ANSCI 135 covers key challenges and opportunities in animal agriculture, biology, health, and veterinary medicine, alongside career and professional development.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
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Fall 2026
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ANSCI 200 covers the biology, care, and context of companion animals including birds.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Attendance is essential because lectures are not posted online and contain unlisted details. Exams are lecture-heavy, requiring students to study specific class points rather than relying on a textbook.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026ANSCI 245
Animal Welfare
3 creditsExplores animal welfare topics from the animal's perspective, analyzing contemporary issues and policies based on scientific understanding of animal experiences.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
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Fall 2022–Fall 2025ANSCI 299
Independent Study
1–3 creditsANSCI 299 is an independent study course allowing students to conduct introductory to intermediate work in Animal Sciences under faculty guidance.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
ANSCI 324 explores companion animal behavior and learning, examining species-specific and abnormal behaviors in various environments.
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Fall 2025–Fall 2025 · limited sampleANSCI 336 covers the molecular and cellular basis of animal growth and development, focusing on tissue development and growth promotants in livestock.
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Fall 2022–Fall 2025ANSCI 366
Concepts in Genomics
3 creditsANSCI 366 provides an overview of genomics concepts, including 3D genome organization, annotation, and applications in breeding and medicine.
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Fall 2023–Fall 2025 · limited sampleANSCI 375
Special Topics
1–4 creditsANSCI 375 covers various topics in Animal Science of current interest to undergraduate students.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Historical reviews of Francisco Peñagaricano: The course features a 70% weighted quiz component with timed, multi-choice exams every two weeks, where being unprepared can quickly lower your grade.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026ANSCI 399 is a coordinative internship in Animal and Dairy Sciences where students arrange work under faculty and site supervision.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2022 · limited sampleApplies monogastric nutrition principles to assess nutrient requirements and feeding strategies for swine, poultry, and companion animals.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
One historical review claims attendance guarantees an A grade and rates the difficulty as low.
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Fall 2022–Fall 2025 · limited sampleANSCI 435
Animal Sciences Proseminar
2 creditsANSCI 435 teaches methods of assessing information quality and developing analytical seminars on animal sciences topics.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
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Fall 2022–Fall 2025ANSCI 681
Senior Honor Thesis
2–4 creditsANSCI 681 is an individual study course for ANSCI majors completing theses for Honors degrees, arranged with a faculty member.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
No recorded grade history
ANSCI 682
Senior Honors Thesis
2–4 creditsANSCI 682 is the second semester of individual study for ANSCI majors completing theses for Honors degrees.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2022 · limited sampleANSCI 691
Thesis
2 creditsANSCI 691 is a thesis course for majors to complete individual study under faculty supervision.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
No recorded grade history
ANSCI 699
Special Problems
1–3 creditsANSCI 699: Special Problems offers individual advanced work in Animal Sciences under direct faculty guidance.
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ANSCI 795 provides graduate teaching orientation in animal and dairy sciences, covering course development, delivery, and assessment.
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ANSCI 799 is a practicum providing instructional orientation and direct teaching experience in agricultural and life sciences education.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026 · limited sampleANSCI 875
Special Topics
1–4 creditsANSCI 875 covers specialized subject matter of current interest to graduate students.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
No recorded grade history
ANSCI 990
Research
1–12 creditsANSCI 990 is an independent research course for graduate thesis preparation under faculty supervision.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
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ANSCI/DYSCI 101 provides an overview of animal sciences, covering anatomy, physiology, nutrition, reproduction, genetics, management, welfare, and behavior of domesticated animals with an emphasis on food animals.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Students report that exams are detail-oriented and memorization-heavy, requiring study of every lecture slide. The group term paper is frequently described as harshly graded, requiring regular review of lecture material to succeed.
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Fall 2022–Fall 2025Introduction to Animal Sciences Laboratory provides hands-on experience and demonstrations to develop practical skills with animals.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
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Fall 2022–Fall 2025ANSCI/DYSCI 373
Animal Physiology
3 creditsANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY covers physiological processes, anatomy, and function of organ systems in domestic animals.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Historical reviews of Laura Hernandez: Exams are based on worksheets and the textbook, requiring extensive study of those materials. Lectures can be difficult to follow without recordings, and some exam content may not be covered in class.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026Integrates nutritional and biochemical concepts to understand digestive and metabolic processes in dairy and beef cattle, predicting and manipulating production and health outcomes.
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Fall 2023–Fall 2025 · limited sampleANSCI/DYSCI 434 covers reproductive physiology, fertility improvement, and artificial insemination.
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Historical reviews of John Parrish, Rick Monson: Reviewers characterize the course as demanding and challenging. Exams are described as tough and long, with one student noting they are only semi-related to lectures, while others emphasize the need for hard work.
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Fall 2022–Fall 2025ANSCI/DYSCI 824 covers ruminant nutritional physiology, focusing on rumen microbiology, metabolite modeling, and protein and VFA metabolism.
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Fall 2022–Fall 2024 · limited sampleIntroduction to meat science and technology covering the application of biological, technological, and economical principles to muscle tissue for food.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
No specific workload or preparation details are provided in the single historical review for Marion Greaser.
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Fall 2022–Fall 2025 · limited sampleANSCI/FOODSCI 711
Food Biochemistry
3 creditsFOOD BIOCHEMISTRY explores structure-function relationships and molecular profiles of foods using computational and spectroscopic methods.
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Fall 2023–Fall 2024 · limited sampleA seminar in endocrinology and reproductive physiology where graduate students develop and deliver research presentations to a scientific audience.
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Offering snapshots currently cover Fall 2026. Earlier grade records do not provide a complete offering history.