical Writing 3
CHEM 1023, General Chemistry II 3
CHEM 1021, Lab for General Chemistry II 3
MATH 1033, Plane Trigonometry OR
   MATH 1054, Precalculus 3-4
PHYS 2054, General Physics I 4
PHYS 2064, General Physics II 4
AGRI 4243, Capstone Agriculture 3

Pre-veterinary Core Courses total 31-32 semester hours.
 
Major Requirements                                                         Semester Hours
CHEM 1033, Introduction to Organic and Biochemistry OR 3
   CHEM 3103*, Organic Chemistry I
CHEM 1031, Laboratory for Intro. to Organic and Biochemistry OR 1
     CHEM 3101*, Laboratory for Organic Chemistry I
BIOL 4014*,Microbiology OR 4
     BIOL 2103 Microbiology AND 3
     BIOL 2101, Laboratory for Microbiology 1
ANSC 3633, Veterinary Anatomy and Physiology 3
ANSC 3613, Nutritional Management of Domestic Animals 3
AGRI 2213, Genetic Improvement of Plants and Animals OR 3
   BIOL 3313*, Genetics 

*Required for Pre-veterinary Emphasis

Major Requirements total 17 semester hours.

Emphasis Area
Student may select from one of the following career
specialty areas or consult an advisor and design a
program to meet the student's particular career goals.
Animal Science                                                                     Semester Hours
ANSC 2703, Principles of Poultry Production 3
ANSC 4663, Principles of Breeding 3
ANSC 4673, Digestive Physiology and Nutrition of  Animals 3
ANSC 4683, Theriogenology 3

Animal Science emphasis area totals 12 semester hours.
 
Poultry Industry Management                                          Semester Hours
ANSC 2703, Principles of Poultry Production 3
ANSC 3703, Poultry Flock Management 3
ANSC 4943, Integrated Poultry Production 3
AGRI 4203, Internships in Agriculture (min. 2.5 GPA required) 3
AGEC 3063, Agricultural Sales and Service 3

Poultry Industry Management emphasis area totals 12 semester hours.

 
Pre-veterinary Emphasis                                       Semester Hours
ANSC 4673, Digestive Physiology and Nutrition of Animals 3
ANSC 4683, Theriogenology 3
CHEM 4243, Biochemistry 3

Pre-veterinary emphasis area totals 9 semester hour.

Upper Level Support                                                          11-14 hours

 

Electives
   Students must have 12 semester hours.

TOTAL  SEMESTER HOURS FOR A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN ANIMAL SCIENCE 129-132.


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