Undergraduate Program Guide

Animal Sciences majors select one of six options as an area of specialization. The options are designed to prepare students for future demands and challenges in agribusiness, production, research, science or veterinary medicine. In addition to the Animal Science Core, students complete 30-40 credits of additional course work in one of these options:

Career Options with Animal Science Degree

Major [Option Codes]	Option	Sample 4-Year Plans (specific individual plans prepared with advisors)
Animal Care & Management [0104A]	Management	ANSC.Mgmt.pdf
Equine Studies [0104C]	Equine	ANSC.Equine.pdf
Laboratory Animal Management [0104D]	Lab Animal	ANSC.LabAnim.pdf
Science/Pre-Professional. The option for graduate school, pre-vet, pre-med, pre-dental, etc. [0104E]	Science	ANSC.Science.pdf
**Combined Ag-Veterinary Medicine [1299D] Track for students seeking early vet school admission (junior year applicant). Regular pre-vet students use 0104E, above	VetMed	ANSC.Comb Ag-Vet.pdf
Animal Biotechnology [0104F]	BioTech	ANSC.BioTech.pdf

**In addition to their major faculty advisor, students interested in veterinary medicine also work with a second advisor in the admissions office of the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine located on campus. The combined degree program is available to students who gain admission to veterinary school prior to completing their bachelor's degree. College of Agriculture and Natural Resources students who have completed at least ninety hours, including all college and university requirements, are awarded a bachelor of science degree upon successful completion of at least thirty semester hours in an accredited college of veterinary medicine. Early planning with your advisor is encouraged if you choose this option.