MS Agriculture,
Specialization in ANIMAL SCIENCE
– 2005-07 Catalog
College of Agriculture
Agricultural Sciences Bldg. (11), Room 211
(805) 756-2161, FAX: (805) 756-6577

An interdisciplinary, science-based program, whereby students gain a scientific foundation and then learn to apply it to improve production in commercial animal species.

Required Courses

Units

ASCI 570 Selected Topics in Animal Science

3

ASCI 581 Graduate Seminar

3

AG 599 Thesis

6

SS 501 Research Planning

4

STAT 512 Statistical Methods

4

Select 12 units from the following    

12

ASCI 402 Domestic Animal Endocrinology (4)

 

ASCI 410 Ultrasonography (1)

 

ASCI 500 Individual Study in Animal Science (6)

 

ASCI 503 Adv. Molecular Techniques in Animal Science (4)

 

VS 438 Systemic Animal Physiology (4)

 

VS 540, 541 Adv. Immunology and Diseases of Animals, Lab (4) (1)

 

STAT 513 Applied Experimental Design and Regression Models (4)

 

CHEM 528 Nutritional Biochemistry (3)

 

BIO 431 General and Cellular Physiology (4)

 

AGED 426 Presentation Methods in Agricultural Communication (3)

 

ZOO 405 Vertebrate Development (5)

 

Electives (400-500 level courses)    

13

(Note: A minimum of 23 of the 45 total units must be at the 500 level.)

 

 

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45