Graduate Course Listings
F = Fall, Sp = Spring, Sum = Summer A, Summer B, Summer C
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Course number, name |
Credit hours |
Session/s |
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ANS 5446 Carbohydrates, fats, proteins, minerals, and vitamins and their functions in the animal body. Offered fall term. |
3 |
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ANS 5935 Invited speakers on a wide range of topics. Student-faculty participation in research projects. Prerequisite: ANS 3319C or equivalent. |
1 (4 max) |
F, Sp |
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ANS 6040 Introduces concepts and methods used to conduct research in the field of applied ethology. Course content includes an overview of mechanisms of animal behavior and approaches to measuring and modeling animal behavior. The focus is on developing skills necessary to conduct, analyze, and interpret research in applied ethology. Prerequisite: CALS major |
3 |
Sp |
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ANS 6288 Experimental design, analytical procedures; techniques; carcass measurements, and analyses as related to livestock production and meats studies. Offered spring term in even-numbered years. |
3 |
Sp (even years) |
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ANS 6312C Experimental design, analytical procedures; techniques; carcass measurements, and analyses as related to livestock production and meats studies. Offered spring term in even-numbered years.
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4 |
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ANS 6313 Lectures prepared by students and discussion of current review articles. Offered spring term in odd-numbered years. Prerequisite: ANS 3319C or equivalent; consent of instructor. |
2 |
F (odd years) |
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ANS 6379L Genomic technologies are rapidly moving from the lab bench to the marketplace. Animal agriculture is no exception to this trend. A variety of genetic tests are commercially available for traits as diverse as coat color, meat quality, and racing performance in species from small ruminants to horses. Using cattle and horse examples we will investigate the methods used in a number of genotyping approaches. Laboratory work will take genomics out of the “blackbox”; providing an opportunity to learn genotyping and DNA analysis techniques in a hands-on environment. |
2 |
Sp (odd years) |
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ANS 6387 A comprehensive examination of principles of livestock inheritance, QTL mapping strategies, and functional genomic approaches used for genomic selection and improvement programs in farm animals. |
3 |
Sp |
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ANS 6447 The anatomy and physiology of the ruminant digestive system as well as the digestion and metabolism of dietary nutrients for the purposes of growth, pregnancy, and lactation. Ration formulations using computer software. Prerequisite: ANS 5446: Animal Nutrition |
4 |
F (even years) |
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ANS 6449 Historical development, properties, assays, and physiological effects. Prerequisite: organic chemistry. |
3 |
Sum C |
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ANS 6452 Definition of forage quality in terms of animal performance, methodology used in forage evaluation, and proper interpretation of forage evaluation data. Offered spring term in even-numbered years. |
3 |
Sp |
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ANS 6636 Chemistry, physics, histology, bacteriology, and engineering involved in the handling, processing, manufacturing, preservation, storage, distribution, and utilization of meat. Offered fall term in odd-numbered years. |
3 |
F (odd years) |
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ANS 6637 Modeling principles of microbial risk assessment in food chains. Model implementation in stochastic simulation software (R). The focus is on the bottom-up food chain approach and basic principles of the top-down approach. Prerequisite: STA 6166 or similar statistics course & knowledge of the R programming environment. |
Sum A |
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ANS 6702/ANS4701 Offers insights into the endocrinology and physiology of the defining characteristics of mammals: the mammary gland and lactation, focusing on the anatomy and development of the mammary gland with an overview of the biochemical, cellular and molecular processes controlling lactation emphasizing on livestock species. Prerequisite: ANS 6704 or permission of instructor |
2 |
TBA |
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ANS 6704 Physiologic systems of farm animals. Emphasizes the impact of endocrinology and cell biology on animal physiology, development and performance. |
2 |
Sp |
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ANS 6711 Equine science with an emphasis on current topics of interest. Offered fall term in odd-numbered years. |
2 |
F (odd years) |
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ANS 6714 Insights into microbial pathogenesis, microbial genetics, and molecular microbiology with particular reference to livestock species. |
1 |
Sp |
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ANS 6723 The role, function, and metabolism of essential minerals. Plus requirements, sources, deficiency, and toxicity symptoms. |
3 |
Sp (even years) |
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ANS 6751C Insights into microbial pathogenesis, microbial genetics, and molecular microbiology with particular reference to livestock species. |
3 |
Sp (odd years) |
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ANS 6767 Overview of mammalian endocrine systems and molecular basis of hormone action; Current topics on endocrine control of growth, development, reproduction, and nutrition. Prerequisite: BCH4024 or BCH 5045; ANS 6704; or equivalent, or consent of instructor. |
4 |
Sp (even years) |
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ANS 6775 Basic immunological concepts and their relation to immunity for livestock and other species. |
1 |
Sp |
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PCB 6816 Exploring the processes by which homeotherms produce heat and regulate its exchange with the environment, and the consequences of thermal biology for animal production. |
1 |
F, Sp |
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ANS 6905 |
1-4, 8 max |
F, Sp, Sum A,B,C |
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ANS 6905 Principles of modern pork production, including all aspects of swine production management systems (breeding systems, disease control, applied economics, housing, marketing, pork quality, and nutrition in a systems approach), relative to the US/Global pork supply. |
3 |
F, Sp |
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ANS 6905 Examines the underlying mechanisms and inheritance of a number of traits in the horse; includes the impact of domestication on the genome, relationships between breeds, coat color, genetic disease and complex traits of performance and behavior. |
2 |
Sum B (even years) |
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ANS 6910 |
1-5, 5 max |
F, Sp, Sum A,B,C |
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ANS 6932 New developments in animal nutrition and livestock feeding, animal genetics, animal physiology, and livestock management. |
1-3, 9 max |
F, Sp, Sum A,B,C |
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ANS 6932 The course is designed for graduate students in biological sciences with some prior knowledge of statistics. The focus will be on basic concepts of linear and generalized linear models, experimental design, and data analysis. The popular software SAS and also R will be used as platforms for data analyses. |
4 |
F |
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ANS 6932 This course addresses current issues in the broad field of animal welfare. Course content draws from topics affecting livestock, companion, and laboratory animal species, and encompasses aspects of routine management and handling, novel techniques for assessing and improving welfare, and societal viewpoints on animal use in agriculture and research. The focus is on discovering and analyzing issues of current relevance today, with students engaging in critical discussion and objectively considering controversial issues. |
1 |
F (odd years) |
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ANS 6932 Lectures, discussions, case studies, and group projects involving the development of a Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) plan for an assigned food commodity. Emphasis will be on introduction to safe food production from farm to consumption and its application in the food industry and food safety as evaluated by sanitation and control measures in conjunction with HACCP as it relates to the Global Food Safety Initiative. Guest lectures will be invited from the food industry, food industry suppliers, and the regulatory sector. |
2 |
Sp |
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ANS 6932 |
1 |
Sp |
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ANS 6932 |
TBD | TBD |
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ANS 6933 This course involves preparing and presenting an informative research seminar that demonstrates the speaker’s knowledge of the topic, engages the audience, and stimulates discussion. |
1 |
Sp |
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ANS 6933 This course provides teaches students how to prepare and present an engaging and informative research seminar. |
1 |
F, Sp |
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ANS 6936 Seminar attendance and 1-hour presentation on a graduate research project. |
1 |
F, Sp |
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ANS 6939 An advanced discussion of recently published research relating to molecular and cellular biology and immunology. |
1 |
F, Sp |
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ANS 6940 Helping students develop teaching skills in the animal sciences under the guidance of faculty member. |
1-5, 5 max |
F, Sp, Sum A,B,C |
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ANS 6942 Develops extension skills in the Animal Sciences under the guidance of faculty member. |
1-3 |
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ANS 6971 Research for Master's Thesis |
1-15 |
F, Sp, Sum A,B,C |
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ANS 7979 Research for doctoral students before admission to candidacy. Designed for students with a master's degree in the field of study or for students who have been accepted for a doctoral program. Not appropriate for students who have been admitted to candidacy. |
1-12 |
F, Sp, Sum A,B,C |
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ANS 7980 Research for Doctoral Dissertation |
1-15 |
F, Sp, Sum A,B,C |