A minimum of 120 credits is required to graduate, 42 must be 300 level or above.

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2024-2025 Catalog

DEPARTMENTAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS OPTION 

 CREDITS:  71 

Dept/Course #

Course Title

Credits

Class/Semester

Year

Sub/Transfer

AGED 140 US

OR

COMX 111US

Leadership Dev for Agriculture

 

Intro to Public Speaking

3

 

3

FR

 

FR

FS (F)

 

FS (F)

 

 

ANSC 100

Intro to Animal Science

3

FR

FS

 

 

ANSC 106

Careers in Animal Agriculture

1

FR

S

 

 

BIOB 160

Princ of Living Systems

4

FR

FS (S)

 

 

CHMY 121 IN

& CHMY 122IN

Intro to General Chemistry

Intro to General Chemistry Lab

3

1

FR

FSSu (F)

 

 

ECNS 101 IS

Economic Way of Thinking

3

FR

FS (S)

 

 

NRSM 101

Natural Resource Conservation

3

FR

F

 

 

NRSM 102

Montana Range Plants Lab

1

FR

F

 

 

WRIT 101 W

College Writing I

3

FR

FSSu (F)

 

 

ANSC 202

Livestock Feeding & Nutrition

3

SO

F

 

 

ANSC 222

Livestock in Sustainable Systems

3

SO

S

 

 

ANSC 265

Anatomy & Phys of Dom Animals

3

SO

S

 

 

ANSC 266

Anatomy & Phys of Dom Animals Lab

1

SO

S

 

 

BMGT 205

OR

WRIT 221

Prof Business Communication

 

Intermediate Tech Writing

3

 

3

SO

 

SO

FSSu (F)

 

FS (F)

 

 

CHMY 123

& CHMY 124

Intro to Organic & Biochem

Intro to Organic & Biochem Lab

3

1

SO

FSSu (F)

 

 

NRSM 240

Natural Resource Ecology

3

SO

F

 

 

STAT 216Q

Elementary Statistics

3

SO

FSSu

 

 

AGBE 210 IS

Economics of Agricultural Business

3

JR

S

 

 

ANSC 316

Meat Science

4

JR

S

 

 

ANSC 320

Animal Nutrition

3

JR

F

 

 

ANSC 321

Physiology of Reproduction

4

JR

F

 

 

ANSC 322

Principles of Animal Breeding & Genetics

3

JR

S

 

 

ANSC 337

Diseases of Domestic Livestock

3

JR

S

 

 

ANSC 498  or

ANSC 490R

Internship  or

Undergrad Research

3

SR

FSSu

 

 


LIVESTOCK & RANGE PRACTICUM ELECTIVES

TAKE 2

ANSC 205

Intro to Meat Evaluation

2

SO

 F

 

 

ANSC 215

Calving Management

2

SO

S

 

 

ANSC 232

Lvstk Mgmt-Sheep

1

SO

S

 

 

ANSC 234

Lvstk Mgmt-Beef

1

SO

S

 

 

ANSC 308

Livestock Evaluation

2

JR

F

 

 

EQUS 233

Horse Science and Mgmt Lab

2

SO

F

 

 

NRSM 235

Range and Pasture Monitoring

1

SO

F

 

 


LIVESTOCK MANAGEMENT ELECTIVES                           

CHOOSE 2

ANSC 416R

Meat Processing

3

SR

F

 

 

ANSC 432R

Sheep Management

3

SR

S

 

 

ANSC 434R

Beef Cattle Management

4

SR

F

 

 

EQUS 430

Horse Management

4

SR

S

 

 


ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS ELECTIVES          

CREDITS REQUIRED: 9

ACTG 201

Princ of Financial Accounting

3

SO

FS

 

 

ACTG 202

Princ of Managerial Accounting

3

SO

FSSu

 

 

ACTG 220

Survey of Accounting

3

SO

On demand

 

 

AGBE 321

Econ of Ag Marketing

3

JR

F

 

 

AGBE 337

Ag Law

3

JR

FS

 

 

AGBE 353

Coop Bus Principles &

3

JR

F

 

 

AGBE 421

Advanced Ag Marketing

3

SR

S

 

 

BGEN 204

Business Fundamentals

3

SO

FS

 

 

BGEN 242 D

Intro to International Business

3

SO

FSu

 

 

BGEN 361

Princ of Business Law

3

JR

FSSu

 

 

BMGT 335

Management & Organization

3

JR

FSSu

 

 

BMKT 225

Marketing

3

SO

FS

 

 

BMKT 325

Principles of Marketing

3

JR

FSSu

 

 


MANAGEMENT AND INDUSTRY ELECTIVES                         

CREDITS REQUIRED: 12

Field Crop Production

3

JR

S

 

 

Forages

3

SO

F

 

 

Assisted Reproductive Techniques

4

SR

F

 

 

Prof Development in Beef Production Syst

2

SR

F

 

 

Prof Development in Beef Feedlot Syst

2

SR

S

 

 

Host-Associated Biomes

3

SR

F

 

 

Soils

3

SO

F

 

 

Equine Lameness

3

JR

F

 

 

Equine Nutrition

3

SR

F

 

 

Grazing Ecology & Management

3

JR

S

 

 

Habitat Inventory & Analysis

3

SR

F

 

 

Riparian Ecology & Management

3

JR

S

 

 

Range-Wildlife Policy & Planning

3

SR

S

 

 


FREE ELECTIVES

   CREDITS: To meet minimum 120 cr.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


CORE 2.0

                                                                                                         RUBRIC/NUMBER

Seminar (US)

Fulfilled by degree required  AGED 140US or COMX 111US

Writing (W)

Fulfilled by degree required WRIT 101W

Quantitative Reasoning (Q)

Fulfilled by degree required STAT 216Q

Diversity (D)

 

Contemporary Issues

in Science (CS)

Fulfilled by degree required BIOB 160, CHMY 121/122, NRSM 240

Arts (IA or RA)

 

Humanities (IH or RH)

 

Natural Science (IN or RN)

Fulfilled by required CHMY 121/122IN

Social Science (IS or RS)

Fulfilled by ECNS 101IS

Research & Creative Exper.

(R, RA, RH, RS, RN)

Fulfilled by degree requirement

Completion of at least two of the following courses with a grade of C- or better satisfies both the Contemporary Issues in Science and the Natural Science Inquiry requirements: NRSM 240; BIOB 110, 160, 170, 256, 258, 260; BIOH 201, 211; BIOM 210, 250; BIOO 220; CHMY 121, 123, 141, 143, 151, 153, 211; GEO 101, 103, 205, 211; GPHY 111; ENSC 245; PHSX 205, 207, 220, 222, 224, 240, 242.

Minimum 120 Total Credits: ____________________________________

Minimum 42 Upper Division Credits: ____________________________