Master of Science - Animal Science

Innovations in animal science help to advance animal care, breeding, meat, and dairy quality and production, and other important areas of the animal agriculture industry.

This program will prepare students to make their own contribution to the ever-changing field. Students will build research skills and develop specialized knowledge in areas like animal nutrition, reproductive physiology, meats, animal breeding, and muscle biology and growth.

Students also will conduct independent research on a topic that interests them in the form of a thesis. Much of the students' experience will take place in the on-campus meat-science labs and animal centers, home to purebred cows, breeding Suffolk ewes, and milking Holstein cows.