Animal Science Degree: Animal Industry

Program Overview

The Animal Sciences program with an Animal Industry emphasis combines business and animal science, preparing students for careers in fields like agribusiness, animal nutrition, and veterinary health. The interdisciplinary curriculum includes both business and science courses, allowing students to tailor their degree with electives in areas such as microbiology and economics. Faculty mentors engage students in applying their studies to real-world challenges in the animal industry.

Program Outline

Careers:

• Agribusiness
• Animal breeding
• Animal nutrition
• Federal inspection
• Veterinary health

Other:

• The Bachelor of Science in Animal Sciences with an Animal Industry emphasis takes an interdisciplinary approach to educating students on how business and animal science pair in industries such as dairy production, food safety, research, marketing and more.
• Coursework includes business law and accounting and marketing principles, as well as science-based classes such as microbiology and physiology.
• The Animal Industry emphasis enables students to tailor the degree to their interests by allowing them five major elective courses in the following areas: Animal and Biomedical Sciences, Microbiology, Natural Resources, Agricultural & Resource Economics, and Molecular and Cellular Biology.
• Faculty and mentors associated with the program challenge students to apply their studies to address real-world challenges in the animal industry and agribusiness.