Animal Science

Explore the UConn Animal Science website for departmental information. Course descriptions below correspond to the UConn undergraduate course catalog.

ANSC 1602: Behavior and Training of Domestic Animals*

Three credits ($150). Offered Fall, Spring, or Full-year.

Application of behavior of cattle, horses, sheep, goats, swine and poultry and companion animals to their management, training and welfare. Basic principles of genetics and physiology of behavior, perception, training, learning, motivation, and stress with consideration of integrated behavioral management and animal welfare. Students are required to have access to an animal that they will train throughout the semester; the Department of Animal Science will not necessarily provide animals for training.

Eligibility Guidelines: UConn ANSC courses may only be offered within a Connecticut approved Agriscience program.  Students must have completed Biology and the freshman year animal science course in high school..

ANSC 1676: Introduction to Companion Animals*

Three credits ($150). Offered Fall, Spring, or Full-year.

Basic concepts of the nutrition, physiology, health, and management of companion animals.

Eligibility Guidelines: UConn ANSC courses may only be offered within a Connecticut approved Agriscience program.  Students must have completed Biology and the freshman year animal science course in high school or instructor consent is required.

ANSC 2251: Horse Science*

Three credits ($150). Offered as the last course in a four semester sequence.

Valuable to animal science majors. Includes horse types and breeds and their nutrition, breeding, evaluation, behavior, care, and management with attention given to detailed studies of the problems and practices of horse production and use.

Eligibility Guidelines: UConn ANSC courses may only be offered within a Connecticut approved Agriscience program. ANSC 2251 must be offered as the last course in a four semester sequence (of animal science and horse science courses). ANSC 2251 is an advanced course and before enrollment, students must successfully complete Biology and least one year (or two semesters) of an introductory high school course specifically in horse science (not as a portion of another class).

Instructor Certification Requirements:

Option 1: Instructor should have an Animal Science BS major or minor; or Option 2: five years of experience teaching in an Agriscience high school. The first year of certification is provisional when the Department mentors the ECE instructor and oversees the implementation of the syllabus and instruction.

Certified instructors will work closely with the Animal Science Department to offer this class. Regular class exams are written by the ECE instructor and are approved by the Department. Final exam comes from the Animal Science Department at Storrs.

Instructor Resources:

ANSC 1602 Sample Syllabus.pdf
ANSC 1676 Sample Syllabus.pdf
ANSC 2251 Sample Syllabus.pdf | ANSC 2251 Sample Syllabus.pdf

*Contact UConn before applying as this course runs in a limited number of Agriscience High Schools only.