Agriculture: Animal Science Option

General Requirements: Total Hours: 62 Minimum GPA: 2.0
Program Description: The Associate in Science degree program is designed to lay a foundation in Agriculture studies and meet the needs of students to continue education at a four-year university.  Students have a choice to select one of six (6) option areas of study:  Agribusiness, Agricultural Communications, Agriculture Education, Agroecology, Animal Science, or General Agriculture.
 

Animal Science Option Requirements:    15 hours
Area Min. Hours Course Code Course Description
Animal Science 12 AGRN 2333 Range and Pasture Management
    ANSI 1124 Introduction to Animal Science 
    ANSI 1213 Livestock Production
    ANSI 2112 Livestock Evaluation & Selection 
    ANSI 2023 Meat & Carcass Evaluation
    ANSI 2123 Livestock Feeding
    ANSI 2133 Advanced Livestock Evaluation & Selection
    ANSI 2142 Artificial Insemination
    ANSI 2143 Anatomy and Physiology of Reproduction
    ANSI 2163 Beef Production
Accounting 3 ACCT 2173 Financial Accounting 

 

Plan of Study

Course Code Course Description Hours
Freshman 1st Semester
ENGL 1113 English Composition I 3
HIST 1483 or HIST 1493 U.S. HIST to 1877 or U.S. HIST 1877-Pres 3
MATH 1513 College Algebra 3
COL 1111 College Success 1
ANSI 1124 Intro to Animal Science 4
Total 14
 
Freshman 2nd Semester
ENGL 1213 English Composition II 3
POLS 1113 U.S. Government 3
BISC 1114 Biology w/ Lab 4
AGRN 1124 Intro to Soils  4
Humanities Choose 1 from Humanities list  3
Total 17
 
Sophomore 1st Semester
CHEM 1315 Gen Chem w/ Lab 5
SPCH 1113 Fund. of Speech 3
Humanities Choose 1 from Humanities list  3
MATH 1613 or MATH 2193 Trigonometry or Statistics 3
Gen Ag Science (3) Select 1 3-hour course from list 3
Total 17
 
Sophomore 2nd Semester
AGRI 2193 Ag Internship 3
AGEC 1373 Intro Ag Econ 3
ACCT 2173 Financial Accounting 3
Gen Ag Science Select (1-3 hours) from list 3
Gen Ag Science Select (1-3 hours) from list 3
Total 15-20