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Horse Management is the newest of the 2-year programs being offered at MSU. Horse Management emphasizes management and equine skills that will prepare students for positions in Michigan's growing horse industry. There are many opportunities for students in the saddle, pleasure and racehorse industry, if they have the proper training in management and production techniques. This program offers the most current training available in these areas.

Students spend 1 semester on placement training working with professionals in the horse industry. Leaders within the horse industry have been very supportive and are ready and willing to work closely with students.

If a course is not offered every semester, that is noted in the course description column (F=offered Fall Semester, S=offered Spring Semester, SU=offered Summer Semester).

Suggested Course Work

Dept. Course # Course Description Credits
 Fall of First Year
 ANS 242 Introductory Horse Management (F) 3
 ANS 061A Horse Behavior (F) 1
 ANS 061B Horsemanship (F) 2
 ABM 130 Farm Management I (F) 3
 AT 045 Agricultural Communications (F) 2
 AT 071 Technical Mathematics (F) 2
 CSS 110 Computer Applications in Agronomy 2
total credits 15
 Spring of First Year
 ANS 062A Horse Selection & Judging I (S) 2
 ANS 064 Horse Management Placement Seminar (S) 1
 ANS 063A Show Horse Training and Conditioning (S) 3
 ANS 059 Principles of Livestock Feeding (S) 2
 ANS 069 Reproduction in Livestock (S) 2
 ANS 057 Mini-internship at MSU Horse Farm 2
Electives (e.g., Leadership or Sales & Advertising) 2
total credits 14
 Summer of First Year or Spring of Second Year
 AT 099 Placement Training / Internship 6 (var.)
total credits 6 (var.)
 Fall of Second Year
 ANS 068 Horse Exercise Physiology & Conditioning (F) 2
 ANS 078 Horse Nutrition and Feeding (F) 2
 ABM 222 Agribusiness and Food Industry Sales (F,S) 3
 ANS 066 Horse Farm Management (F) 3
 ANS 062B Horse Selection and Judging II (F) 1
Electives (e.g., Applied Horse Genetics, Draft Horse Basics) 2
total credits 13
TOTAL CREDITS FOR AGTECH CERTIFICATE 48