Any student enrolled in the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS) or School of Arts and Sciences (SAS) may elect to complete our Animal Sciences minor program. General Biology (01:119:115-117) and General Chemistry (01:160:161, 162, 171) serve as prerequisites for the program. Overall, students are required to complete 22-24 credits upon graduation.
Please note that any Animal Sciences major cannot also minor in Animal Sciences.
Required courses (10 credits)
Electives: choose at least 4 (12-14 credits) in consultation with the Program Director
- Careers in Animal Science (11:067:101)
- Dairy Cattle Practicum (11:067:201)
- Small Ruminant Practicum (11:067:202)
- Swine Practicum (11:067:203)
- Laboratory Animal Practicum (11:067:205)
- Horse Practicum (11:067:207)
- Companion Animal Science (11:067:250)
- Laboratory Animal Science Management and Techniques (11:067:275)
- Integrative Physiology (11:067:300)
- Animal Genetics (11:067:328)
- Production Animal Management (11:067:336)
- Production Animal Management Laboratory (11:067:338)
- Horse Management (11:067:384)
- Equine Nutrition (11:067:390)
- Comparative Mammalian Anatomy (11:067:391)
- Animal Assisted Therapy (11:067:395)
- Advanced Equine Health Care and Management (11:067:398)
- Topics in Equine Science (11:067:401)
- Equine Exercise Physiology (11:067:402)
- Techniques in Equine Exercise Physiology (11:067:403)
- Animal Diseases (11:067:404)
- Farm Productivity Analysis (11:067:406)
- Neuroendocrinology (11:067:410)
- Studies in Animal Science (11:067:411)
- Developing Future Leaders for the Equine Industry (11:067:413)
- Animal Microtechniques and Tissue Culture (11:067:430)
- Endocrinology (11:067:450)
- Animals and the Law (11:067:460)
- Topics in Companion Animal Issues: Animals and Health (11:067:461)
- Pathophysiology (11:067:490)
- Reproductive and Developmental Toxicology (11:067:491)
- Molecular and Cellular Physiology (11:067:492)
- Research in Animal Science (11:067:493, 494)