Animal & Avian Sciences | Undergraduate Program

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Undergraduate Program: Courses

Courses Offered By Semester

Course	Course Name	Semester Offered		Pre-reqs
ANSC101	Principles of Animal Science	Fall	every year	none
ANSC103	Principles of Animal Science Laboratory	Fall	every year	ANSC101 as pre or co-requisite
ANSC211	Anatomy of Domestic Animals	Fall	every year	ANSC101; BSCI105
ANSC212	Applied Animal Physiology	Spring	every year	ANSC211 or equivalent
ANSC214	Applied Animal Physiology Laboratory	Spring	every year	ANSC 212 (pre or co-requisite)
ANSC220	Livestock Management	Fall	EVEN years only	ANSC101
ANSC232	Horse Management	Spring	every year	ANSC101
ANSC233	Equine Behavior	Fall	every year	ANSC232
ANSC234	Equine Nutrition	Spring	every year	ANSC232
ANSC235	Lamb Watch	Spring	every year	Grade of C+ or better in ANSC101
ANSC240	Dairy Cattle Management	Fall	ODD years only	ANSC101
ANSC252	Introduction to Diseases of Wildlife	Fall	every year	BSCI105 or permission of dept
ANSC255	Introduction to Aquaculture	Fall	every year	ANSC101; BSCI105
ANSC262	Commercial Poultry Management	Spring	EVEN years only	ANSC101
ANSC305	Companion Animal Care	Fall	EVEN years only	BSCI105
ANSC314	Comparative Animal Nutrition	Fall	every year	ANSC101; CHEM 104 or 231
ANSC315	Applied Animal Nutrition	Spring	every year	ANSC314
ANSC327	Molecular and Quantitative Animal Genetics	Spring	every year	ANSC101; BSCI105, CHEM131
ANSC330	Equine Science	Fall	every year	ANSC232; recommended ANSC 211 & 212
ANSC340	Health Management of Animal Populations	Spring	every year	ANSC212; reccomended BSCI223
ANSC386	Experiential Learning	Fall and Spring	every year	Permission of Dept.
ANSC388	Honors Thesis Research	Contact the Dept.	Contact the Dept.	Admission to AGNR Honors Program
ANSC397	Seminar-Careers	Spring	every year	Permission of Dept.
ANSC398	Seminar-Research	Spring	every year	ANSC101, permission of dept.
ANSC399	Special Problems in Animal Science	Fall and Spring	every year	ANSC101; permission of dept.
ANSC413	Laboratory Animal Management	Spring	every year	ANSC101
ANSC420	Critical Thinking in Animal Science	Spring	every year	ANSC314
ANSC435	Experimental Embryology	Spring	every year	ANSC212; recommended -Reproductive Physiology
ANSC437	Animal Biotechnology	Fall	ODD years only	ANSC327
ANSC443	Physiology and Biochemistry of Lactation	Spring	EVEN years only	ANSC212; BCHM463
ANSC444	Domestic Animal Endocrinology	Fall	EVEN years only	ANSC212 or permission of dept
ANSC446	Physiology of Mammalian Reproduction	Fall	ODD years only	BSCI440 or ANSC212
ANSC447	Physiology of Mammalian Reproduction Laboratory	Fall	ODD years only	ANSC446 (pre or co-requisite)
ANSC450	Animal Breeding Plans	Spring	ODD years only	BIOM301 or equivalent
ANSC452	Avian Physiology	Spring	ODD years only	ANSC212
ANSC453	Animal Welfare and Bioethics	Spring	every year	ANSCI101; BSCI106
ANSC455	Applied Animal Behavior	Fall	every year	ANSC101 OR BSCI106 & BSCI222
ANSC489	Current Topics in Animal Science	Contact the Dept.	Contact the Dept.	Permission of Dept.
ANSC497	Animal Biotechnology Recombinant DNA Laboratory	Winter	every year	ANSC327. Reccommended ANSC435 and 437.