Focus your studies on how animals are vital to business, economics, livestock production, food and agriculture with a B.S. in Animal Sciences: Industry-Business/Production emphasis .

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About the Industry-Business/Production Emphasis

This degree emphasis combines core animal sciences courses in nutrition, anatomy and physiology with classes in agricultural economics, marketing and business management. You will gain the skills necessary to go into careers at the intersection of animals, agriculture and business, like livestock management, animal production, research and food science. Your career could take you into the private, public or research sectors as you find innovative solutions to challenges that face the animal industry.

Degree requirements

Courses required to complete a bachelor of animal sciences with an industry-business/production emphasis at the University of Arizona are subject to change, so remember to meet with your advisor regularly to review your course plan.

Course examples

You’ll work with your advisor to create a course plan that includes required core and elective classes. Industry-Business/Production core course options include:

• Animal Nutrition
• Food Safety and Microbiology
• Principles of Livestock Health Management
• Meat Animal Composition
• Beef Resource Management
• Physiology of Domestic Animals