About Animal & Nutritional ScienceAs a student in this division, you may work toward a degree which enables you to do graduate work, go into commercial agriculture, or work for federal or state agencies, the food processing industry, or other areas of food and agriculture. The pre-professional program meets requirements for entry into professional colleges. Many pre-professional students obtain their bachelors degree after three years of pre-professional study and one year of professional study. Courses that you will take in the division include agricultural biochemistry, animal production, breeding and genetics, food science, nutrition, pathology, and physiology. To assist in equipping yourself for one of the many various careers in animal agriculture, you will take supporting courses in other divisions of the College of Agriculture, Forestry and Consumer Sciences and in other colleges. The programs are flexible enough to permit you to obtain a broad background and take sufficient courses in one area during the last two years to prepare you for you first job. Links |