A high school diploma with the following
specific courses:
4 English
2 Algebra I & II
1 Geometry
2 Lab Science (including chemistry or physics)
2 History/Social Studies
Academic electives (to equal at least 17 total credits)
To ensure current mathematical skills, students should take a mathematics course during their senior year of high school.
Major Requirements
The Animal and Veterinary Sciences curriculum is designed to provide a broad biological training as well as a thorough understanding of the breeding, diseases, genetics, management, nutrition and physiology of large animals, and laboratory and companion animals. Animal and Veterinary Sciences courses also serve as elective opportunities for students in other agricultural and life sciences, and in other colleges. This department administers the Pre-Veterinary program and provides an opportunity for students to be certified to teach high school biology and agriculture.
Career Opportunities
Because a basic knowledge in animal sciences is fundamental to successful work in many job situations, the curriculum offers a wide choice of electives so students may adapt their courses of study to meet special professional interests or needs. Through the proper use of options, students can prepare for admission to graduate school or veterinary college, to teach sciences in secondary school, to pursue technical sales and service work in animal agriculture, to become laboratory animal technicians, or to develop such animal production enterprises as dairy or livestock farms. Superior students should consider continuing their studies at the graduate level.
Recent graduates from this program can be found in the food processing industry, cooperative extension, feed and drug sales, agribusiness loan organizations, agricultural consulting companies, dairy production units, humane care associations, laboratory animal care facilities, commercial biological laboratories and as practicing veterinarians.
The Bachelor of Science degree in Aquaculture is an interdisciplinary program coordinated by the School of Marine Sciences. The Aquaculture curriculum is designed to provide the student with a broad background in the biological sciences, as well as to provide a thorough understanding of the subjects required to produce and market aquatic organisms and the products derived from them.
The program offers two main areas of concentration: aquaculture technology and aquaculture science. Each program offers a well-rounded education in mathematics, physical and biological sciences, resource economics and business, as well as humanities and social sciences.
The aquaculture technology concentration provides an unique background for solving practical problems associated with aquaculture and allied industries. The aquaculture science concentration allows for a more in-depth study of the biology of aquatic organisms and ecosystems with an emphasis on aquaculture applications. Students can also obtain the minimum course requirements for American Fisheries Service Professional Certification through the science concentration.
ENG 101 College Composition
18 credits Human Values & Social Context area (a single course may satisfy more than 1 sub-category, but a total of 18 credits must be completed)
Western Cultural Tradition
Social Context & Institutions
Cultural Diversity & International Perspectives
Population & the Environment
Artistic & Creative Expression
2 courses Designated Writing Intensive (1 must be within the major)
2 courses Biological or Physical Sciences (must include at least 1 laboratory course)
1 course Ethics (emphasis on discussion of ethical issues in 1 course or series of courses)
6 credits Mathematics (including statistics)
1 capstone An approved experience in which the student integrates the components of his or her undergraduate training to perform at a professional level. The capstone experience is usually completed during the senior year in consultation with the student’s academic advisor.
The Animal and Veterinary Sciences curriculum is designed to provide a broad biological training as well as a thorough understanding of the breeding, diseases, genetics, management, nutrition and physiology of large animals, and laboratory and companion animals. Animal and Veterinary Sciences courses also serve as elective opportunities for students in other agricultural and life sciences, and in other colleges. This department administers the Pre-Veterinary program and provides an opportunity for students to be certified to teach high school biology and agriculture.