Program Overview

Animal Science: General Option, BSAG

Overview

The Animal Science: General Option, BSAG program is designed to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of animal science and its applications. The program requires a minimum of 120 semester credit hours and a 2.00 GPA or higher in upper-division hours.

Requirements

• General Education Requirements: 40 hours
  • English Composition: 6 hours
    • ENGL 1113: Composition I
    • ENGL 1213: Composition II
  • American History & Government: 3 hours
    • HIST 1103: Survey of American History
    • HIST 1483: American History to 1865
    • HIST 1493: American History Since 1865
    • POLS 1113: American Government
  • Quantitative Thought & Logical Reasoning: 3-4 hours
    • MATH 1513: College Algebra
    • MATH 1483: Mathematical Functions and Their Uses
    • STAT 2013: Elementary Statistics
    • STAT 2023: Elementary Statistics for Business and Economics
  • Understanding Humanities-Human Heritage & Cultures: 6 hours
    • Courses designated (H) or (DH)
  • Reasoning in the Natural Sciences: 4 hours
    • BIOL 1113 & BIOL 1111: Introductory Biology and Laboratory
    • BIOL 1114: Introductory Biology
    • Any course designated (N)
  • Exploring Society & Human Behavior: 3 hours
    • AGEC 1113: Introduction to Agricultural Economics
  • Diversity: 3 hours
    • Courses designated (D)
  • Global Cultural Competency: 3 hours
    • Courses designated (G)
  • Additional General Education: 3 hours
    • Courses designated (Q), (H), (N), (S), (D), (G), or (F)
• College/Departmental Requirements: 38 hours
  • UNIV 1111: First Year Seminar
  • Select one of the following: 3 hours
    • HORT 1013: Principles of Horticultural Science
    • PLNT 1213: Introduction to Plant and Soil Systems
    • SOIL 1113: Land, Life and the Environment
    • SOIL 2124: Fundamentals of Soil Science
  • Select four hours from the following:
    • ANSI 1023 & ANSI 1021: Introduction to the Animal Sciences and Laboratory
    • ANSI 1124: Introduction to the Animal Sciences
    • ANSI 2233: The Meat We Eat
    • ANSI 2253: Meat Animal and Carcass Evaluation
  • ANSI 2111: Animal and Food Science Professional Development
  • CHEM 1215: Chemical Principles I
  • Written and Oral Communications: 6 hours
    • AGCM 3103: Written Communications in Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
    • BCOM 3113: Written Communication
    • ENGL 3323: Technical Writing
    • AGCM 3203: Oral Communications in Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources
    • SPCH 2713: Introduction to Speech Communication
    • SPCH 3733: Elements of Persuasion
• Major Requirements: 42 hours
  • Core Courses: 11 hours
    • ANSI 2112: Live Animal Evaluation
    • ANSI 4863: Capstone for Animal Agriculture
    • Select 3 hours from the following:
      • ANSI 3310: Advanced Competitive Evaluation
      • ANSI 3312: Advanced Meat Animal Evaluation
      • ANSI 3322: Applied Meat Animal Selection
      • ANSI 3410: Peer-Led Team Learning in Animal Science
      • ANSI 3420: Undergraduate Research in Animal and Food Science
      • ANSI 4910: Animal Industry Internship
    • AG 3080: International Experience
    • Select 6 hours from the following:
      • ANSI 3123: Livestock Health and Diseases
      • ANSI 3333: Meat Science
      • ANSI 3414: Form and Function of Livestock and Poultry
      • ANSI 3533: Equine Management and Production
      • ANSI 3623: Livestock Behavior and Environmental Interactions
      • ANSI 3753: Basic Nutrition for Pets
    • Select 6 hours from the following:
      • ANSI 4023: Poultry Science
      • ANSI 4203: Rangeland and Pasture Utilization
      • ANSI 4423: Horse Science
      • ANSI 4523: Pet and Companion Animal Management
      • ANSI 4543: Dairy Cattle Science
      • ANSI 4553: Sheep Science
      • ANSI 4613: Beef Cow-Calf Management
      • ANSI 4633: Stocker and Feedlot Cattle Management
      • ANSI 4643: Swine Science
      • ANSI 4703: Equine Enterprise Management
      • ANSI 4713: Beef Seedstock Management and Sales
      • ANSI 4803: Animal Growth and Performance
  • Additional Core Courses: 9 hours
    • Select 9 upper-division hours of AGCM, AGEC, AGED
  • Related Courses: 13 hours
    • Select 13 hours from any courses in ANSI or from Ferguson College of Agriculture
• Electives: 0 hours
  • Select 0 hours or hours to complete required total for degree

Other Requirements

• A minimum of 40 semester credit hours and 100 grade points must be earned in courses numbered 3000 or above.
• A 2.00 GPA or higher in upper-division hours.

Additional State/OSU Requirements

• At least: 60 hours at a four-year institution; 30 hours completed at OSU; 15 of the final 30 or 50% of the upper-division hours in the major field completed at OSU.
• Limit of: one-half of major course requirements as transfer work; one-fourth of hours earned by correspondence; 8 transfer correspondence hours.
• Students will be held responsible for degree requirements in effect at the time of matriculation and any changes that are made, so long as these changes do not result in semester credit hours being added or do not delay graduation.
• Degrees that follow this plan must be completed by the end of Summer 2031.