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One of the requirements for students to be recommended for a Bachelor of Science degree in Animal Science is to complete course work for either the science, agribusiness management, preveterinary or production medicine scholars options. The table below lists the 24 credits of course requirements for the Science Option.

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).

Dept. Course # Course Description Credits
 The following course:
 STT 201 Statistical Methods 4
total credits 4
 One of the following courses:
 BMB 200 Introduction to Biochemistry (F) 4
 BMB 401 Basic Biochemistry (F,S) 4
total credits 4
 At least 16 credits from the following courses, with at least
     6 credits in ANS courses:
 ANS 305 Applied Animal Behavior (S) 3
 ANS 320 Muscle Foods 3
 ANS 404 Advanced Genetics of Farm Animals (S) 2
 ANS 405 Endocrinology of Reproduction (F) 4
 ANS 407 Food and Animal Toxicology (F) 3
 ANS 413 Monogastric Animal Nutrition (S) 4
 ANS 414 Advanced Animal Breeding (S) 2
 ANS 415 Growth and Musculoskeletal Biology (S) 3
 ANS 416 Meat Science and Muscle Biology (F) 2
 ANS 417 Topics in Toxicology (S) 1
 ANS 418 Comprehensive Nutrient Management (F) 3
 ANS 425 Principles of Animal Biotechnology (F) 3
 ANS 427 Environmental Toxicology and Society (S of odd years) 3
 ANS 445 Equine Exercise Physiology (F) 4
 ANS 455 Avian Physiology (S) 4
 ANS 483 Ruminant Nutrition (S) 3
 BS 110 Organisms and Populations (F,S) 4
 CEM 161 Chemistry Laboratory I (F,S) 1
 CEM 252 Organic Chemistry II (F,S) 3
 CSE 101 Computing Concepts and Competencies 3
 MMG 205 Allied Health Microbiology (S) 3
 PHY 231 Introductory Physics I (F,S) 3
 STT 464 Statistics for Biologists (F) 3
 ZOL 313 Animal Behavior (F) 4
 ZOL 341 Fundamental Genetics 4
total credits 16
TOTAL CREDITS FOR OPTION 24