Animal Industry Option

Bachelor of Sciences Curriculum

A minimum of 120 units of credit are required for this degree. A minimum of 42 units of upper division credit (300 & 400 level) are required.

Note: Course descriptions show course name, followed by semester offered, prerequisites, and the number of units for that course.

General Education Core Requirements (31-39 units)

Foundations

Composition:

ENGL 101 or 103H or 107H (3 units)
ENGL 102 or 104H or 108H (3 units)

Math:

MATH 110 Collegiate Algebra (4 units)

Language:

Language (0-8) Students must meet language proficiency requirements upon admission or will be required to complete up to 8 additional units of a second language.

Tier I Courses (12 units)

Traditions and Cultures - complete 2 courses from the following (You may not complete 2 sections from the same course number to complete the requirements)

TRAD 101* (3 units)
TRAD 102 (3 units)
TRAD 103 (3 units)
TRAD 104 (3 units)

Individuals and Societies - complete 2 courses from the following (You may not complete 2 sections from the same course number to complete the requirements)

INDV 101 (3 units)
INDV 102 (3 units)
INDV 103 (3 units)

Natural Sciences - Satisfied by course work for the major

Tier II Courses (9 units)

Arts - (See university course list) (3 units)
Humanities (See university course list) (3 units)
INDV - Econ 200 or 201A (3 units)
Natural Sciences - Satisfied by course work for the major

Note: One course in the General Education Core must focus on non-western cultures or on race, gender, class or ethnicity. All TRAD 101 courses will meet this requirement as will additional courses designated in the general catalog.

Pre-Major Requirements (36 units)

Communications (6 units-Choose two courses)

A ED 301 Youth Leadership Dev (F) (3 units)
A ED 422 Comm.Knowledge in Ag (F) (3 units)
COMM312 Appl Organizational Comm. (3 units)
ENGL 307 Business Writing (3 units)
ENGL 308 Technical Writing (3 units)

Science Courses (30 units)

ABE 120 Computer Applications (3 units)
AGTM 213 Ag and Food Marketing (3 units)
AREC 315 Agribusiness Econ & Mgmt (3 units)
AN S 312 Animal & Plant Genetics(F) (3 units)
CHEM 103A Fund of Chemistry (3 units)
CHEM 103B Fund of Chemistry (3 units)
CHEM 104A Chemistry Lab (1 unit)
CHEM 104B Chemistry Lab (1 unit)
ECON 200 or 201A Principles of Econ (Tier II Individuals, Societies and Institutions)
MATH 160 Intro: Stats and Biostats (3 units)
MCB 181RIntroductory Biology I (3 units)
MCB 181LIntroductory Biology Lab (1 unit)
V SC 403R Biology Animal Parasites OR V SC 405Diseases of Livestock (F) (3 units)

Major Requirements (38 units)

Animal Science Courses

AN S 102 Animal Industry (F) (3 units)
AN S 215 Phys of Domestic Animals(S) (3 units)
AN S 315R Physiology of Reproduction(3 units)
AN S 320 Food Safety (F) (3 units)
An S 334 Principles of Nutrition (F) (3 units)
An S 336 Applied Animal Nutrition (S) (4 units)
AN S 380 Meat Animal Composition (S) (3 units)
AN S 395A Prof Dev in Animal Ag (S) (1 unit)
AN S 498A Capstone (S) (1 unit)
Animal Science Electives (14 units, must be upper-division)

Business & Range Option (15 units) or optional minor of student's choosing

Choose 3 Business courses from:

ACCT200 Intro to Financial Acct (3 units)
ACCT 210Intro to Managerial Acct (3 units)
ACCT 420Prin of Profit Plan & Control (3 units)
AN S 340 Marketing & Media Relations (3 units)
AN S 342 Org & Admin of Racing Dept (3 units)
AN S 345 Racing Laws and Enforce (3 units)
AN S 433 An Racing Laws& Enforce (3 units)
AN S 441 Race Track Org,Struct Mgmt (3 units)
AN S 446 Human Resource Mgmt (3 units)
AN S 447 Legal Environ of Business (3 units)
AREC 217Res and Environ Econ (3 units)
AREC 242World Food Economy (3 units)
AREC 339Econ Stats (3 units)
AREC 350 Econ Ethics & EnvironMgmt (3 units)
AREC 375 Econ of Land and Water (3 units)
AREC 464Econ of Policy Analysis (3 units)
B AD 301Global and Fin Econ (3 units)
B AD 302 Human Side of Organ (3 units)
B AD 303 Appl of Marketing Concepts (3 units)
ECON 201B Princ of Econ (3 units)
ECON 300Micro Econ Analysis (3 units)
ECON 330Macro Econ Institutions (3 units)
RCSC 451Market Strategy (3 units)
RCSC 452Business Policy (3 units)

Choose 2 plant/range courses from:

PLS 306 Crop Science & Production (3 units)
PLS 330 Prop I:Sexual and Asexual (3 units)
PLS 339 Nursery Systems Mgmt (3 units)
PLS 354 Landscape Horticulture (3 units)
RNR 202 Native Plant Taxonomy (3 units)
RNR 316 Natural Resources - Ecology (3 units)
RAM 382 Rangeland Plant Comm (3 units)
RAM 436 Grazing Ecology & Mgmt (3 units)
RAM 446 Rangeland & Forest Veg (3 units)
RAM 456 Rangeland Invent. & Monitor (2 units)
RAM 487 Rangeland Mgmt Plan (3 units)

*Or complete minor in consultation with advisor

Dairy Emphasis Curriculum (38 Units)

AN S 102 Animal Industry (F) (3 units)
AN S 215 Phys of Dom Animals (S) (3 units)
AN S 220 Dairy Physiology (S) (2 units)
An S 315RPhysiology of Reproduction (F) (3 units)
An S 317 Dairy Cattle Breeding TBD (3 units)
AN S 320 Food Safety (F) (3 units)
An S 334 Principles of Nutrition (F) (3 units)
An S 336 Applied Animal Nutrition (S) (4 units)
An S 380 Meat Animal Composition (S) (3 units)
An S 395AProf Dev in Animal Ag (S) (1 unit)
An S 460 Physiology of Lactation (S) (3 units)
An S 472 Adv Dairy Herd Management (F) (3 units)
An S 498ACurrent Issues in Livestock (S) (1 unit)

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University of Arizona Animal Sciences

The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

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