Bachelor of Science: Biology with Concentration in Animal Science

General Education Requirements*	42 credits
Major Concentration	72 credits
Open Electives	6 credits
Total Credits	120 credits

*Per New York State Education Department requirements, all students enrolled in a Bachelor of Science program must successfully complete 60 credits of Liberal Arts and Sciences coursework. If needed, students should use Open Elective credits to fulfill these requirements, beyond their General Education courses, and look for courses with the “LA” attribute when registering.

Students who choose the major concentration in Biology Animal Sciences Track must complete all the required general education and required major courses as listed below. General Education courses are indicated with , *, or *** and explained below

The Animal Sciences track is for students interested in applying to schools of veterinary medicine or graduate programs in animal sciences. The track offers a unique combination of natural sciences and veterinary technology courses that expose students to authentic veterinary practices and provide a foundation in animal medicine and Anatomy and Physiology.

Additional Learning Outcomes for the Animal Sciences Track

Students who complete the Animal Sciences track will be able to:

Evince the tenets of professional behavior and communication, ethical value and culture sensitivity
Explain disease processes underlying common exotic and small animal diseases and evaluate their clinical implications relative to optimizing treatment
Demonstrate a working knowledge of mammalian anatomy and the relationship between anatomical structure and function
Exhibit a foundational knowledge of the physiologic mechanisms, functions and metabolism organ systems of domestic species
Perform common clinical tests commiserate with the current standard of care of veterinary practice and explain the clinical significance of the tests and their results
Demonstrate a fundamental knowledge of veterinary pharmacology and the ability to accurately perform dosage calculations

Note(s)

If students qualify for course as their Quantitative Reasoning requirement under general education, they must complete 3 credits of electives.
If students are required to take course to meet the general education Quantitative Reasoning, course will count towards major requirements.
To complete the major concentration, corequisite lab courses must be taken.

There is a 15-credit residency requirement in the major concentration of Biology that must be completed with courses numbered BIOL 200 and above. course may also be used to meet this requirement.

Required Courses

* Fulfills 3 credits of General Education Scientific Perspectives credits
** Fulfills 3 credits of General Education Quantitative Reasoning credits

Additional Required Courses

course - Principles of Evolution
course - Animal Behavior
course - Ecology
course - Cell Biology
course - Genetics
course - Developmental Biology
course - Research in Biology I
course - Research Capstone in Bio
course - Organic Chem I Lecture
course - Organic Chem I Lab
course - Organic Chem II Lecture
course - Organic Chem II Lab
course - Statistics OR course - Stats Socl/Behv Sciences

Major Electives: Choose 4 courses from the following list*:

course - Environmental Biology
course - Plant Biology
course - Introduction to Bioinformatics
course - Microbiology Lecture
course - Microbiology Lab **
course - Special Topics Biology
course - Human Physiology
course - Immunology
course - Principles of Neuroscience
course - Molecular Biol of the Cell
course - Independent Study Biol
course - Neurobiology
course - Adv Research Neurodegeneration
course - Adv Research Molecular Genetics
course - Biochemistry
course - Physics for Life Science I
course - Physics for Life Science II
course - Physics for Bio Sci I
course - Physics for Bio Sci II
course - Anatomy of Dom Animals Lec **
course - Anatomy Dom Animals Lab **
course - Physiology Domestic Animals **
course - Clinical Lab Tech & Analysis **
course - Clinical Lab Tech Lab **

* Students who plan to apply to veterinary medical school are strongly encouraged to choose course, course or course, course, along with course, and course/course as their major electives to fulfill the prerequisite requirements of most veterinary medical programs.

course pre-requisite requirement for VETC courses will be waived for Animal Sciences majors; students taking VETC electives must meet the VETC progression requirements* (see below). course/course must be taken concurrently or prior to course; course/course can only be taken after successful completion of course/course and course.

*** VETC course progression requirements: In order to take VETC courses to fulfill the Animal Sciences major elective requirements students must first earn a grade of B in course, grade of B in course, grade of C+ in course/course and minimum grades of C in all Natural Sciences courses. Note, students in the Animal Sciences track can meet their major elective requirements with non-VETC courses (see major elective list from above), in which case, these progression requirements for VETC courses would not apply.

Open Electives

Students who wish to apply to Veterinary Medical School should consider enrolling in course (Calculus I) if required for their Veterinary Medical School of interest.

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