Animal Sciences Advisors:
- Sharon Culotta
Animal Sciences
sculotta@ag.arizona.edu
520-621-9965 - Wendy Davis
Race Track Industry Program
wdavis@cals.arizona.edu
520-621-5663
Science and Pre-professional Option
Bachelor of Science 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)
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)
- COMM 312 Appl Organizational Comm. (3 units)
- ENGL 307 Business Writing (3 units)
- ENGL 308 Technical Writing (3 units)
Science Courses (22 units)
- ABE 120 Computer Applications (3 units)
- AN S 312 Animal & Plant Genetics* (S) (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)
- MCB 181R Introductory Biology I (3 units)
- MCB 181L Introductory Biology Lab (1 unit)
- ECOL 182 Introductory Biology II (S) (4 units)
- ECON 200 or 201A Principles of Econ (Note: this course meets the Tier II Individuals, Societies and Institutions requirement)
Science Path (61 units)
General Courses (29 units)
- BIOC 460 Biochem (or BIOC 462A) (3 units)
- CHEM 241 A Organic Chemistry I (3 units)
- CHEM 241 B Organic ChemistryII (3 units)
- CHEM 243 A Organic Chemistry Lab I (1 unit)
- CHEM 243 B Organic Chemistry Lab (1 unit)
- MCB 410 Cell Biology (3 units)
- MATH 263 or Math 160 (3 units)
- MIC 205R Biology of Microorganisms (4 units)
- PHYS 102 Introductory Physics I (3 units)
- PHYS 103 Introductory Physics II (3 units)
- PHYS 181 Introductory Physics Lab I (1 unit)
- PHYS 182 Introductory Physics Lab II (1 unit)
Animal Science Courses (32 units)
- AN S 102 Animal Industry (F) (3 units)
- AN S 315R Physiology of Reproduction (3 units)
- AN S 334 Principles of Nutrition (F) (3 units)
- AN S 380 Meat Animal Composition (S) (3 units)
- AN S 395A Prof Dev in Animal Ag (S) (1 unit)
- AN S 408 Nutritional Biology (3 units)
- AN S 498A Capstone (S) (1 unit)
- V SC 400A/B Anatomy and Physiology (3 units)
Animal Science Electives (12 units, must be upper-division)
*or complete Biotechnology path
Department of Animal Sciences - Biotechnology Path (12 units)
Humanities elective (select 1)
- PHIL 305 Intro Philosophy of Science (3 units)
- PHIL 321 Medical Ethics (3 units)
- PHIL 323 Environmental Ethics (3 units)
- MCB 404 Contemp Biology of Human Aff (3 units)
Social science elective (select 1)
- AREC 350 Econ Ethics and Enviorn Mgmt (3 units)
- BIOC 195C Society and Science (1 unit)
- MCB 497B Sci Power of the Pop Press (3 units)
- PL S 329 Genetics: Concepts and Ethics (3 units)
General Electives (8-11 units)
- PL S 340 Intro to Biotechnology (3 units)
- BIOC 463A Biochemical Lab Techniques (4 units)
- BIOC 471A Applied Molecular Genetics (3 units)
- CBA 456 Developmental Biology (3 units)
- ECOL 320 Genetics (3 units)
- ECOL 321 Genetics Lab (2 units)
- ECOL 453R Func & Evolutionary Genomics (3 units)
- ECOL 453L Func & Evol. Lab (1 unit)
- GENE 433 Human Genetics (3 units)
- MCB 411 Molecular Biology (3 units)
- MCB 416 Bioinformatics and Genomic Ana (3 units)
- MCB 469 Genetic Models of Human Dis (3 units)
- MCB 473 Recomb DNA Methods and Apps (4 units)
- PL S 312 Plant Genetics (3 units)
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