Animal Sciences
The Animal Sciences minor is designed for students who wish to supplement their academic major with studies in animal science. The Departments of Dairy and Animal Science and Poultry Science cooperate to offer this minor.
Requirements
Students are required to complete a minimum of 20 credits, at least 6 of which must be at the 400 level. A grade of C or better must be obtained in each course in order to complete the minor. The core of prescribed courses develops a foundation in the various basic disciplines of animal science. Additional courses may be selected by the student to emphasize the production/management of beef cattle, companion animals, dairy cattle, horses, poultry, sheep, or swine or to emphasize genetics, nutrition, or physiology.
Prescribed Courses
- AN SC 201 (4) Animal Science
- AN SC 290W (1) Careers in Animal Science
- AN SC 207 (2) (FD SC) Animal Products Technology AND AN SC 208 (1) (FD SC) Animal Products Technology Lab OR AN SC 300 (GN) (3) Integrated Animal Biology
- AN SC 301 (3) Principles of Animal Nutrition
Additional Courses
The student must select 3 credits from the following list:
- AN SC 305 (3) Companion Animal Nutrition Management
- AN SC 306 (3) Swine Production and Management
- AN SC 308 (4) Sheep and Goat Production and Management
- AN SC 309 (4) Beef Cattle Production and Management
- AN SC 310 (3) Dairy Cattle Production and Management
- AN SC 311 (4) Poultry Production and Management
- AN SC 327 (3) Horse Production and Management
The student must select, in consultation with the undergraduate program coordinator, at least 6 credits at the 400 level from the following list:
- AN SC 405 (3) Advanced Canine Nutrition and Management
- AN SC 407 (3) Advanced Horse Management
- AN SC 410 (4) Advanced Dairy Herd Management
- AN SC 413 (3) Transgenic Biology
- AN SC 417 (2) Introduction to Horse Judging
- AN SC 418 (3) Nutrient Management in Agricultural Systems
- AN SC 419W (3) Applied Animal Welfare
- AN SC 420 (4) Animal Nutrition and Feed Technology
- AN SC 421 (2) Poultry Evaluation and Selection
- AN SC 422 (3) Dairy Cattle Evaluation and Selection
- AN SC 423 (3) Comparative Physiology of Domestic Animals
- AN SC 424 (3) Livestock Breeding Evaluation and Selection
- AN SC 425 (3) (V SC) Principles of Avian Diseases
- AN SC 426 (2-4) Advanced Judging and Selection
- AN SC 427 (3) Milk Secretion
- AN SC 431W (4) Physiology of Mammalian Reproduction
- AN SC 432 (2) Techniques in Cattle Reproduction
- AN SC 437 (3) Equine Facilitated Therapy
- AN SC 447 (3) Applied Equine Behavior
- AN SC 450 (3) Dairy Farm Management Systems
- AN SC 457 (3) Equine Reproduction and Breeding Farm Management
- AN SC 467 (3) Equine Nutrition and Feeding
Procedures for Enrollment
Students may apply for admission into the Animal Sciences minor by completing and submitting an Entrance to Minor Form in 312 Henning Building. Approval by the student's major program adviser is required. For additional information, contact the undergraduate program coordinator, Dr. Harold Harpster , 312 Henning Building, University Park, PA 16802, phone 814-863-0734.
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