Veterinary Degrees Online

B.S. in Animal Science or Animal Business, or Natural Resource Management

Students are given the opportunity to choose any minor on campus as an area of specialization.

Student interested in Production Agriculture or Animal Husbandry may select the Animal Science degree plan as their major and may select Range and Wildlife Management, Food Science, Agronomy, Biology, or Chemistry as a minor.

Students interested in Animal Business and Sales may select the Animal Business degree plan as their major and may select a minor in Finance, Accounting, Management, Marketing, and/or Economics.

Students may choose Journalism or Communication as supporting concentrations if they are interested in pursuing careers in Agricultural Broadcasting, Agricultural Journalism.

Majors of Interest:
Agribusiness, BS
Animal Science: Pre-Vet/Science, BS
Animal Science: Production Management, BS
Pre-Vet/Science (Animal Science), BS
Environmental Science: Natural Resource Management, BS
Natural Resource Management (Environmental Science), BS
Veterinary (Animal Science; Pre-), BS

The Department of Agriculture and Environmental Science
Over the past four years, 100% acceptance rate into Veterinary School with a degree in Animal Science.
Rhoden Farm located eight miles from campus, provides students access to a cattle feedlot, confinement swine unit, crop land, and range and pasture land.
Smith Ranch in View, TX is a research and application lab.
Experiential learning in brush and range management, soil & water conservation, and wildlife management.

The Animal Health Management concentration provides the courses necessary to train students properly in the area of management pertaining to disease prevention. This concentration is desirable for those students seeking employment in feedlots, cattle and horse breeding operations, and in general farm and ranch work where knowledge of clinical pathology and related courses is advantageous to the profession. The curriculum meets the requirements for state and federal employment opportunities in the field of animal health.
The following is a suggested sequence of courses for students seeking the Bachelor of Science in Animal Science with an Animal Health Management Concentration.

Animal Science: 1101, 1401, 2406, 2413, 3308, 3315, 4304, 4305, 4306 – 28 hrs
Select 19 sch from: 1302, 1303, 134, 1403, 2300, 2501, 3306, 3404, 3408, 4310

Natural Resource Management: Select 3-4 sch from 1402, 2301, 2302, or 3405

Core Curriculum:
English 1301, 1302, 2315, or other literature, and English 2304 – 12 hrs
Communication 1303, or Theatre 2304 – 3 hrs
Fine Arts: select from Fine Arts 1301, Art 1301, Music 1312,1313; or Theatre 1302 – 3 hrs
History 1301, 1302 – 6 hrs
Mathematics: select from 1310, 1315, 1316, 1320 or 1342 – 6 hrs
Physical Education 1150 and one activity course – 2 hrs
Political Science 2301, 2302 – 6 hrs
Science: Biology 1401, 2406; Chemistry 1401, 1402 – 16 hrs
Social Science (including 3 hrs Multicultural): select from Anthropology 1301; Economics 2300, 2305; Geography 1302, 2302; Philosophy 1301; Psychology 1302; Sociology 2303 – 6 hrs

Grand Total 120 hrs

The Department of Animal and Range Science (ARS) is dedicated to educating students pursuing careers in the animal and range sciences and to serving the needs of the livestock producers and natural resource managers of South Dakota. Graduates of the ARS program have been highly successful in numerous careers relating to the livestock industry and natural resource management. The 25 ARS faculty have appointments in teaching, research, and extension. The faculty has species expertise in beef, horse, sheep and swine, and discipline expertise in breeding, growth and development, meats, nutrition, reproductive physiology, range ecology, and range management.

The Department offers Bachelor of Science degrees in Animal Science (Science or Business and Production emphasis) and Range Science (Range Livestock Production, Rangeland Ecology and Habitat Management, or Rangeland Resource Conservation emphasis).

The Department offers three graduate degree programs: Master of Science in Animal Sciences, Doctor of Philosophy in Animal Science, and Doctor of Philosophy in Biological Sciences, Animal and Range Science emphasis. Animal research and teaching facilities are located near the campus in Brookings and at the Southeast Farm near Beresford. Range Livestock Field Stations are located west of the Missouri River near Philip (Cottonwood Station) and Buffalo (Antelope Station).

The Department emphasizes multi-disciplinary and multi-functional activities with three departmental focus areas of production efficiency, product enhancement and natural resource management.