Equine Option
This option is available within the Animal Sciences major at the following location:
- Corvallis
The two areas of emphasis within the Equine option are designed to give students direction in regard to their future career and endeavors.
The Management or General Emphasis is designed to prepare those students wanting to not only own horses, but to manage equine facilities, event centers, or to go into areas such as nutrition, pharmaceuticals sales or marketing and promotion.
The Human or Animal Therapy Emphasis is designed to prepare students to go into the area of animal-assisted therapy. Using horses as therapy animals is becoming widely accepted and utilized. For this emphasis, the student not only needs to understand the horse itself but human nature as well.
Option Code: 693
Upon successful completion of the program, students will meet the following learning outcomes:
- Demonstrate the use of discipline-specific scientific information in written and spoken formats using citation.
- Identify anatomy and physiology of organ systems and describe hormonal function in the male and female reproductive tracts of mammals and poultry.
- Classify and compare anatomy, physiology and nutritional status of commonly-raised domesticated animal species.
- Identify interactions of genotype and environment which produce phenotypes adapted to human uses.
- Apply the methods used to evaluate animal health and well-being.
27 credits with a minimum of 15 credits upper division are required.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Required | ||
| ANS 220 | INTRODUCTORY HORSE SCIENCE | 3 |
| ANS 333 | EQUINE STABLE MANAGEMENT | 3 |
| ANS 335 | EQUINE HEALTH AND DISEASE | 3 |
| Select one course from the following: | 3 | |
| ANIMAL BEHAVIOR AND COGNITION | ||
| APPLIED ANIMAL BEHAVIOR | ||
| TOPICS IN ANIMAL LEARNING | ||
| Select a minimum of two courses from the following: | 6-7 | |
| EQUINE SYSTEMS I: EXERCISE SCIENCE | ||
| APPLIED EQUINE NUTRITION | ||
| EQUINE SYSTEMS III: REPRODUCTION | ||
| Electives | ||
| Select a minimum of 9 credits from one of the following groups: | 9 | |
| Group A: Management or General Emphasis | ||
| RESEARCH | ||
| ANIMAL SCIENCE INTERNSHIP 1 | ||
| FOUNDATIONS OF THE ENTREPRENEURIAL MINDSET | ||
| ACCOUNTING FOR DECISION MAKING | ||
| LEGAL ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS | ||
or AEC 388 | AGRICULTURAL LAW | |
| RANGELAND-ANIMAL RELATIONS | ||
or CROP 310 | FORAGE PRODUCTION | |
| *PASTORAL SYSTEMS OF THE WORLD | ||
| Group B: Human or Animal Therapy Emphasis | ||
| ANIMAL BEHAVIOR AND COGNITION | ||
| RESEARCH | ||
| ANIMAL SCIENCE INTERNSHIP 1 | ||
| APPLIED ANIMAL BEHAVIOR | ||
| TOPICS IN ANIMAL LEARNING | ||
| FOUNDATIONS OF THE ENTREPRENEURIAL MINDSET | ||
| +*INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION | ||
| *ETHICS | ||
| +*INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY I | ||
| +*INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY II | ||
| BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR | ||
| ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY | ||
| PHYSIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY | ||
| Total Credits | 27-28 | |
- *
Baccalaureate Core Course (BCC)
- ^
Writing Intensive Course (WIC)
- +
Core Education course. Applies only to students admitted to an OSU undergraduate degree from Summer 2025 onwards
- 1
Internships must be related to the field of equine management or science
Option Code: 693