Equine Option
This option is offered within the following major(s):
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.
27 credits with a minimum of 15 credits upper division are required.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required | ||
| ANS 220 | INTRODUCTORY HORSE SCIENCE | 3 |
| ANS 333 | EQUINE STABLE MANAGEMENT | 3 |
| ANS 335 | EQUINE HEALTH AND DISEASE | 3 |
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| ANIMAL BEHAVIOR AND COGNITION | ||
| APPLIED ANIMAL BEHAVIOR | ||
| TOPICS IN ANIMAL LEARNING | ||
| Select two of the following (you may take all): | 6-7 | |
| EQUINE SYSTEMS I: EXERCISE SCIENCE | ||
| EQUINE SYSTEMS II: NUTRITION | ||
| EQUINE SYSTEMS III: REPRODUCTION | ||
| Select a minimum of 9 credits from one of the following groups: | 9 | |
| Group A: Management or General Emphasis | ||
| EQUINE MARKETING | ||
| RESEARCH | ||
| ANIMAL SCIENCE INTERNSHIP 1 | ||
| FUNDAMENTALS OF ACCOUNTING | ||
| BUSINESS LAW I | ||
or AEC 388 | AGRICULTURAL LAW | |
| INTRODUCTION TO ENTREPRENEURSHIP | ||
| 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 | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO ENTREPRENEURSHIP | ||
| *INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION | ||
| *ETHICS | ||
| *GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY | ||
| *GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY | ||
| BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR | ||
| ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY | ||
| PHYSIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY | ||
| Total Hours | 27-28 | |
| 1 | Internships must be related to the field of equine management or science |
| * | Baccalaureate Core Course |
| ^ | Writing Intensive Course (WIC) |
Option Code: 693