College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Curricula in Animal Science

University Core Curriculum

Required Course (Th-Pr) Credit
ENGL 104 Composition and Rhetoric (3-0) 3
GENE 301 Genetics (3-0) 4
POLS 206 American National Government (3-0) 3
POLS 207 State and Local Government (3-0) 3
Foreign language requirement1    
History electives2   6
Humanities electives3   3
Mathematics electives4,5   6
Technical communication elective6   3
Visual and performing arts elective3   3
* KINE 198 Health and Fitness Activity (0-2) 1
* KINE 199 Required Physical Activity (0-2) 1
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NOTES:
  1. Students must have completed the foreign language requirement to graduate by completing either (1) two years of a foreign language in high school or (2) two semester sequence at the college level to be selected from: CLAS 101, 102; CLAS 121, 122; FREN 101, 102; GERM 101, 102; ITAL 101, 102; JAPN 101, 102; RUSS 101, 102; SPAN 101, 102.
  2. HIST 105 and 106 or other courses in American and Texas history, except those courses pertaining solely to Texas history may not comprise more than 3 hours.
  3. To be selected from the University Core Curriculum. The University Core Curriculum includes a requirement for 6 hours of international and cultural diversity courses. Refer to University Core Curriculum, item 6 for a list of acceptable courses. A course satisfying another Core category, a college/department requirement, or used as a free elective can be used to satisfy these requirements.
  4. Science option: PHIL 240 or MATH 141 or 166 taken in addition to MATH 131, 142, 151 or 171.
  5. Production/Industry option: PHIL 240 or MATH 131, 142, 151 or 171 taken in addition to MATH 141 or 166.
  6. ENGL 210 or 301.

* See University Core Curriculum, item 7.

Animal Science Core Curriculum

Required Course (Th-Pr) Credit
AGLS 101 Modern Agricultural Systems and Renewable Natural Resources (1-0) 1
ANSC 107 General Animal Science (3-0) 3
ANSC 108 General Animal Science Lab (0-2) 1
ANSC 303 Principles of Animal Nutrition (3-0) 3
ANSC 305 Animal Breeding (2-2) 3
ANSC 307 Meats (2-3) 3
ANSC 318 Feeds and Feeding (2-3) 3
ANSC 433 Reproduction in Farm Animals (2-2) 3
ANSC 481 Seminar (1-0) 1
CHEM 101 Fundamentals of Chemistry I (3-0) 3
CHEM 111 Fundamentals of Chemistry I Lab. (0-3) 1
STAT 301 Introduction to Biometry (3-0) 3
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