Are you interested in working with large or small animals? Do you come from a farm and want to learn more about animals? Are you interested in animal care? If so, then this concentration is for you. Students who concentrate in animal science go on to further their education at UConn, Purdue, and SUNY Cobleskill in New York. Graduates have become livestock breeders, dairy farm managers, vet techs, and veterinarians.
Course offered to juniors and seniors are:
VETERINARY SCIENCE 1
Students will learn terminology, study disease prevention and treatment for large animals. They will also learn anatomy and physiology as it relates to large animals.
VETERINARY SCIENCE II
Students will learn terminology, study disease prevention and treatment for large animals. They will also learn anatomy and physiology as it relates to large animals.
VET TECH I
Students will be able to identify the anatomy and physiology of various species of small animals. Medical vocabulary and terminology to veterinary science will also be included, as well as disease prevention and treatment of small animals.
VET TECH II
Prerequisite: Vet Tech I. This course is designed for students to learn lab animal care, safety, and research. Students will learn and apply restraint, vaccinations, and surgical procedures.
FOOD AND MEAT SCIENCE
The students will learn about meat processing, the cuts of meats, proper storage and handling of meat. In addition they will complete units in Food Science and Poultry Science, where will learn about growing and processing of poultry and food.
LARGE ANIMAL SCIENCE
The students will learn about beef, sheep, and hog management, including housing, nutrition, terminology, reproduction, and management.
EQUINE SCIENCE
Prerequisite: Animal Systems and Dairy Products. Students will learn breeds, handling, care, equipment, diseases, reproduction, nutrition, and uses for horses.
ANIMAL SYSTEMS AND DAIRY PRODUCTS
Students will learn nutrition, reproduction, animal health, and dairy products, including how to milk a cow, make ice cream, and identify cheese.
DAIRY MANAGEMENT
Prerequisite: Animal Systems and Dairy Products. Students will learn breeds, housing, care, equipment, diseases, reproduction, nutrition, terminology, and management.
