Agriculture (Animal Science - Swine)

Agriculture (Animal Science - Swine) is a Bachelor program taught at Western Kentucky University, USA. The program is offered in campus-based modes with full-time options.

The Agriculture bachelor’s degree at Western Kentucky University includes several concentrations, including Animal Science. Students study agriculture through a defined set of required support courses outside the major, plus agriculture coursework that includes Basic Agriculture Courses and required Animal Science Courses. Within the Animal Science Concentration, the curriculum covers areas such as livestock management, animal nutrition, reproductive physiology, and animal growth and development.

The degree requires a minimum of 120 unduplicated semester hours for the baccalaureate degree, with a minimum of 36–66 semester hours in agriculture for the major. At least 50% of the semester hours in the major must be in courses numbered 300 or above. Instruction includes laboratory components tied to courses such as Applied Agricultural Technologies Laboratory, Livestock Management Laboratory, and Reproductive Physiology Laboratory.

Hands-on learning is supported by Western Kentucky University’s Agriculture Research and Education Center, which is home to an 800+ acre farm and an Agricultural Exposition Center used as part of laboratory and classroom instructional programming.

Modules

• PLSS 110Introduction to Plant Science
• ANSC 140Introduction to Animal Science
• AGEC 160Introduction to Agribusiness and Agricultural Entrepreneurship
• AGSY 170 & AGSY 171Applied Agricultural Technologies and Applied Agricultural Technologies Laboratory
• AGRI 175College Foundations for Agriculture
• PLSS 350Introduction to Soils
• AGRI 391Agricultural Statistics
• AGRI 392Agricultural Statistics Lab
• ANSC 240Livestock Management
• ANSC 241Livestock Management Laboratory
• ANSC 345Principles of Animal Nutrition
• ANSC 437 & ANSC 438Reproductive Physiology and Reproductive Physiology Laboratory

The minimum requirements for admission in Agriculture (Animal Science - Swine) at Western Kentucky University for all applicants (Domestic or International) are:

• program specific academic requirment set by Western Kentucky University.
• English Language OR any other language requirments as set by Western Kentucky University as pre-requiste for admission in Agriculture (Animal Science - Swine).

Note: Please check the university website in the link below.

Please check detail of study units at https://www.wku.edu/agriculture/index.php

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