Animal Science: Pre-Veterinary/Pre-Medical, BSAG
Requirements for Students Matriculating in or before Academic Year 2024-2025. 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 (H) | ||
| American History Since 1865 (DH) | ||
| POLS 1113 | American Government | 3 |
| Quantitative Thought & Logical Reasoning (Q) | ||
| MATH 1513 | College Algebra (A) 1 | 3 |
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Elementary Statistics (A) 1 | ||
| Elementary Statistics for Business and Economics (A) 1 | ||
| Understanding Humanities-Human Heritages & Cultures (H) | ||
| Courses designated (H) | 6 | |
| Reasoning in the Natural Sciences (N) | ||
| Must include one Laboratory-Based Inquiry (L) course | ||
| Select four hours from the following: | 4 | |
| Introductory Biology (N) and Introductory Biology Laboratory (LN) 1, 5 | ||
| Introductory Biology (LN) 1, 5 | ||
| CHEM 1314 | Chemistry I (LN) 1 | 4 |
| CHEM 1515 | Chemistry II (LN) 1 | 5 |
| Exploring Society & Human Behavior (S) | ||
| AGEC 1113 | Introduction to Agricultural Economics (S) 1, 5 | 3 |
| Additional General Education | ||
| Additional general education credit hours may be required to meet the total 40-hour minimum of general education credit if courses carry more than one general education designation and can be used to meet multiple general education designation hour requirements above. | ||
| Courses designated (Q), (H), (N), (S), (D), (G), or (F). | 0 | |
| Hours Subtotal | 40 | |
| College/Departmental Requirements | ||
| Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources | ||
| UNIV 1111 | First Year Seminar (or other approved first year seminar course) 5 | 1 |
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Principles of Horticultural Science (LN) 5 | ||
| Introduction to Plant and Soil Systems (N) 5 | ||
| Land, Life and the Environment (N) 5 | ||
| Select four hours from the following: | 4 | |
| Introduction to the Animal Sciences and Introduction to the Animal Sciences Lab 5 | ||
| Introduction to the Animal Sciences 5 | ||
| ANSI 2111 | Animal and Food Science Professional Development 5 | 1 |
| ANSI 2233 | The Meat We Eat 5 | 3 |
| or ANSI 2253 | Meat Animal and Carcass Evaluation | |
| Written and Oral Communications | ||
| Select one of the following: 5 | 3 | |
| Written Communications in Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources | ||
| Technical Writing 3 | ||
| Written Communication | ||
| Select one of the following: 4, 5 | 3 | |
| Oral Communications in Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources (S) 5 | ||
| Introduction to Speech Communication (S) 5 | ||
| Elements of Persuasion (S) 5 | ||
| ANSI 3423 | Animal Genetics 5 | 3 |
| ANSI 3433 | Animal Breeding 5 | 3 |
| ANSI 3444 | Animal Reproduction 5 | 4 |
| ANSI 3543 | Principles of Animal Nutrition 5 | 3 |
| ANSI 3653 | Applied Animal Nutrition 5 | 3 |
| Hours Subtotal | 34 | |
| Major Requirements | ||
| Core Courses | ||
| ANSI 3414 | Form and Function of Livestock and Poultry | 4 |
| MICR 2123 & MICR 2132 | Introduction to Microbiology and Introduction to Microbiology Laboratory | 5 |
| PHYS 1114 | College Physics I (LN) | 4 |
| PHYS 1214 | College Physics II (LN) | 4 |
| BIOC 3653 | Survey of Biochemistry | 3 |
| CHEM 3012 | Survey of Organic Chemistry Laboratory | 2 |
| CHEM 3013 | Survey of Organic Chemistry | 3 |
| Related Courses | ||
| Select Alternative 1 or 2: | 21 | |
| Hours Subtotal | 46 | |
| Electives | ||
| Select 0 hours or hours to complete required total for degree | 0 | |
| Total Hours | 120 | |
- 1
College and Departmental requirements that may be used to meet General Education 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 is substituted for ENGL 1213 above, hours in this block are reduced by 3.
- 4
If used as (S) course above, hours in this block reduced by 3.
- 5
Hours meeting the major common core.
Alternatives
Alternative 1
First 2 Semesters in the College of Veterinary Medicine or College of Medicine (21 hours).
Alternative 2
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ANSI 4863 | Capstone for Animal Agriculture | 3 |
| Select 6 hours from the following: | 6 | |
| Poultry Science | ||
| Rangeland and Pasture Utilization | ||
| Horse Science | ||
| Pet and Companion Animal Management | ||
| Dairy Cattle Science | ||
| Sheep Science | ||
| Beef Cow-Calf Management | ||
| Stocker and Feedlot Cattle Management | ||
| Swine Science | ||
| Equine Enterprise Management | ||
| Beef Seedstock Management and Sales | ||
| Animal Growth and Performance | ||
| Applications of Biotechnology in Animal Science | ||
| Select 3 hours from the following courses: | 3 | |
| Advanced Competitive Evaluation | ||
| Advanced Meat Animal Evaluation | ||
| Applied Meat Animal Selection | ||
| Peer-Led Team Learning in Animal Science | ||
| Undergraduate Research in Animal and Food Science | ||
| Animal Industry Internship | ||
| International Experience | ||
| Select 9 hours from any ANSI, BIOL, CHEM, MICR courses or Ferguson College of Agriculture | 9 | |
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 2030.