Animal Science: Business, BSAG
Requirements for Students Matriculating in or before Academic Year 2018-2019. Learn more about University Academic Regulation 3.1.
Minimum Overall Grade Point Average: 2.00
Total Hours: 120
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| General Education Requirements | ||
| English Composition | ||
| See Academic Regulation 3.5 | ||
| ENGL 1113 | Composition I | 3 |
| or ENGL 1313 | Critical Analysis and Writing I | |
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Composition II | ||
| Critical Analysis and Writing II | ||
| Technical Writing | ||
| American History & Government | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Survey of American History | ||
| American History to 1865 | ||
| American History Since 1865 | ||
| POLS 1113 | American Government | 3 |
| Analytical & Quantitative Thought (A) | ||
| MATH 1513 | College Algebra (A) 1 | 3 |
| or MATH 1483 | Mathematical Functions and Their Uses (A) | |
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Trigonometry (A) 1 | ||
| Elementary Statistics (A) 1 | ||
| Elementary Statistics for Business and Economics (A) 1 | ||
| Humanities (H) | ||
| Courses designated (H) | 6 | |
| Natural Sciences (N) | ||
| Must include one Laboratory Science (L) course | ||
| BIOL 1114 | Introductory Biology (LN) 1 | 4 |
| Any course designated (N) | 3 | |
| Social & Behavioral Sciences (S) | ||
| AGEC 1113 | Introduction to Agricultural Economics (S) 1 | 3 |
| Additional General Education | ||
| Courses designated (A), (H), (N), or (S) | 6 | |
| Hours Subtotal | 40 | |
| Diversity (D) & International Dimension (I) | ||
| May be completed in any part of the degree plan | ||
| Select at least one Diversity (D) course | ||
| Select at least one International Dimension (I) course | ||
| College/Departmental Requirements | ||
| Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources | ||
| AG 1011 | First Year Seminar | 1 |
| PLNT 1213 | Introduction to Plant and Soil Systems | 3 |
| ANSI 1124 | Introduction to the Animal Sciences | 4 |
| ANSI 2111 | Animal and Food Science Professional Development | 1 |
| CHEM 1215 | Chemical Principles I (LN) 2 | 4 |
| or CHEM 1314 | Chemistry I (LN) | |
| Written and Oral Communications | ||
| AGCM 3103 | Written Communications in Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources 3 | 3 |
| or ENGL 3323 | Technical Writing | |
| Select one of the following: 4 | 3 | |
| Oral Communications in Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources (S) | ||
| Introduction to Speech Communication (S) | ||
| Elements of Persuasion (S) | ||
| Hours Subtotal | 19 | |
| Major Requirements | ||
| Core Courses | ||
| ANSI 3423 | Animal Genetics | 3 |
| ANSI 3433 | Animal Breeding | 3 |
| ANSI 3443 | Animal Reproduction | 3 |
| ANSI 3543 | Principles of Animal Nutrition | 3 |
| ANSI 3653 | Applied Animal Nutrition | 3 |
| ANSI 4863 | Capstone for Animal Agriculture | 3 |
| Select 5 hours of the following: | 5 | |
| Live Animal Evaluation | ||
| The Meat We Eat | ||
| Meat Animal and Carcass Evaluation | ||
| Select 6 hours of the following: | 6 | |
| Poultry Science | ||
| Horse Science | ||
| Dairy Cattle Science | ||
| Sheep Science | ||
| Beef Cow-Calf Management | ||
| Stocker and Feedlot Cattle Management | ||
| Swine Science | ||
| Equine Enterprise Management | ||
| Beef Seedstock Management and Sales | ||
| Additional Core Courses | ||
| ACCT 2103 | Financial Accounting | 3 |
| ACCT 2203 | Managerial Accounting | 3 |
| AGEC 3423 | Farm and Agribusiness Management | 3 |
| AGEC 3713 | Agricultural Law | 3 |
| or LSB 3213 | Legal and Regulatory Environment of Business | |
| Select 12 upper-division hours of AGEC, ECON, FIN, MKTG, MGMT | 12 | |
| Students pursuing a minor should consult their adviser when choosing classes in this section | ||
| Related Courses | ||
| Selected 8 hours from any upper-division courses from CASNR, SSB, MMJ or SC | 8 | |
| Recommended courses: | ||
| Agricultural Animals of the World (I) (or any course designated (I)) | ||
| Meat Science | ||
| Livestock Behavior Handling | ||
| Rangeland and Pasture Utilization | ||
| Animal Growth and Performance | ||
| Animal Industry Internship | ||
| Introduction to Microeconomics (S) | ||
| Introduction to Macroeconomics | ||
| Personal Finance | ||
| Finance | ||
| Fundamentals of Management (S) | ||
| Marketing (S) | ||
| Ecology of Natural Resources | ||
| Principles of Rangeland Management | ||
| Fundamentals of Soil Science (N) | ||
| No more than 3 hours from ANSI 4900 | ||
| Hours Subtotal | 61 | |
| Electives | ||
| Select 0 hours or hours to complete required total for degree | 0 | |
| Total Hours | 120 | |
| 1 | College & Departmental requirements that may be used to meet GE requirements. |
| 2 | If used for (N) requirement, hours in this block are reduced by CHEM course hours and related courses increased |
| 3 | If ENGL 3323 Technical Writing is substituted for ENGL 1213 Composition II above; hours in this block are reduced by 3 |
| 4 | If used as (S) course above, hours in this block reduced by 3. |
Other Requirements
- A minimum of 40 semester credit hours and 100 grade points must be earned in courses numbered 3000 or above.
- A 2.00 GPA or higher in upper-division hours.
Additional State/OSU Requirements
- At least: 60 hours at a four-year institution; 30 hours completed at OSU; 15 of the final 30 or 50% of the upper-division hours in the major field completed at OSU.
- Limit of: one-half of major course requirements as transfer work; one-fourth of hours earned by correspondence; 8 transfer correspondence hours.
- Students will be held responsible for degree requirements in effect at the time of matriculation and any changes that are made, so long as these changes do not result in semester credit hours being added or do not delay graduation.
- Degrees that follow this plan must be completed by the end of Summer 2024.