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Want to work with animals, get a science-based education, and discover your dream career?
You love knowing where your food comes from. You like to understand the science and business behind raising animals. This major focuses on the study of food-producing animals with foundation courses in the sciences. You’ll choose from specialized courses to enhance your technical, practical, and business skills, and have opportunities to participate in hands-on research and experience in the field with industry professionals and animals.
Degree type | Bachelor of Science | |||
Format | On campus | |||
Part of | College of Agricultural Sciences | |||
Competitive major? | No | |||
Accelerated option? | No |
The Animal Science degree will prepare you for careers in animal agriculture or one of many industries associated with livestock production. You’ll focus on in-depth scientific knowledge of food-producing animals and how to relate those scientific principles to animal production. Throughout your time here, you’ll have opportunities to choose from specialized courses to enhance your technical, practical, and business skills related to production, marketing, and processing of livestock to develop a broad understanding of animal agriculture and discover your future in the animal science industry.
For additional opportunities, please reach out to:
Brennan Bates at [email protected] or (970) 491-7747
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