Program Overview

Equine Option

The Equine Option is offered within the Animal Sciences Undergraduate Major (BS, HBS) at the College of Agricultural Sciences. This option is designed to provide students with direction in regard to their future career and endeavors in the equine industry.

Overview

The Equine Option has two areas of emphasis: Management or General Emphasis and Human or Animal Therapy Emphasis. The Management or General Emphasis prepares students to manage equine facilities, event centers, or pursue careers in nutrition, pharmaceuticals sales, or marketing and promotion. The Human or Animal Therapy Emphasis prepares students to work in animal-assisted therapy, using horses as therapy animals.

Requirements

To complete the Equine Option, students must earn 27 credits with a minimum of 15 credits in upper-division courses. The required courses include:

• ANS 220: Introductory Horse Science (3 credits)
• ANS 333: Equine Stable Management (3 credits)
• ANS 335: Equine Health and Disease (3 credits)
• Select one of the following courses:
  • ANS 341: Animal Behavior and Cognition (3 credits)
  • ANS 435: Applied Animal Behavior (3 credits)
  • ANS 441: Topics in Animal Learning (3 credits)
• Select two of the following courses:
  • ANS 430: Equine Systems I: Exercise Science (3-4 credits)
  • ANS 431: Equine Systems II: Nutrition (3-4 credits)
  • ANS 432: Equine Systems III: Reproduction (3-4 credits)

Emphasis Areas

Students must select a minimum of 9 credits from one of the following emphasis areas:

Management or General Emphasis

• ANS 223: Equine Marketing (3 credits)
• ANS 401: Research (3 credits)
• ANS 410: Animal Science Internship 1 (3 credits)
• BA 215: Fundamentals of Accounting (3 credits)
• BA 230: Business Law I (3 credits)
• BA 260: Introduction to Entrepreneurship (3 credits)
• RNG 442: Rangeland-Animal Relations (3 credits)
• RNG 470: Pastoral Systems of the World (3 credits)

Human or Animal Therapy Emphasis

• ANS 341: Animal Behavior and Cognition (3 credits)
• ANS 401: Research (3 credits)
• ANS 410: Animal Science Internship 1 (3 credits)
• ANS 435: Applied Animal Behavior (3 credits)
• ANS 441: Topics in Animal Learning (3 credits)
• BA 260: Introduction to Entrepreneurship (3 credits)
• COMM 218: Interpersonal Communication (3 credits)
• PHL 205: Ethics (3 credits)
• PSY 201: General Psychology (3 credits)
• PSY 202: General Psychology (3 credits)
• PSY 330: Brain and Behavior (3 credits)
• PSY 381: Abnormal Psychology (3 credits)
• PSY 432: Physiological Psychology (3 credits)

Total Hours

The total hours required for the Equine Option range from 27 to 28 credits. Internships must be related to the field of equine management or science.