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 03150	Animal Science	4
AGRI 03296	Seminar	1
BIOL 04106	Principles of Biology *	3
BIOL 04107	Principles of Biology Laboratory *	1
AGRI 03352	Meat Science	3
AGRI 03360	Principles of Animal Nutrition	3
AGRI 03366	Principles of Animal Breeding	3

AGRI 03452	Beef Science	3
	OR
AGRI 03470	Dairy Science	3

AGRI 03454	Swine Science	3

AGRI 03566	Genetics of Livestock Improvement	3
	OR
BIOL 04350	Genetics	4

BIOL 04140	General Microbiology	4
	OR
BIOL 04310	Cell Biology	4

CHEM 24114	General Chemistry I *	3
CHEM 24115	General Chemistry I Laboratory *	1
CHEM 24116	General Chemistry II	4
CHEM 24117	General Chemistry II Laboratory	1
CHEM 24342	Organic Chemistry I	3
CHEM 24343	Organic Chemistry I Laboratory	1
CHEM 24362	Elementary Biochemistry	3
CHEM 24363	Elementary Biochemistry Laboratory	1
MATH 17118	Precalculus Algebra *	3
MATH 17114	General Statistics *	3
PHYS 25110	General Physics I *	3
PHYS 25111	General Physics I Laboratory *	1
PHYS 25112	General Physics II	3
PHYS 25113	General Physics II Laboratory	1
	Advisor-approved biology elective	3
AGRI 03499	Profession 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 03330	Forage Crop Science	3
AGRI 03358	Livestock Health and Disease Management	3
AGRI 03365	Artificial Insemination	1 to 3
AGRI 03450	Small Ruminant Science	3
AGRI 03452	Beef Science	3
AGRI 03460	Advanced Animal Nutrition	3
AGRI 03470	Dairy 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 03362	Anatomy and Physiology of Domestic Animals	3
	OR
AGRI 03363	Domestic Animal Behavior and Welfare	3
	OR
BIOL 04435	Comparative Anatomy	5
	OR
BIOL 04438	Human Physiology	4

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