Sustainable Livestock Ranching Option
This option is offered within the following major(s):
This option will equip students with the knowledge and skills to manage ranching operations that balance delivery of ecosystem goods and services as well as meet ranch enterprise production goals.
Student Learning Outcomes
- Evaluate and address ecological disturbance impacts of ranch management.
- Create and trouble-shoot sustainable grazing management plans.
- Design a ranch management plan that balances the delivery of ecosystem goods and services with production goals.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | ||
| ANS 313 | APPLIED ANIMAL NUTRITION: FEEDS AND RATION FORMULATION | 4 |
| ANS 446 | GRAZING LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION | 4 |
| FW 462 | ECOSYSTEM SERVICES | 3 |
| RNG 442 | RANGELAND-ANIMAL RELATIONS | 4 |
| Livestock Management | 9 | |
| *INTRODUCTION TO ANIMAL SCIENCES | ||
| BEEF/DAIRY INDUSTRIES | ||
| SMALL RUMINANT/SWINE INDUSTRIES | ||
| REPRODUCTION IN DOMESTIC ANIMALS | ||
| REPRODUCTION IN DOMESTIC ANIMALS LABORATORY | ||
| ANIMAL GENETICS | ||
| PRINCIPLES OF ANIMAL ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY | ||
| SHEEP PRODUCTION SYSTEMS | ||
| BEEF PRODUCTION SYSTEMS | ||
RNG 457 | (WILDLIFE HABITAT ANALYSIS 1) | |
| SPECIAL TOPICS | ||
| General Agriculture | 6 | |
| FORAGE PRODUCTION | ||
| ENGINE THEORY AND OPERATION | ||
| FARM IMPLEMENTS | ||
| AG SAFETY AND HEALTH | ||
| Business Management | 6 | |
| AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD MANAGEMENT | ||
| *INTRODUCTION TO AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD ECONOMICS | ||
| AGRICULTURAL LAW | ||
| AGRICULTURAL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT | ||
| COMMODITY FUTURES AND OPTIONS MARKETS | ||
| SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS OPERATIONS | ||
| Total Hours | 36 | |
| * | Baccalaureate Core Course (BCC) |
Option Code: 850