Program: Animal Science Minor - South Dakota State University

2015-2016 Undergraduate Catalog

Apr 03, 2025

Program Coordinator/Contact
Rosie Nold, Associate Professor and Assistant Department Head
Department of Animal Sciences
Animal Science Complex 116
605-688-5459
E-mail: rosemarie.nold@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, 1
AS 233-233L - Applied Animal Nutrition and Lab Credits: 4
AS 285-285L - Livestock Evaluation and Marketing and Lab Credits: 3

Electives

Select at least one course from the following list.

Credits: 3-4

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

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

Credits: 6

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 *