2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Animal Science Comprehensive Major (Pre-Veterinary Option), 72-75 hours: B.S.–No Minor Required

CIP: 511104

This option is designed to prepare students for the pursuit of a degree in animal science and/or to meet the pre-professional requirements for a school of veterinary medicine.

Requirements

The Northwest Core (44-47 hours)

Institutional Requirements (4 hours)

Required Courses (66-67 hours)

AGRI 03150Animal Science

4

AGRI 03296Seminar

1

BIOL 04106Principles of Biology *

3

BIOL 04107Principles of Biology Laboratory *

1

AGRI 03352Meat Science

3

AGRI 03360Principles of Animal Nutrition

3

AGRI 03366Principles of Animal Breeding

3

 

AGRI 03452Beef Science

3

OR

AGRI 03470Dairy Science

3

 

AGRI 03454Swine Science

3

 

AGRI 03566Genetics of Livestock Improvement

3

OR

BIOL 04350Genetics

4

 

BIOL 04140General Microbiology

4

OR

BIOL 04310Cell Biology

4

 

CHEM 24114General Chemistry I *

3

CHEM 24115General Chemistry I Laboratory *

1

CHEM 24116General Chemistry II

4

CHEM 24117General Chemistry II Laboratory

1

CHEM 24342Organic Chemistry I

3

CHEM 24343Organic Chemistry I Laboratory

1

CHEM 24362Elementary Biochemistry

3

CHEM 24363Elementary Biochemistry Laboratory

1

MATH 17118Precalculus Algebra *

3

MATH 17114General Statistics *

3

PHYS 25110General Physics I *

3

PHYS 25111General Physics I Laboratory *

1

PHYS 25112General Physics II

3

PHYS 25113General Physics II Laboratory

1

Advisor-approved biology elective

3

AGRI 03499Profession Based Integrated Experience

1

PHYS 25110, PHYS 25111, and Biology elective cannot be used to fulfill any Northwest Core requirement.

BIOL 04106, BIOL 04107, MATH 17118, CHEM 24114, CHEM 24115: These courses fulfill a Northwest Core requirement as well as a requirement of the major, but the number of credit hours may be counted only once toward the total number of credit hours required for graduation.

Take one of the following courses (3 hours):

AGRI 03330Forage Crop Science

3

AGRI 03358Livestock Health and Disease Management

3

AGRI 03365Artificial Insemination

1 to 3

AGRI 03450Small Ruminant Science

3

AGRI 03452Beef Science

3

AGRI 03460Advanced Animal Nutrition

3

AGRI 03470Dairy Science

3

AGRI 03452, AGRI 03470 cannot be used to fulfll the "take 1" requirement if already applied elsewhere.

Take one of the following courses (3-5 hours):

AGRI 03362Anatomy and Physiology of Domestic Animals

3

OR

AGRI 03363Domestic Animal Behavior and Welfare

3

OR

BIOL 04435Comparative Anatomy

5

OR

BIOL 04438Human Physiology

4

NOTE: Degree requires a grade point average of 2.25 in major courses.

Free electives as needed to reach minimum 120 graduation hours