Animals
Study all things animals with Ag Sciences.
Do you see yourself in the lab, working to diagnose or cure animal diseases? Wading through deep forest streams monitoring native trout? On the land, managing a herd? If animals are your future, explore the variety of opportunities provided by the College of Agricultural Sciences!
Interest Area Visits for Prospective Students
Visit us to learn about majors and careers that relate to your passions! Book a time to see us on campus or schedule a virtual visit to learn more about our college, majors, and community.
Prospective Student Visit: Animals Interest Area
January 31, 2025
University Park, PA
Prospective Student Visit: Animals Interest Area
March 3, 2025
University Park, PA
Prospective Student Visit: Animals Interest Area
March 28, 2025
University Park, PA
Prospective Student Visit: Animals Interest Area
April 25, 2025
University Park, PA
Majors
The following majors each offer a unique pathway to careers associated with animals. Curious? Dive into each web page and request information to learn more.
Dive into this hands-on approach to a business degree, with a focus on the unique challenges of the multibillion-dollar agriculture industry.
Prepare to join the ranks of the next generation of agriculture educators. Take positions in high schools, colleges, extension, the agriculture industry, and government agencies.
Develop a broad, practical background in all aspects of the science and business of agriculture while focusing your expertise with a required minor.
Launch your future through this hands-on, science-based education in all aspects of the science and business of raising animals—and it’s a great path to veterinary school.
Explore our incredible immune system and engage in cutting-edge research to help find cures for infectious diseases. Prepare for medical, veterinary, dental, or pharmacy school or a career in allied health sciences or public health.
Unleash science to explore topics like cancer and environmental pollution to prepare for medical school and other biomedical careers.
Pursue a high-level science education to prepare for veterinary, medical, and graduate school or a career in research and the allied health professions.
Gain a science-based foundation for a career outdoors managing animal and fish species, protecting their respective environments, and practicing environmental stewardship.
Minors
Minors can be a great complement to your major and help you to refine your personal and career goals. Here are just a few examples.
The study of the business and science of horses, including nutrition, physiology, reproduction, genetics, growth, behavior, and management
A multidisciplinary approach integrating human medicine, veterinary medicine, and environmental science to optimize the health of people, animals, plants, and ecosystems. Students think dynamically and globally about how health is affected, diseases are transmitted, and environment plays a role in disease.
Focusing on the biology, management, and diseases of various avian species with an emphasis on domestic fowl
Providing basic competency in the principles and practices of wildlife and fisheries conservation, research, and management
Ag Journeys
Here’s a glimpse of life in ag from a student perspective.