Animal Sciences Minor

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 001 (4) Animal Science
AN SC 290W (1) Careers in Animal Science
AN SC 205 (3) Meat Science and Technology 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
AS SC 308 (3) Sheep and Goat Production and Management
AN SC 309 (3) Beef Cattle Production and Management
AN SC 310 (3) Dairy Cattle Production and Management
AN SC 311 (3) Poultry Production and Management
AN SC 314 (3) Laboratory Methods in Rodent Research
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 400 (1) Application of Management Principles
AN SC 405 (3) Advanced Canine Nutrition and Management
AN SC 406 (1) Advanced Swine Production
AN SC 407 (3) Advanced Horse Management
AN SC 409 (2) Advanced Beef Cattle, Sheep, and Goat Management
AN SC 410 (4) Advanced Dairy Herd Management
AN SC 411 (2) Advanced Poultry Management
AN SC 413 (3) Transgenic Biology
AN SC 417 (2) Introduction to Horse Judging
AN SC 420 (4) Animal Nutrition and Feed Technology
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 (1) Techniques in Cattle Reproduction
AN SC 437 (3) Equine Facilitated Therapy
AN SC 442 (3) Quantitative Inheritance and Animal Breeding
AN SC 447 (3) Applied Equine Behavior
AN SC 450 (3) Dairy Farm Management Systems
AN SC 490W (1) Animal Science Colloquium

Procedures for Enrollment
Students may apply for admission into the Animal Sciences minor by completing and submitting an Application for Admission to a Minor Program 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, 350 Ag Sciences an Industries Building, University Park, PA 16802, phone 814-863-0734.

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