Admission Requirements
For the 4+1 B.S./M.S. Program in Animal Sciences/Endocrinology & Animal Biosciences
Students who apply and meet the following requirements will be accepted into the program:
1. The following prerequisites completed (with C’s or higher) by end of spring semester:
- For Pre-Vet/Research Students:
- 11:067:142 Introduction to Animal Sciences
- 01:119:115-117 - General Biology I & II
- 01:160:161-162, 171 - General Chemistry I & II & Lab
- 01:670:307-308, 311 - Organic Chemistry I & II
- 01:640:135 or 151 Calculus
- 11:067:300 Integrative Physiology or 01:146:356 Systems Physiology
- 11:067:327 Animal Reproduction
- 11:067:328 Animal Genetics or 01:447:380 Genetics
- 11:067:330 Animal Nutrition
- For Laboratory Animal Science Students:
- 11:067:142 Introduction to Animal Sciences
- 01:119:115-117 - General Biology I & II
- 01:160:161-162, 171 - General Chemistry I & II & Lab
- 01:670:307-308, 311 - Organic Chemistry I & II
- 01:640:111/112 or 115 Precalculus
- 11:067:300 Integrative Physiology or 01:146:356 Systems Physiology
- 11:067:327 Animal Reproduction
- 11:067:328 Animal Genetics or 01:447:380 Genetics
- 11:067:330 Animal Nutrition
2. A total of 90 credits by the end of their third year. For transfer students, at least 30 credits must be taken at Rutgers before becoming eligible to apply.
3. A cumulative GPA of 3.00 (including spring courses of third year)
Should an applicant not meet the requirements, the Graduate Program in Endocrinology and Animal Biosciences Admissions Committee will consider their personal statement and all other pertinent information and decide on admission to the 4+1 program and students may be conditionally accepted based on the grades in their Senior year.
For Students in the Companion Animal Science and Equine & Production Animal Science Options
Please contact Dr. Aparna Zama, Undergraduate Program Director, (zama@sebs.rutgers.edu or 848-932-8495) or Dr. Carey Williams, Graduate Program Director, (carey.williams@rutgers.edu).
For Students in the Laboratory Animal Science Option
To enter the 4+1 program, students in the Laboratory Animal Science option track 1) will not be required to take Physics; 2) will need to take General Biochemistry EITHER in undergrad OR in the +1 graduate part of the program; and 3) can take Basic Statistics for Research as an undergraduate student or in the +1 graduate year.