Animal Science Minor

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Program Coordinator/Contact
Joseph Cassady, Department Head
Department of Animal Science
Animal Science Complex 103A
605-688-5166
E-mail:cheryl.beste@sdstate.edu
www.sdstate.edu/ars
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Program Information
A minor in Animal Science will supplement any major and provide students exposure to the technology of breeding, feeding, producing, managing, evaluating, and marketing beef cattle, sheep, hogs, horses, and poultry, as well as the processing of their products—meat, eggs, and wool.

Course Delivery Format
The Animal Science program provides hands-on experiences in the classroom, laboratories, field trips, and at the livestock teaching units.

Requirements for Animal Science Minor: 20-21 Credits

AS 101-101L - Introduction to Animal Science and Lab Credits: 3
AS 233-233L - Applied Animal Nutrition and Lab Credits: 4
AS 285-285L - Livestock Evaluation and Marketing and Lab Credits: 4

Electives: 3-4

Select at least one course from the following list.

AS 323 - Advanced Animal Nutrition Credits: 3
AS 332 - Livestock Breeding and Genetics Credits: 4
AS 433-433L - Livestock Reproduction and Lab Credits: 3

Electives: 6

Select at least two courses, including one of the required courses * from the following list.

AS 241-241L - Introduction to Meat Science and Lab
Credits: 3
AS 365-365L - Horse Production and Lab
Credits: 3
AS 474-474L - Cow/Calf Management and Lab
Credits: 3*
AS 477-477L - Sheep and Wool Production and Lab
Credits: 3*
AS 478-478L - Swine Production and Lab
Credits: 3*