Animal Science Specialty - Livestock Production Track

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General Information

The undergraduate Animal Science specialization at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo started in 1975. In 1990, the Animal Science Production curriculum was developed, which evolved into Livestock Production. UH Hilo has relatively small class sizes which allows for more faculty-student interaction and individual attention. All Animal Science classes have lectures and hands-on lab periods. UH Hilo has a 110-acre farm with various enterprises including a livestock operation with beef cattle, hair sheep, horses, meat goats and swine. Students have the chance to work with these animals in labs.

Why Study Livestock Production?

Livestock has been used throughout history for producing food and fiber. Because of pollution and dwindling natural resources, more farmers and ranchers are adopting sustainable production methods. If properly managed, livestock help to preserve the land and environment for future generations.

The Animal Science Livestock Production curriculum helps to prepare students to work with livestock on farms and ranches or to obtain positions in the livestock industry or related fields. The Big Island of Hawaiʻi has some excellent livestock operations including Parker Ranch, one of the largest ranches in the U.S. Former Animal Science students have taken positions at farms, dairies, ranches, equestrian centers, experiment stations, quarantine stations, veterinary clinics and zoos. Positions also exist with companies that sell feed, food products, livestock products and supplies.

Student Learning Outcomes

Students will achieve a working knowledge of biology, chemistry, and mathematics as a foundation for further studies.
Students will achieve a basic understanding in the different animal science disciplines and be able to apply this knowledge to effectively manage and care for livestock.
Students will have experiential learning opportunities with farm animals through routine hands-on laboratories held at the UHH Agricultural Farm Laboratory. When available, field trips to local farms and ranches will also provide learning opportunities with farm animals. Students will gain hands-on experience with livestock to help enhance their competitiveness in future studies and careers.
Students will use and refine their communication skills in various classes.
Students will develop and apply their computer skills to agricultural examples.

Requirements for Graduation

To earn a Bachelor of Science degree in Agriculture with a specialization in Animal Science - Livestock Production, a student must complete a minimum of 123 semester hours with a cumulative GPA of 2.0. The course work must be in the following areas:

General Education Requirements (46 to 52 hrs)
(see http://hilo.hawaii.edu/academics/gened/ for a listing of qualified courses)

In the Agriscience and Supplemental Requirements, some of the required courses also qualify as General Education Requirements.

Title/Courses	Credits
Basic General Requirements	(18 hrs Total)
English Composition Eng 100 or Eng 100T or Eng 100H or ESL 100 or ESL 100T	3 hrs
Language Arts	3 hrs
Quantitative Reasoning Two courses	6 hrs
World Cultures Two courses	6 hrs
Area General Requirements	(19 hrs Total)
Humanities Two courses in different disciplines.	6 hrs
Social Sciences Two courses in different disciplines.	6 hrs
Natural Sciences Two courses in different disciplines, including 1 credit hour of laboratory.	7 hrs
Integrative General Requirements	(9-15 hrs Total)
Writing Intensive Requirement Three courses designated "WI", one of which must be numbered 300 or above. Transfer students, after an official transfer credit evaluation, may be required to take less than 3 courses.	3-9 hrs
Hawai`i Pan-Pacific Requirement	3 hrs
Global and Community Citizenship	3 hrs

Requirements for Major (including GE courses, 123 hrs)

Course	Title	Credits
Agriscience Requirements		(52 hrs Total)
Ag 230+	Sustainable Agriculture	3 hrs
Ag 496	Senior Seminar	1 hr
AgBu 110 *	Introduction to Microcomputing for Agriculture	3 hrs
AgBu 320 or AgEc 330	Agribusiness Management or Farm Management	3 hrs
AgEn 231	Introduction to Agricultural Mechanization	3 hrs
Agrn 310 or Agrn 410	Agronomic Crop Production in the Tropics or Soil-Plant-Herbivore Interrelations	3 hrs
AnSc 141	Introduction to Animal Science	3 hrs
AnSc 244	Fundamentals of Animal Nutrition	3 hrs
AnSc 321	Feeds and Feeding	3 hrs
AnSc 350	Anatomy and Physiology of Farm Animals	3 hrs
AnSc 445	Animal Breeding and Genetics	3 hrs
AnSc 450	Reproduction of Farm Animals	3 hrs
AnSc 342 or AnSc 351 or AnSc 353 or AnSc 355	Animal Science Production Courses: Three Courses	9 hrs
Ento 304	General Entomology	3 hrs
Hort 262+	Principles of Horticulture	3 hrs
Soil 304	Tropical Soil	3 hrs
Supplemental Requirements		(21-23 hrs Total)
Biol 175-175L	Introductory Biology I & Lab	4 hrs
Biol 176-176L	Introductory Biology II & Lab	4 hrs
Chem 114-114L* Chem 141* or Chem 124-124L Chem 125-125L or Chem 124-124L Chem 141*	Introductory Chemistry & Lab Survey of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry or General Chemistry I & Lab General Chemistry II & Lab or General Chemistry I & Lab Survey of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry	7/8 hrs
Eng 225*	Writing for Science and Technology	3 hrs
Math 104* or Math 104F* or Math 104G* or Math 205* or Math 206*	Precalculus Math or Precalculus I: Elementary Functions or Precalculus II: Trigonometry & Analytic Geometry or Calculus I or Calculus II	3/4 hrs
Electives		(21-25 hrs Total)
See your advisor for possible electives.

Note: Ag 497 may be taken before senior year.

*Can be used for Basic General Education OR Area General Education OR Integrative Requirements.

+Can be used for Basic General Education OR Area General Education AND Integrative Requirements.

EFFECTIVE FALL 2011