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The Animal Science B.S.A. program is eligible for students who want to participate in an Eight-Semester Degree Program. The plan below lists a semester-by-semester sequence of courses to finish the degree in eight semesters. Information about the University Core courses is listed in a chart at the bottom of this page.

Fall Semester Year 1
1

ANSC 1001L Intro to Animal Science Lab

2

ANSC 1032 Intro to Animal Sciences

1

ANSC 1041 Intro to Companion Animal Industry OR ANSC 1051 Intro to Livestock Industry

3

University Core ENGL 1013 Composition I

3

University Core MATH 1203 College Algebra OR higher

4

Science Core – BIOL 1543/1541L Biology I

14
Semester Hours
Spring Semester Year 1
2

ANSC 2252L Intro to Livestock & Meat Evaluation

3

University Core ENGL 1023 Composition II

3

Fine Arts/Humanities University Core Elective

3

Social Sciences University Core Elective

3

Discipline-related Elective as AFLS Broadening Elective

3
General Elective
17
Semester Hours
Fall Semester Year 2
1

ANSC 2781 Career Preparation & Development

3

ANSC 3433 Fundamentals of Reproductive Physiology

5

Science University Core – CHEM 1074/1071L Fund. of Chemistry

3

COMM 1313 Fundamentals of Communication

3

History University Core Elective

15
Semester Hours
Spring Semester Year 2
3

ANSC 3133 Animal Breeding & Genetics

4

CHEM 2613/2611L Organic Physiological Chemistry

3

ENGL 2003 Advanced Composition OR Exemption Elective

3

Fine Arts/Humanities University Core Elective

3

Discipline-related Elective as AFLS Broadening Elective

16
Semester Hours
Fall Semester Year 3
5
Animal Science Electives
3

Communication Intensive Elective from an approved course list.

4

BIOL 2013/2011L General Microbiology

3

Social Science University Core Elective

2
Discipline-related Elective
17
Semester Hours
Spring Semester Year 3
5
Animal Science Electives
3

ANSC 3143 Principles of Animal Nutrition

3

Social Science University Core Elective

3

Discipline-related Elective as AFLS Broadening Elective

3
General Elective
17
Semester Hours
Fall Semester Year 4
3
Animal Science Elective
2-5

ANSC Production/Management Elective

6-9
General Electives
14
Semester Hours
Spring Semester Year 4
2-5

ANSC Production/Management Elective

4
Discipline-related Electives
5-8
General Electives
14
Semester Hours
124
Total Hours

For discipline-related electives, see the requirements for Animal Science in the Catalog of Studies.

University Core (State Minimum Core)

Areas

Minimum
Hours

University Core

English
6

ENGL 1013 Composition I
ENGL 1023 Composition II

Mathematics
3

MATH 1203 College Algebra
Any higher-level mathematics course required by major

Science (Students admitted under this catalog or later are required to take corresponding lecture/lab combinations as listed.)

8

ASTR 2003/2001L Survey of the Universe
ANTH 1013/1011L  Biological Anthropology/Lab
BIOL 1543/1541L Principles of Biology
BIOL 1613/1611L Plant Biology
CHEM 1023/1021L Basic Chemistry/Health Science
CHEM 1053/1051L  Chemistry in Modern World
CHEM 1074/1071L Fundamentals of Chemistry
CHEM 1103/1101L University Chemistry I
CHEM 1123/1121L University Chemistry II
CHEM 1213/1211L Chemistry for Majors I/Lab
CHEM 1223/1221L Chemistry for Majors II/Lab
GEOL 1113/1111L  General Geology
GEOL 1133/1131L Environmental Geology
PHYS 1023/1021L Physics and Human Affairs
PHYS 1044 Physics for Architects I
PHYS 1054 Physics for Architects II
PHYS 2013/2011L College Physics I
PHYS 2033/2031L College Physics II
PHYS 2054 University Physics I
PHYS 2074 University Physics II
BIOL 1603/1601L Principles of Zoology
BIOL 2213/2211L Human Physiology
BIOL 2443/2441L Human Anatomy

Fine Arts, Humanities (Select 3 hours each from two of these four categories)

6

a) Fine Arts:

ARCH 1003 Architecture Lecture
ARHS 1003 Art Lecture
ARTS 1003 Art Studio
COMM 1003 Film Lecture
DANC 1003 Basic Course in the Arts/Movement & Dance
DRAM 1003 Theater Lecture
HUMN 1003 Introduction to the Arts and Aesthetics
LARC 1003 The American Landscape
MLIT 1003 Music Lecture

b) Humanities:

PHIL 2003 Introduction to Philosophy
PHIL 2103 Introduction to Ethics
PHIL 2203 Logic
PHIL 3103 Ethics and the Professions

c) Humanities:

CLST 1003 Introduction to Classical Studies: Greece
CLST 1013 Introduction to Classical Studies: Rome
HUMN 2124H Honors 20th Century Global Culture
HUMN 1124H Honors Equilibrium of Cultures, 500 to 1600
WLIT 1113 World Literature I
WLIT 1123 World Literature II

d) Humanities:

Any Foreign Language 2003
HUMN 2003 Introduction to Gender Studies

U.S. History
3

HIST 2003 History of American People or Government to 1877
HIST 2013 History of American People 1877 to Present
PLSC 2003 American National Government

Social Sciences (Select from at least two different fields of study)

9

AGEC 1103 Principles of Agricultural Micro-economics
AGEC 2103 Principles of Agricultural Macro-economics
ANTH 1023 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
ECON 2013 Principles of Macroeconomics
ECON 2023 Principles of Microeconomics
ECON 2143 Basic Economics: Theory & Practice
GEOG 1123 Human Geography
GEOG 2023 Economic Geography
GEOG 2103 Emerging Nations
GEOG 2203 Developed Nations
HESC 1403 Life Span Development
HESC 2413 Family Relations
HIST 1113H Honors World Civilization I
HIST 1123H Honors World Civilization II
HIST 2003 History of the American People to 18777
HIST 2013 History of the American People 1877 to Present7
HUMN 1114H Honors Roots of Culture to 500CE
HUMN 2114H Honors Birth of Culture, 1600-1900
PLSC 2003 American National Government7
PLSC 2013 Introduction to Comparative Politics
PLSC 2203 State & Local Government
PSYC 2003 General Psychology
RSOC 2603 Rural Sociology
SOCI 2013 General Sociology
SOCI 2033 Social Problems
WCIV 1003 Western Civilization I
WCIV 1013 Western Civilization II

 




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