Veterinary Degrees Online

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 Veterinary Science Department provides advising services for students in the pre-veterinary medicine curriculum and offers courses in the biomedical sciences for undergraduate and graduate majors in related sciences. The department also offers several graduate research assistantship positions in microbiology, virology, and molecular biology for students majoring in other departments. Graduate training is supported by active research programs in diseases of food-producing animals.

South Dakota does not have a professional College of Veterinary Medicine. A pre-veterinary medicine curriculum is offered which allows students to obtain prerequisites for application to Colleges of Veterinary Medicine in other states. Students may meet requirements in two or three years of pre-veterinary study. Many students complete a major for the Bachelor of Science Degree before entering the professional curriculum of Veterinary Medicine. Many degree options are available to students in the pre-veterinary medicine curriculum, but popular choices include Animal Science, Biology, Microbiology, Dairy Science, or others. Students typically select a BS option late in their freshman year or during their sophomore year.

Entrance into the professional curriculum in a College of Veterinary Medicine rests with the individual applicant, and is based upon many factors including their academic record and experience. The applicant should be aware of the difficulties involved in being accepted to a College of Veterinary Medicine. Keen competition should be anticipated.

Integrated within the Department of Veterinary Science is the South Dakota Animal Disease Research and Diagnostic Laboratory (ADRDL). The ADRDL is one of 36 full-service veterinary diagnostic laboratories in the U.S. that is accredited by the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians. The ADRDL is a reference lab that investigates naturally occurring animal health problems. The lab receives over 20,000 submissions and conducts over 400,000 test procedures annually. The lab is the official test center for the SD Animal Industry Board and promotes animal agriculture commerce by performing required export testing. The lab is also integral to national disease eradication programs and serves public health by tracking zoonotic diseases.

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College Prep Recommendations

Franklin College seeks students who show intellectual ability and seriousness of purpose. We recommend that you have taken a strong college preparatory schedule in high school that includes:
4 years of English

3-4 years of math {algebra I (required), algebra II (required), geometry (required), trigonometry (optional), statistics (optional), pre-calculus (optional) or calculus (optional)}

2 years of science (biology, chemistry, physics, earth science, entomology)

3 years of social science (history, government, economics, psychology, sociology)

2-3 academic electives such as a foreign language, journalism, art, music, etc.

Advanced Placement, honors, or college level coursework is always looked upon favorably by the Enrollment Committee.

We seek students who are active members of their communities. This can include participation in community service, church, school activities or work. Please include all activities and leadership positions on your application.

Notification Plans

The Franklin College Application serves as an application for both admission and scholarships. We seek to enroll academically curious students who will contribute to our campus community. Franklin College offers two notification options for applicants: Early Notification and Regular Notification.

Early Notification
Early Notification is a non-binding option for those students who wish to submit applications to several institutions and continue to explore their options. Students who apply during the Early Notification period will be given maximum consideration for all merit-based scholarships and will specifically be given priority consideration for the Ben Franklin Day for Scholars academic competition. Additional benefits include priority for housing and overnight visits as well as invitations to special programs for admitted students. Applications postmarked on or before December 1 will be considered Early Notification applications and students will be notified of the Admission Committee’s decision prior to December 31st.

Regular Notification
Students who apply after December 1 will be considered for admission on a rolling basis. Decisions can be expected 4-6 weeks after the complete application is received, including all requested materials such as transcripts.

A Note about Ben Franklin Day for Scholars

In general, students in the top 20% of their graduating class with an SAT score at or above 1700 or an ACT score of 25 or better will be the most competitive candidates for top academic scholarships. These students may be invited to campus to interview for scholarships ranging from $8,000 to full tuition. Completed applications postmarked by mid-November will be reviewed for the December Ben Franklin Day for Scholars, and applications postmarked after mid-November but before mid-January will be considered for the February Ben Franklin Day for Scholars.

Nondiscrimination Policy

Franklin College is committed to a policy of nondiscrimination on the basis of age, color, disability, race, religion, gender, national origin and sexual orientation in any of its programs and offerings in compliance with Title IX of the Federal Educational Amendments of 1972, of Executive Order 11246 and Revised Order No. 4 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as amended in 1972 and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.

Biology BIOL 120/121 3/1 Hours
Biology BIOL 122/123 3/1 Hours
Biochemistry ANSC 345 or BIOL/CHEM 446 3 Hours
Elective 300-400 level Animal Science, Biology, or Chemistry classes 3 Hours
Elective 300-400 level Animal Science, Biology, or Chemistry classes 3 Hours
Fundamentals of Chemistry CHEM 120/121 3/2 Hours
Fundamentals of Chemistry CHEM 222/223 3/2 Hours
Organic Chemistry CHEM 340/341 3/2 Hours
Organic Chemistry CHEM 342/343 3/2 Hours
Physics PHYS 231/232 3/1 Hours
Physics PHYS 332/233 3/1 Hours

Pre-Vet Required Core Courses
English Composition ENG 100 3 Hours
English Composition ENG 300 3 Hours
Literature ENG 200 3 Hours
Fine Arts ART 100 or MUSIC 120 or THEA 151` 3 Hours
Humanities/Fine Arts SCOM 161 3 Hours
Humanities/Fine Arts AH 290 or foreign lanaguage 3 Hours
History HIST 119 3 Hours
Social/Behavioral Science HIST 120 3 Hours
Social/Behavioral Science AGRI 108 3 Hours
Social/Behavioral Science PSY 100 or GOVT 110 or ECON 150 3 Hours
Mathematics* MATH 116 (3 Hours) and MATH 117 (3 Hours) or MATH 118 (5) or MATH 119 (4 Hours) or MATH 126 (4.5 Hours)

The Animal and Range Sciences Department offers a Master of Science degree in “Animal & Range Sciences” and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in “Animal & Range Sciences”. Both the MS and PhD degrees require that the student choose either an Animal Science emphasis or a Range Science emphasis.
Degree requirements for M.S. and Ph.D. programs

Animal Science Emphasis
Graduate students in the Animal Science emphasis receive broad based training resulting in experiences that qualify them for many agricultural jobs. Areas of emphasis include nutrition, breeding and genetics, physiology, production systems, and meat science/muscle growth. Research problems may involve beef cattle, sheep and biochemical or other properties of agricultural products. Supporting course work may be taken from Animal Science, Range Science, Biology, Wildlife Management, Biochemistry, Statistics, Plant Sciences, Land Resources and Environmental Sciences, and Economics.

Research laboratories are available in the department and specialized equipment is also available through cooperation with other departments.

The department conducts cooperative research with the U.S. Livestock and Range Research Station at Miles City, Montana, and the U.S. Sheep Experiment Station at Dubois, Idaho. Facilities for the maintenance of beef cattle and sheep are available at the Red Bluff Research Ranch, 30 miles west of Bozeman, the Fort Ellis Research Center, near Bozeman, and the Northern Agricultural Research Center at Havre. The main station has facilities for sheep, horses and beef cattle (a cattle feedlot and nutrition laboratory). A wool laboratory is located on campus.

Range Science Emphasis
Research and training opportunities in the Range Science programs are diverse, and students with a wide variety of backgrounds, goals, and educational needs are accepted. Major areas of study are range ecology, habitat management, watershed management, grazing management, monitoring, riparian ecosystems, measurements, and plant-animal (livestock and wildlife) interactions. A graduate degree in range science prepares for careers in rangeland management, wildlife management, habitat management, natural resource conservation and restoration, research, land-use planning, and consultation. Research facilities include the Red Bluff Research Ranch, several research centers of the Montana Agricultural Experiment Station, U.S. Livestock and Range Research Station at Miles City, Montana, and the U.S. Sheep Experiment Station at Dubois, Idaho. Cooperative projects with ranchers and federal and state agencies are also conducted. Supporting courses at the graduate level include botany, wildlife biology and management, soils, animal science, earth science, plant science, statistics and biochemistry.

Please feel free to contact any advisors whose research may interest you.

Interdisciplinary M.S. Degree in Land Rehabilitation
Animal and Range Sciences participates with the interdisciplinary M.S. Program in Land Rehabilitation. The program offers advanced study in rehabilitation of disturbed lands. Site revegetation, soil remediation, riparian zone restoration, stream channel restoration, investigation of impacted geologic resources and remediation of contaminated sites are included in areas of study. Emphasis is placed on developing a broad understanding of soil, plant, and hydrologic processes. Students may focus in a subject area of direct importance to land rehabilitation, such as plant ecology, soil sciences, hydrology, geology, geography, biology, or range science.

The M.S. degree in Land Rehabilitation is offered through each of the following departments: Animal and Range Sciences; Biology; Civil (Bio-resource) Engineering; Earth Sciences, and Land Resources and Environmental Sciences. Please refer to College of Agriculture, where a more detailed program description can be found.