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Program Overview

The Animal Science program provides you the opportunity to develop skills and knowledge required to enter a career in animal science or transfer to a four-year college to continue your education.

You will learn the complete life cycle of beef and swine from pasture to plate, 并在以下方面获得实践技能和知识:

  • 解剖学和生理学
  • Animal behavior
  • Record keeping
  • Proper animal care
  • Feeding and nutrition
  • 生殖与生殖技术
  • 生产和农场管理
  • 肉类科学/屠宰

Learn from instructors who bring real-world experience from their education, everyday farming, 职业生涯. 教员证书包括:

  • 牛肉品质保证(BQA)
  • 猪肉质量保证®Plus (PQA Plus)
  • 危害分析和关键控制点(HACCP)
  • ServSafe

实践学习机会

  • 靠谱买球app推荐225英亩的农场实验室: Work with beef and swine to learn their complete life cycle and as well as production and farm management.

  • 肉类实验室:学习如何切肉, process, and grade meat; use meat processing equipment including saw, grinder, stuffer, deli slicers, tumbler, and small smokehouse; and USDA sanitation rules and practices.

  • Certification: Students will be certified in BQA, PQA Plus ®, Fear Free ®

  • 瘘管牛:了解消化系统, and track, test, 并分析食物的消化率和营养.

  • Field Trips: Visit meat processing plants and various size farming operations to learn how your skills and knowledge can be applied in a variety of work environments.

  • Conferences: Expand your knowledge and leadership skills at the Postsecondary Agricultural Student (PAS) Conference and the Iowa Pork Congress.

  • Employment Experience: Gain 320 hours of real-world work experience ensuring you have the skills you need to succeed in your future career.

Capstone Experience

顶点体验整合了课程作业, knowledge, and experiential learning to enable students to demonstrate a broad knowledge of their studies. Hawkeye's Capstone Experience is taught by an Iowa licensed veterinarian.

Transfer Information

An articulation agreement allows you to transfer your Animal Science coursework to the Animal Science/Pre-Veterinary Medicine program at Iowa State University. Hawkeye also has transfer relationships with Northwest Missouri State University, 南达科他州立大学, 以及威斯康星大学普拉特维尔分校.

如果你打算转学，请与一名学生密切合作 program advisor to ensure courses transfer and you meet program requirements.

At A Glance
Awards
  • 应用科学副学士
  • Certificate
Length of Study 9 months – 2 years
Program Start Fall, Spring, Summer
学费助学金

这个项目有资格获得 Kibbie Grant.

Students must apply for and be awarded the Kibbie Grant.

Faculty Spotlight

Dresden Wulf

Dresden developed a passion for animal agriculture at a young age growing up on a diversified livestock farm in Central Iowa. While at Iowa State University she was a member of the 2004 Collegiate Meats Judging team which sparked her interest in meat science and the food industry. Her passion and commitment to the beef industry has endured through the years, as she continues to maintain a predominantly Angus based commercial cow herd. In recent years she has personally become involved in a commercial farrow to finish swine operation. She feels her outside of the classroom involvement in the livestock industry keeps her in-tune with current trends and brings real world experiences to the classroom.

See Dresden's bio.

Graduate Spotlight
Maddie Harford

Maddie Harford has known she wanted to work with animals since her days in 4-H. 在草莓点附近的农场长大, she knew her ultimate goal was the veterinary program at Iowa State, but she wasn’t ready for the leap from small-town high school to big university. 她决定从靠谱买球app推荐动物科学开始.

“我来自一所很小的高中, It really helped in my transition from my high school life to my college life," she said. "I'd recommend going to a community college first because it helps with the transition and it's easier to be one on one with your instructors in class than a huge university class."

Graduate Spotlight
Samantha Stokes

Samantha Stokes can trace her love of animals to the summers she spent at her grandmother's horse rescue. 这使得选择职业道路变得容易.

"I knew Hawkeye would be a great place to start because I knew they had a really good Animal Science program," she said. "I knew it would be affordable and I could go anywhere from here."

In addition to the hands-on learning experiences in class, Samantha was able to apply her growing skillset in the real world as a dog groomer at PetSmart.

"Because of Hawkeye, I've been able to get a degree without any debt," she said. "I have been able to pursue a passion that I've always wanted."

Program Pathways

肉类科学证书

The Meat Science certificate program provides students with hands-on training for a career in the meat science industry utilizing up-to-date industry equipment in Hawkeye's meat lab.

Program Details

Award Certificate
Credits 24
Program Start Fall, Spring, Summer
Number of Terms 2
Time to Complete 9 months
靠谱买球app推荐程序 选择学术课程:
Animal Science – AAS
See Program Admission

建议的研究顺序和费用

Program Courses

Term 1
  • 家畜生理学
  • Livestock Evaluation
  • Microbiology
Term 2
  • Employment Experience
  • 动物源性食品
  • Swine Science or
    Beef Cattle Science

Next step: Continue to the Animal Science 应用科学副学士 degree or graduate and enter the workforce.

Animal Science 应用科学副学士 Degree

Program Details

Award 应用科学副学士
Credits 69
Program Start Fall, Spring, Summer
Number of Terms 4
Time to Complete 2 years
靠谱买球app推荐程序 选择学术课程:
Animal Science – AAS
See Program Admission

建议的研究顺序和费用

Program Courses

Term 1
  • Ag Computers
  • 农学原理
  • 畜牧业调查
Term 2
  • Animal Nutrition
  • Applied Math
  • 土壤学基础
  • Swine Science or
    Equine Science or
    Beef Cattle Science
Term 3
  • 家畜生理学
  • Financial Accounting or
    会计概论
  • 动物科学面临的问题
Term 4
  • Employment Experience
  • 动物源性食品
  • Swine Science or
    Equine Science or
    Beef Cattle Science
动物科学选修课
  • 农业经济学
  • Agricultural Selling
  • 农业的领导
  • Beef Cattle Science
  • Cash Grains
  • Companion Animal
  • Equine Science
  • 农场经营管理
  • 食物安全及分析
  • Fundamentals of GIS
  • 病虫害综合治理
  • 农业市场概论
  • Livestock Evaluation
  • 除害剂应用证书
  • 精准农业系统
  • Study Abroad
  • Swine Science
  • Veterinary Assisting
  • 兽医术语
  • 兽医药理学
  • 兽医接待和管理技能

Students pursuing the 应用科学副学士 degree can also earn the Meat Science certificate or the Veterinary Assisting diploma by completing Meat Science certificate coursework or 兽医辅助文凭课程 完成AAS学位.

See the Suggested Sequence of Study for the full list of courses, cost, 以及其他课程细节.

You have completed the Animal Science 应用科学副学士 degree program.

Careers

Positions

毕业生找到工作在:

  • Livestock production
  • 牲畜销售及市场推广
  • Livestock processing
  • Animal genetics
  • 大大小小的农场经营

职业和平均工资
Entry Average Experienced
农业检查员 $37,100 $49,300 $55,400
农业技术人员 $31,500 $45,200 $52,100
Animal Breeders $22,700 $39,600 $48,000
农民、牧场主和其他农业管理者 $36,300 $67,200 $82,700
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse $22,600 $29,500 $32,900
农场工人，农场，牧场和水产养殖动物 $25,200 $32,900 $36,800
食品科学技术人员 $33,800 $42,600 $47,000

Source: 2022年爱荷华州工资报告，爱荷华州劳动力发展

Employers

The following is a partial list of employers who have hired graduates from this program:
Business Location
ADM联盟营养 Quincy, IL
Heartland Co-op West Des Moines, IA
JBS USA Marshalltown, IA
Tyson Foods, Inc. Waterloo, IA
美国农业部食品安全检验局
韦斯特伍德胚胎服务 Waverly, IA

Program Contacts
Admissions
Email Admissions 319-296-4000 Hawkeye Center 114
学术/大学成功顾问
Last Names A – M
 Student Services 电子邮件学生服务 319-296-4014 Hawkeye Center 208
学术/大学成功顾问
Last Names N – Z
 John Peterson Email John Peterson 319-296-4014 ext.1448 Bremer Hall 136
Faculty Advisor
Last Names A – M
 Ole Cleveland Email Ole Cleveland 319-296-2329 ext.1414 Bremer Hall 111C
Faculty Advisor
Last Names N – Z
 Dresden Wulf Email Dresden Wulf 319-296-2329 ext.1084 Bremer Hall 111D

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