UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN River Falls

Majors & Minors

Meat Animal Management Plan

Bachelor of Science Degree. Animal Science-Meat Animal. Academic Advising Plan.

Visit the Animal and Food Science Department in the College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences to learn more about the program.

  Fall Semester Spring Semester
Freshman Year

ANSC 100 Intro to Animal Industries - 2
BIOL 150 General Biology - 3
ENGL 100 Academic Reading and Writing - 3
MATH 146 College Algebra - 3
Humanities/Fine Arts course (HF) - 3
Total semester credits - 14

CHEM 115 General Chemistry - 4
P ED 108 Health and Fitness for Life - 1
COMS 101 Fund. Oral Communication - 3
ANSC 150 or ANSC 151 Intro to Animal Production - 3
Professional Studies in CAFES - 3
Total semester credits - 14

Sophomore Year

ANSC 231 Domestic Animal Nutrition - 4
ANSC 200 Animal Science Careers - 2
AGEC 230 Agricultural Economics I - 3
CHEM 215 Chemistry Lab - 1
CHEM 230 General Organic Chem - 3
ENGL 200 Investigating Ideas: Reading, Writing, and the Disciplines - 3
Total semester credits - 16

ANSC 257 Genetics - 4
ANSC 238 Meat and Meat Products - 3
ANSC 211 Growth and Development - 3
Social & Behavioral Science course (SB) - 3
ANSC 115 Animal Welfare (EC) - 3
Total semester credits - 16

Junior
Year

AGBI 151 Agricultural Biochemistry - 3
ANSC 357 Applied Animal Breeding - 2
ANSC 260 Animal Physiology - 3
AGEC 205 Accounting - 3
Professional Studies in CAFES - 3
Total semester credits - 14

ANSC Production Course - 3
FDSC 235 Agricultural Microbiology - 3
AGEC 300 level course - 3
Diversity course (ACD) - 3
ANSC 345 Animal Health - 2
Total semester credits - 16

Senior
Year

Meat Animal Elective - 3
ANSC 331 Applied Nutrition - 3
ANSC 448 Reproductive Physiology - 3
AGEC 300 level course - 3
Elective - 3
Total semester credits - 15

 

ANSC 485 Seminar in Animal Science - 1
ANSC 341 Biometrics - 3
Directed Elective - 3
Directed Elective - 3
Global Perspectives course (GP) - 3
Elective - 3
Total semester credits - 16

 

University Requirements - 6 cr.
General Education - 35-36 cr.
Foundation Courses in Agriculture - 11 cr.
Major Requirements - 64 cr.
Credits to Degree - 120 cr.

 

This academic plan is an example of how students might choose to fulfill program requirements within a period of four years. After consulting with their advisers students may make other course choices which would meet the program requirements and be more suitable for them.