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Twin Cities campus
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Twin Cities Campus
Animal Sciences MinorAnimal Science
College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences
Link to a list of faculty for this program.
Contact Information
Department of Animal Science, 305 Haecker Hall, 1364 Eckles Avenue, Saint Paul, MN 55108 (612-624-3491; fax: 612-625-5789)
Email:
ansci@umn.edu
Students pursuing the Animal Sciences minor concentrate on one of the animal sciences emphasis areas: genetics; growth biology; nutrition; physiology; or production systems. Students have the option of tailoring their minor to include study in more than one emphasis area.
Program Delivery
Prerequisites for Admission
The preferred undergraduate GPA for admittance to the program
is 3.00.
For an online application or for more information about graduate education admissions, see the
General Information section of this
website.
Program Requirements
Use of 4xxx courses toward program requirements is permitted under certain conditions with adviser approval.
Requirements are designed to fit the student's needs. A master's minor requires 6 credits in areas not closely related to the major; no more than 2 of these credits may be in research or special problems. A doctoral minor requires 12 credits in areas not closely related to the major; no more than 3 of these credits may be in research or special problems.
Program Sub-plans
Students are required to complete one of the following sub-plans.
Students may not complete the program with more than one sub-plan.
Masters
Minor Requirements
The AnSci program does not require specific courses for completion of the minor. The minor requires at least 6 credits of graduate-level courses to be chosen in consultation with the student's major adviser, the AnSci faculty member who will serve on the student's examination committee as the minor program representative, and the AnSci Director of Graduate Studies.
Doctoral
Minor Requirements
The AnSci program does not require specific courses for completion of the minor. The minor requires at least 12 credits of graduate-level courses to be chosen in consultation with the student's major adviser, the AnSci faculty member who will serve on the student's examination committee as the minor program representative, and the AnSci Director of Graduate Studies.
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