Graduates of this biological science curriculum pursue career opportunities with natural resource and environmental protection agencies, organizations and businesses. Curriculum emphases may be taken in wildlife biology, fisheries biology, ecology, interpretation of natural resources, aquaculture or preveterinary and wildlife care. The study of animal science includes the fundamentals of growth and development, lactation, genetics and breeding, nutrition and reproduction. The curriculum integrates animal production with business, management and marketing aspects of agriculture. In addition to livestock production, career options are in agribusiness, management, finance, biotechnology, veterinary medicine, meat processing, marketing , sales or research.
Many students complete their pre-veterinary medicine requirements in the animal science curriculum.
The dairy science curriculum provides training for a variety of career opportunities in agriculture, particularly those involved with dairy or associated industries. Although many graduates own or manage profitable dairy operations, the majority find employment in such career areas as agribusiness management, dairy foods manufacturing, finance, biotechnology, veterinary medicine, marketing, sales, research or dairy manufacturing. Entomology Entomology is the biological study of insect life and insect relations with plants, animals and humans. Because insects are economically and medically very important, entomologists find jobs in industry, public health, agriculture and regulatory institutions. The College of Agriculture and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences offer this integrated approach to the study of environmental systems.