Students enrolled in either curriculum can receive a Bachelor of Science degree. Both options emphasize a practical curriculum made up of courses in agriculture, animal science, communications, and biological and physical sciences. To complement classroom instruction, The College of Agriculture maintains cattle, goats, quail, sheep, swine, and rabbits on the UHH Agriculture Farm Labo- ratory. The animals are used during lab periods to provide hands-on experience for students to help translate classroom instruction into real life situations. Students enrolled in this program are preparing for careers related to production, processing or marketing of livestock.
Graduates often take positions as managers or herdsmen at farms, ranches and governmental stations.
Animal care positions also exist at equestrian centers, hotels, veterinary clinics and zoos. Other positions include sales of equipment, feed, meat, semen and pharmaceuticals. Students enrolled in this program are interested in pursuing post-graduate studies in Veterinary Medicine or Animal Science. The Pre-Veterinary Option meets the preprofessional course requirements for the Veterinary Medical programs at Colorado State University, Iowa State University, Oklahoma State University, University of Illinois and the WOI Regional Program. Furthermore, there are enough elective hours available in the Pre-Veterinary Option to allow students to tailor their programs to meet the course requirements at other Veterinary Medical schools.