Graduates are well prepared for medical, veterinary, and graduate school, as well as careers in animal agriculture, animal management, and the related animal industries sector. Students may elect courses and internships to prepare them for work in the livestock and companion animal industries. This distinctive major provides opportunities to study the ways in which birds relate to and are useful to humans. Building on a broad background in basic biology, specialized courses emphasize aspects of biology that are unique to birds. Individual internships and research projects are encouraged.
Graduates are well-prepared to attend veterinary, medical or graduate school programs.
As well as medicine and research, career opportunities include exotic bird propagation, poultry or egg production, teaching, and employment by government agencies or zoos. Check List of Requirements Animal Biology Check List of Requirements Contributions to Other Campus Teaching Programs Animal Science faculty teach courses in behavior, biochemistry, genetics, international agricultural development, management, molecular biology, nutrition, and physiology which are required by or contribute to many other majors and programs on campus. Examples are Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior 121 and 130, courses that address reproductive physiology and endocrinology. The Animal Science Department is a major contributor to the campus General Education program and provides a total of three certified GE courses. These courses not only offer breadth and writing experience for social science and humanities students, but also provide our predominantly urban campus community with a better understanding of animal agriculture.