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2024 - 2025 Undergraduate Catalog

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2024 - 2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Agricultural Sciences,Food and Animal Science Concentration, Pre-Veterinary Medicine Emphasis, B.S.

Major Core:

A minimum of 17 semester hours including

General Education:

41 semester hours including:

Communications (9 hours)

Humanities and/or Fine Arts (9 hours)

ENGL 2012 -2322 ENGL Literature (3)
ART 1010 - Art Appreciation (3)
MUSC 1010 - Music Appreciation (3)
PHIL 1030 - Introduction to Philosophy: Moral Issues (3)

Social & Behavioral Sciences (6 hours)

History (6 hours)

HIST 2010 - American History I (3)
HIST 2020 - American History II (3)
or
HIST 2030 - History of Tennessee (3)
HIST 2060 - World History I (3)
HIST 2070 - World History II (3)
HIST 2700 - The African American Experience (3)

Natural Sciences (8 hours)

Mathematics (3 hours)

Suggested Four Year-Plan

Freshman Year

Fall Semester

Total: 17 Hours

Spring Semester

Total: 17 Hours

Sophomore Year

Fall Semester

Humanities Elective (3)
Social Behavioral Elective (3)
BIOL 1120, 1121 - General Biology II and Laboratory (4)
COMM 2200 - Public Speaking (3)
HIST 2010 - American History I (3)

Total: 16 Hours

Spring Semester

Total: 15 Hours

Junior Year

Fall Semester

CHEM 2020, 2021 - Organic Chemistry II and Laboratory (4)
AGSC 2040 - Research Bus Writing in Agriculture (3)
AGSC 3120 - Introduction to Applied Statistics I (3)
AGSC 3500 - Principle of Food Science and Technology (3)
ENGL 2012-2322 - ENGL Literature (3)

Total: 16 Hours

Spring Semester

Total: 15 Hours

Senior Year

Fall Semester

Social/Behavioral Elective (3)
AGSC 4500 - Senior Project (3)
AGSC 3460 - Livestock Management and Ethology (3)
AGSC 4430 - Animal Nutrition (3)
AGSC 3410 - Anatomy and Physiology of Domestic Animals (3)

Total: 15 Hours

Spring Semester

AGSC 4440 - Physiology of Reproduction (3)
AGSC 4450 - Science of Meat (3)
AGSC 3430 - Animal Health and Disease Prevention (3)
AGSC Animal Guided Elective (3)
AGSC 4710 - Seminar (1-1)

Total: 13 Hours

Guided Electives:

5 Credit Hours from the courses listed below

AGSC 2510 - Fundamentals of Geospatial Information Systems (4)
AGSC 3000 - Agricultural Marketing (Also, Dual Enrollment Q99 Section) (3)
AGSC 3010 - Farm Production and Management (Also, Dual Enrollment Q99 Section) (3)
AGSC 3440 - Swine Production and Management (3)
AGSC 3450 - Beef Production and Management (3)
AGSC 3470 - Small Ruminant Production and Management (3)
AGSC 3480 - Poultry Production and Management (3)
AGSC 3500 - Principle of Food Science and Technology (3)
AGSC 3510 - Food Processing (3)
AGSC 3520 - Processing Poultry Products (3)
AGSC 3601 - Companion Animal Management (3)
AGSC 4410 - Dairy Production and Management (3)
AGSC 4420 - Poultry Disease Prevention and Sanitation (3)
AGSC 4450 - Science of Meat (3)
AGSC 4080 - Experimental Design (3)