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2014-2015 University Catalog 
    
2014-2015 University Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Courses


The University Catalog lists all courses that pertain to the West Lafayette campus. In order to view courses that are available at a given time, and the details of such courses, please visit the myPurdue Schedule of Classes.

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Agronomy

  
  • AGRY 54500 - Remote Sensing Of Land Resources


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Application of remote sensing and spatial databases for observing and managing land resources within the Earth System; analysis and interpretation of remotely sensed data in combination with field observations and other data sources; conceptualization and design of a global earth resources information system. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • AGRY 55000 - Field Crops Breeding Techniques


    Credit Hours: 2.00. Field nursery experience, including crossing procedures, plant evaluation, selection for pest resistance and for agronomic characters, and field data evaluation. Typically offered Summer.
  
  • AGRY 55300 - Introduction To SAS For Statistical Analysis


    Credit Hours: 1.00. Introduction to SAS as a programming language, for students with no prior exposure to programming languages. Basics of programming languages, SAS concepts, data input and manipulation. Introduction to SAS for graphs, univariate statistics, simple statistics for classification data, analysis of variance, simple and multiple regression. Typically offered Summer Fall.
  
  • AGRY 55500 - Soil And Plant Analysis


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Principles and methods of chemical analysis of plants and soils. Topics include soil carbon analysis, exchangeable cations, soil acidity, salinity, pesticide analysis, and elemental analysis of plant tissue and forage analysis. Quantitative gravimetric and volumetric techniques are reviewed followed by use of instrumental methods of analysis including atomic absorption, UV/Visible spectrometry, HPLC, and gas chromatography. Laboratory safety, quality assurance/quality control, and data reporting are emphasized. Students having at lease one year of chemistry including a quantitative analysis laboratory will be suitably prepared. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • AGRY 56000 - Soil Physics


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Fundamentals of soil physics; transport of chemicals, heat, and gases; field spatial variability; principles and methods of physical analysis of soils; the influence of soil physical processes on environmental quality and agricultural production. Students having an understanding of introductory soil science will be suitably prepared. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • AGRY 56500 - Soils And Landscapes


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Soils as natural components of landscapes, geomorphology and soil characteristics; processes of soil formation; principal soils of Indiana, their adaptations, limitations, productivity and use; global soil distributions; application of GPS and mobile GIS in the field. This course requires two all-day field trips. Students will pay individual meal expenses when necessary. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • AGRY 57200 - Molecular Cytogenetics


    Credit Hours: 2.00. Principles of chromosome biology: behavior of chromosomes at meiosis and mitosis, polyploidy, haploidy, aneuploidy, chromosome rearrangements, chromosome structure/evolution, chromatin organization and regulation of gene activity, chromosome engineering and genome architecture, and application of molecular techniques to chromosome biology. . Typically offered Spring.
  
  • AGRY 57300 - Molecular Cytogenetics Laboratory


    Credit Hours: 1.00. Application of principles from Molecular Cytogenetics. Lab consists of chromosome preparation from mitotic/meiotic samples, identification of meiotic stages, chromosome banding, fluorescence in situ hybridization, and preparation of dipteran polytene chromosomes. Students are encouraged to bring samples from their own thesis research to use as test samples for molecular analysis. Offered in odd-numbered years. . Typically offered Spring.
  
  • AGRY 58000 - Soil Microbiology


    Credit Hours: 3.00. The soil microbial population and its role in the soil ecosystem; microbial transformations of inorganic and organic compounds; decomposition of residues; and dynamics of soil organic matter. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • AGRY 58200 - Environmental Fate Of Pesticides


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Emphasis is given to developing a fundamental understanding of the processes controlling the fate of organic chemicals, such as pesticides, in the environment. Processes considered include: volatilization, degradation, leaching, and sorption. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • AGRY 58500 - Soils And Land Use


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Soils as a resource in development planning; soil properties affecting land use; use of soil survey, aerial photos, topographic maps, and other resource data in land-use allocation; nonengineering aspects of site selection for various land uses, water conservation, waste disposal, and erosion control. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • AGRY 59600 - Professional Presentations


    Credit Hours: 1.00. Develop confidence and skills in preparing and delivering professional presentations to both peer scientific and student audiences. (el. 7). Typically offered Fall.
  
  • AGRY 59700 - Communicating With The Public


    Credit Hours: 1.00. This course will prepare students being trained as agronomy professionals to enhance their communication skills so they can successfully interact with the public. (el. 7) Offered in alternate years. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • AGRY 59800 - Special Problems


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 6.00. Research on agronomic problems conducted in laboratory, field, or library; report required; arrange with an agronomy staff member before registering. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • AGRY 60000 - Genomics


    Credit Hours: 3.00. An introduction to the technologies and analytical methods used in studying genomes, their functions and systems biology. This course prepares graduate students for further study of these techniques in additional courses and in their research. Students with an understanding of introductory genetics and statistics will be suitably prepared for this course. Offered in even-numbered years. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • AGRY 60500 - Advanced Plant Breeding


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Advanced study of genetic principles and their application to plant breeding systems, techniques, and objectives. Offered in alternate years. Prerequisite: AGRY 52000 ; a course in statistics covering simple analysis of variance. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • AGRY 61100 - Quantitative Genetics


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Continuation of AGRY 51100 , ANSC 51100 . Quantitative genetics in animals and plants. Genotypic and environmental variances; covariances between relatives; single- and multiple-trait selection and correlated responses; genotype-environment interaction. Inbreeding and crossbreeding: means, variances, heterosis, intra- and inter-population improvement. Prerequisite: STAT 51200 ; Prerequisite: AGRY 51100  OR ANSC 51100 . Typically offered Fall.
  
  • AGRY 63500 - Micrometeorology


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A rigorous study of the atmospheric boundary layer with special attention to turbulent diffusion processes in the lower atmosphere. Offered in alternate years. Prerequisite: AGRY 53500 . Typically offered Spring.
  
  • AGRY 64900 - Molecular Microbial Ecology


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Focuses on the application of various molecular genetic techniques for studying micro-organisms from and in the environment. The method, theoretical basis of each method, and interpretation of results are covered. The major areas discussed are the application of molecular genetic techniques to study: (1) total microbial communities; (2) diversity of micro-organisms in a community; and (3) biotechnological uses of micro-organisms. Prerequisite: AGRY 32000  or AGRY 58000  or BCHM 56200  or BIOL 24100  or BIOL 43800  or BIOL 54900 . Typically offered Fall.
  
  • AGRY 65000 - Clay Mineralogy


    Credit Hours: 4.00. Principles of crystal chemistry, survey of clay mineral structures, and identification of clay minerals by X-ray diffraction, chemical methods, differential thermal analysis, infrared spectroscopy, and specific surface area measurements. Role of clay minerals in the natural environment. Offered in alternate years. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • AGRY 65500 - Soil Genesis And Classification


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Principles of soil classification in general and of U.S. soil taxonomy in particular. Factors and processes of soil formation. Mineral weathering, geomorphology, and climate as related to the formation and distribution of soils. Offered in alternate years. Prerequisite: AGRY 56500 . Typically offered Spring.
  
  • AGRY 69600 - Agronomy Graduate Seminar


    Credit Hours: 1.00. Weekly discussion of assigned topics in soil and crop science. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • AGRY 69800 - Research MS Thesis


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 18.00. Research MS Thesis. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • AGRY 69900 - Research PhD Thesis


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 18.00. Research PhD Thesis. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.

American Sign Language

  
  • ASL 10100 - American Sign Language I


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A basic introduction to American Sign Language. This course introduces students to the tools for mastering the grammar at a basic expressive and receptive level. Introduction to cultural and historical aspects of ASL and the deaf community. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • ASL 10200 - American Sign Language II


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A continuation of ASL 10100 . Further study of the language with more emphasis on receptive and expressive conversational skills. Includes readings of research studies relevant to lectures. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • ASL 20100 - American Sign Language III


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A more advanced study of American Sign Language. Further development of receptive and expressive skills using more advanced material. Continued emphasis on cultural and historical aspects in relation to the evolution of the language and language usage. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  
  • ASL 20200 - American Sign Language IV


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A continuation of ASL 20100 . Includes some introduction to linguistic structure, especially classifiers, temporal sequencing and aspect, and conversational regulators. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • ASL 23000 - ASL In Conversaion And Narrative


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Development of expressive skills in ASL. Guided practice in conversation designed to enhance communicative competence. Introduction to a variety of artistic uses of ASL narrative, poetry and theatre. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • ASL 28000 - American Deaf Community: Language, Culture, And Society


    Credit Hours: 3.00. The linguistic, cultural, and societal context of the deaf community in America. Both historical and contemporary aspects of deaf identity will be included, with an emphasis on the central role that ASL plays in the lives of deaf individuals. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • ASL 39000 - Undergraduate Research In American Sign Language


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course is designed to allow for the investigation of topics related to the linguistic structure of ASL, populations of ASL language learners, sub-populations of the Deaf Community at the undergraduate level. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.

American Studies

  
  • AMST 20100 - Introduction To American Studies


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduction to the interdisciplinary study of American culture, history, and society in its national and global contexts. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • AMST 30100 - Perspectives On America


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Advanced interdisciplinary study of American culture, history, and society in their national and global contexts. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • AMST 49000 - Senior Capstone In American Studies


    Credit Hours: 6.00. Interdisciplinary senior capstone project in American Studies. Permission of department required. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • AMST 59000 - Directed Readings In American Studies


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. A reading course in aspects of American Studies directed by the instructor in whose particular field of specialization the content on the reading falls. Permission of Instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • AMST 60100 - Introduction To American Studies


    Credit Hours: 3.00. An exploration of the cultural and institutional history of American Studies designed to acquaint students with the interdisciplinary concepts of American Studies by focusing on major canonical texts associated with that history. Prerequisite: Master’s student standing and American Studies majors only. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • AMST 60200 - Contemporary Issues In American Studies


    Credit Hours: 3.00. An investigation of analytical categories, particularly race, class and gender, the multiple methodologies, and theoretical premises that shape developments in the field of American Studies. Prerequisite: AMST 60100 . Typically offered Spring.
  
  • AMST 60300 - American Studies Interdisciplinary Project


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Students will conduct independent research under faculty supervision towards completion of the Special Field examination for the Ph.D. degree. The project should be an extended, original research essay, based upon interdisciplinary research. The project should aim to produce original findings on a clearly defined topic or problem. In addition to the research and essay, students must produce a statement of methodology in which they explain their choice of sources and how their project contributes to the field of American Studies. To be taken in the final semester of coursework. Prerequisite: AMST 60100 . Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • AMST 61000 - Transnational American Studies Abroad


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Provides students an annual opportunity to study abroad and to familiarize themselves with Transnational scholarship in the field of American Studies. The seminar reflects efforts of the program to internationalize its curriculum and to establish ties with international universities. The course also complements the requirement of second language study for the Ph.D. in American Studies. Prerequisite: AMST 60100 . Typically offered Summer.
  
  • AMST 62000 - Archival Theory And Practice


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This class explores recent theories of the Archive, as well as theories of archiving, examines scholarly approaches to archival research, and introduces students to the practical aspects of accessioning, arranging, describing, and preserving archival collections. Archival work for the class will be conducted under the supervision of a faculty member and a partnering library. Prerequisite: AMST 60100 , AMST 60200 . Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • AMST 63000 - M A Research Seminar


    Credit Hours: 6.00. A research seminar required of all M.A. students in their final semester. Students write substantial essays based upon original research in which they seek to crystallize, in practice, methods and concepts of American Studies. Prerequisite: AMST 60100 . Typically offered Spring.
  
  • AMST 65000 - Reading Seminar In American Studies


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A reading seminar on a selected topic in American Studies, taught by two faculty members from different disciplines, usually one from the humanities and one from the social sciences. Prerequisite: AMST 60100 . Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • AMST 69500 - American Studies Service Learning/Internship


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course is to be used by students to complete a service learning or internship project that provides professional development towards completion of the degree. The project must be conducted under the supervision of a faculty member and community partner. The faculty supervisor will be responsible for determining the academic content of the course and requirements of service. In addition to academic requirements for the course, a final written report on the project must be filed with the American Studies program. The final report must describe the relationship between work completed for the course and the student’s plan of study. Prerequisite: AMST 60100 , AMST 60200 . Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  
  • AMST 69900 - Research PhD Thesis


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 18.00. Research PhD Thesis. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring.

Animal Sciences

  
  • ANSC 10100 - Animal Agriculture


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Importance of livestock in the field of agriculture, and the place of meats and other animal products in the human diet. Course not available for students enrolled at the West Lafayette campus. Credit cannot be obtained for both ANSC 10100 and ANSC 10200 . Offered at regional campuses, Vincennes University, and other distance education sites. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • ANSC 10200 - Introduction To Animal Agriculture


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A study of animal agriculture emphasizing the efficient production of animal food products from poultry, dairy and meat animals. Credit cannot be obtained for both ANSC 10100  and 10200. Course may also be offered for dual credit with cooperating Indiana high schools upon documented approval by Department of Animal Sciences. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • ANSC 10600 - Biology Companion Animal


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduction to the various aspects of companion animal biology. Topics include anatomy, physiology, health, immunity, nutrition, growth, digestion, metabolism, behavior, genetics, reproduction and lactation. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • ANSC 18100 - Orientation To Animal Sciences


    Credit Hours: 1.00. Introduction to the faculty, programs, opportunities, career preparation, and personal development requirements needed to succeed in a career in the animal industries. Course meets during weeks 1-8. Requires class trips. Students will pay individual lodging or meal expenses when necessary. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • ANSC 20100 - Functional Anatomy And Animal Performance


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A course designed to observe the norms for acceptable conformation of breeds of farm animals and to relate significant characteristics of farm animals to performance and profitability. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • ANSC 22100 - Principles Of Animal Nutrition


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Classification and function of nutrients, deficiency symptoms, digestive processes, characterization of feedstuffs, and formulation of diets for domestic animals. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  
  • ANSC 23000 - Physiology Of Domestic Animals


    Credit Hours: 4.00. A lecture course designed to present physiology of domestic farm animals. Function of tissues and organs, maintenance of internal steady-state conditions, and body responses to external environmental conditions will be presented. Physiological mechanisms involved in lactation, growth, and reproduction will be included. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • ANSC 24500 - Applied Animal Management


    Credit Hours: 2.00. Skills and practices related to handling and care of beef and dairy cattle, horses, poultry, sheep, and swine. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • ANSC 28100 - Career Planning In Animal Sciences


    Credit Hours: 1.00. A seminar course designed to inform students of the career opportunities in animal industries, develop their interviewing and other interpersonal skills, and begin to plan the course of study, work experiences, and marketing methods needed to obtain a successful internship and employment. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • ANSC 29200 - Special Assignments


    Credit Hours: 0.00. To be arranged with individual staff members prior to registration. Reading, discussions, written reports, seminar presentations, teaching, field or laboratory experiences provided for enrichment in special areas of animal science. . Permission of department required. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  
  • ANSC 29300 - Special Assignments


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. Reading, discussions, written reports, seminar presentations, teaching, field or laboratory experiences provided for enrichment in special areas of animal science. Combination of ANSC 29300 and AGR 49300  cannot exceed six credits. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • ANSC 29400 - Exploring International Animal Agriculture


    Credit Hours: 3.00. An experiential learning class. Interrelationship of animal agriculture with agronomic production, feed industries, culture, national infrastructure, political systems and international trade will be investigated through international travel. Critical thinking and communication skills will be enhanced by topic leadership, comparative analysis and seminar presentation. May be repeated for credit with variable title. Typically offered Summer.
  
  • ANSC 29500 - Special Topics In Animal Sciences


    Credit Hours: 0.00 to 3.00. Lecture presentation of specialized material not available in formal courses of the department. The specific topic that is offered will be indicated on the student’s record. May be repeated for credit with variable title. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • ANSC 30100 - Animal Growth, Development, And Evaluation


    Credit Hours: 4.00. A study of meat animal growth and developmental processes, including micro and gross anatomy, and factors that affect body/carcass composition with application to animal and carcass evaluation. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • ANSC 30300 - Animal Behavior


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Discussion of animal behavior with emphasis on developing an understanding of the reasons domesticated animals react the way they do toward their kind and to humans. The laboratory will be used for observation of behavior patterns in animals. Solutions for unusual behavior include behavior modification techniques. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • ANSC 31100 - Animal Breeding


    Credit Hours: 4.00. Genetic principles and their applications in improvement of production efficiency in livestock. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • ANSC 32400 - Applied Animal Nutrition


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Application of the principles of animal nutrition to the formulation and feeding of supplements and complete rations for animals; ration ingredients and substitution values; computer applications; legal aspects of feed formulation; and industry practices. Requires class trips. Students will pay individual lodging or meal expenses when necessary. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • ANSC 33200 - Environmental Physiology Of Domestic Animals


    Credit Hours: 2.00. Interactions of environmental factors with physiological processes in domestic animals. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • ANSC 33300 - Physiology Of Reproduction


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Basic information on the physiological processes of reproduction. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • ANSC 33400 - Physiology Of Reproduction Laboratory


    Credit Hours: 1.00. Anatomical structures, physiological processes, and techniques concerned with animal reproduction. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • ANSC 34500 - Animal Health Management


    Credit Hours: 3.00. The objectives of this course are to familiarize the student with disease processes and mechanisms. Management techniques in food, companion, and research animal species that minimize or prevent disease will be emphasized, as well as the consequences on animal production, reproduction, and human health. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • ANSC 35100 - Meat Science


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Study of muscle and meat, principles involved in the conversion of living animals to meat and by-products; efficient utilization of all types of meat as food. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • ANSC 35101 - Meat Science Laboratory


    Credit Hours: 1.00. Application of scientific principles to the meat industry, with emphasis on all aspects of processing including: harvest; carcass grading and evaluation; fabrication; cured, smoked, and comminuted meat products; quality control; product development; and retail and food service merchandising. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • ANSC 37000 - Livestock Evaluation


    Credit Hours: 2.00. This course is designed to develop logical thinking and speaking skills, while developing the ability to critically evaluate livestock in their production environments. Prior experience in public speaking or judging is not required. The combination of ANSC 37000, ANSC 37100 , ANSC 37200 , ANSC 47000 , ANSC 47100 , and ANSC 47200  cannot exceed three credits toward ANSC electives. Requires class trips. Students will pay individual lodging or meal expenses when necessary. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • ANSC 37100 - Dairy Evaluation


    Credit Hours: 2.00. This course will enable the student to become familiar with breeds of dairy, parts of dairy cattle and their relationship to function. Opportunities will exist to associate with people from various breed organizations within the dairy industry. The combination of ANSC 37000 , 37100, ANSC 37200 , ANSC 47000 , ANSC 47100 , and ANSC 47200  cannot exceed three credits toward ANSC electives. Requires class trips. Students will pay individual lodging or meal expenses when necessary. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • ANSC 37200 - Horse Evaluation


    Credit Hours: 2.00. A student-centered laboratory course designed to familiarize students with functional horse conformation and type that maximizes athletic ability, applies selection criteria established by national breed associations for evaluating performance events, and prepares students to select halter and performance horses of many breeds and disciplines. The combination of ANSC 37000 , ANSC 37100 , 37200, ANSC 47000 , ANSC 47100 , and ANSC 47200  cannot exceed three credits toward ANSC electives. Requires class trips. Students will pay individual lodging or meal expenses when necessary. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • ANSC 38100 - Leadership For A Diverse Workplace


    Credit Hours: 3.00. An interactive, small group discussion class covering effective interpersonal and group skills needed to enhance career satisfaction in a diverse workplace including building networks within industry, cross-cultural communication and gaining experiences in group problem-solving and decision-making. This course may be used as an additional written communication elective as required in all plans of study in Animal Sciences. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • ANSC 39000 - Animal Sciences Internship


    Credit Hours: 0.00. Internships with producers, businesses, or agencies arranged in cooperation with faculty coordinator. Permission of department required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • ANSC 39300 - Animal Industry Travel Course


    Credit Hours: 1.00 or 2.00. A classroom and travel course designed to expose students to animal production operations, agribusinesses, industry leaders, and their philosophies as well as critical contemporary issues throughout various geographical areas of the United States. Travel is conducted during spring break or summer sessions and includes visits to animal production farms, universities, and agribusinesses. Additional fee required. Limited to two credits toward Animal Sciences electives. Offered in odd numbered years. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • ANSC 40000 - Animal Sciences Study Abroad


    Credit Hours: 0.00 to 8.00. Utilized to record credits earned through participation in Purdue study abroad programs with cooperating foreign universities. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • ANSC 40400 - Animal Welfare


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A multi-disciplinary course that introduces students to the fields of animal welfare and the ethics of animal use. The course will emphasize farm animal welfare and production issues. Requires class trips. Students will pay individual lodging or meal expenses when necessary. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • ANSC 43500 - Reproductive Management Of Farm Animals


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Management practices associated with improved reproductive efficiency. Procedures for diagnosis of reproductive failure and practical methods of controlling reproduction will be identified. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • ANSC 44000 - Horse Management


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Current breeding, feeding, housing, selection, disease control, and other management practices essential for sound economic planning of horse operations in today’s horse industry. Laboratory farm visits provide students with real application examples and industry contacts. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • ANSC 44100 - Beef Management


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Breeding, feeding, and management practices essential for economical beef production, including performance testing. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • ANSC 44200 - Sheep Management


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Breeding, feeding, and management practices essential for economical sheep production and commercial lamb feeding, including performance testing. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • ANSC 44300 - Swine Management


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Breeding, feeding, and management practices essential for commercial swine production, including performance testing. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • ANSC 44400 - Dairy Management


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Current breeding, feeding, physiology, disease prevention, and management practices essential for economical milk production. Requires class trips. Students will pay individual lodging or meal expenses when necessary. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • ANSC 44500 - Commercial Poultry Management


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Current developments and practices in the commercial production of eggs, broilers, and turkeys; principles of breeding, physiology, nutrition, management, and disease prevention. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • ANSC 44600 - Companion Animal Management


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course details understanding of the economic scope of the pet industry as well as the role of pets in American society. The students will acquire the information to be responsible pet owners by experiencing their knowledge of housing practices, nutritional care, health care, behavior and breeding of companion animals. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • ANSC 47000 - Livestock Judging


    Credit Hours: 1.00. This course is designed to teach livestock evaluation, relationship of production data to live animal evaluation characteristics, expand logical thinking and reasoning skills, and enhance oral communication skills. Requires class trips. Students will pay individual lodging or meal expenses when necessary. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • ANSC 47100 - Dairy Judging


    Credit Hours: 1.00. Opportunities will exist to allow the student to practice analysis and enhance decision-making processes in placing animals in collegiate dairy contests. Communication skills will be developed to properly present and defend those decisions with confidence. Requires class trips. Students will pay individual lodging or meal expenses when necessary. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • ANSC 47200 - Horse Judging


    Credit Hours: 1.00. An intensive capstone experience for those students wishing to apply their knowledge of functional horse conformation, athletic ability, selection criteria established by national breed associations, and develop advanced decision making, communication, and experience working within a team environment by preparing and competing in national judging contests. Requires class trips. Students will pay individual lodging or meal expenses when necessary. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • ANSC 48100 - Contemporary Issues in Animal Sciences


    Credit Hours: 1.00. Industry-led and student-led discussions and debate of current issues facing animal industries. Experiences from internships, research problems, study abroad, or job shadowing will be shared among the students. Course meets during weeks 1-8. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • ANSC 48300 - Contemporary Issues In Animal Sciences II


    Credit Hours: 0.50. Student-led discussion and debate of current issues facing animal industries. Topics include environmental impact, food safety, animal care and well-being, ethics, use of biotechnology, world food supply, and international agricultural trade issues. Students will share their experiences with each other from course work, internships, research problems, study abroad and club activities as they address contemporary issues facing animal industries. Course meets during weeks 1-8. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • ANSC 48500 - Dairy Farm Evaluation


    Credit Hours: 2.00. This course will provide students with an opportunity to integrate and apply knowledge of dairy cattle management systems, nutrition, reproduction, genetics, milk quality, animal handling, physical farm facilities, manure handling and management, personnel and their financial implications. Students will develop critical analysis skills and apply troubleshooting principles in the identification and resolution of dairy farm management issues in a learning environment that is structured around farm evaluation field trips and case studies. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • ANSC 49100 - Special Problems


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. Supervised individual laboratory or library assignments. Written reports required. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • ANSC 49200 - Special Assignments


    Credit Hours: 0.00. To be arranged with individual staff members prior to registration. Reading, discussions, written reports, seminar presentations, teaching, field or laboaratory experiences provided for enrichment in special areas of animal science. Permission of department required. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  
  • ANSC 49300 - Special Assignments


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. Reading, discussions, written reports, seminar presentations, teaching, field or laboratory experiences provided for enrichment in special areas of animal science. Combination of ANSC 29300  and 49300 cannot exceed six credits. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • ANSC 49400 - Animals And Food Security: International Services Learning


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 4.00. This course prepares students for a service learning international experience and includes the planning of the trip, the actual trip and a reflective learning post-trip class. The course is a partnership between Purdue Animal Sciences, a host university and their students, a local community organization, and an international community development, NGO. The core of the experience is the faculty-led international service learning course where students live and work in villages in a developing country. Students will learn extension methodologies and how to contribute to sustainable projects. Students will be expected to work in bi-national teams across agricultural and community disciplines to not only contribute to the communities served but to apply their classroom knowledge and experience to make a difference in the community. AGEC 43000 - Agricultural And Food Business Strategy  is a highly recommended prerequisite. Prerequisites: Multicultural Awareness course (COA list). Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • ANSC 49500 - Special Topics In Animal Sciences


    Credit Hours: 0.00 to 3.00. Lecture presentation of specialized material not available in the formal courses of the department. The specific topic that is offered will be indicated on the student’s record. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • ANSC 49900 - Thesis Research


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 6.00. For students doing specialized animal sciences research; report required. Arrange with academic advisor and honors research coordinator before registering. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • ANSC 51100 - Population Genetics


    Credit Hours: 3.00. (AGRY 51100 , FNR 51100 ) Basic concepts of population genetics. Characterization of populations using gene frequencies, gametic and zygotic disequilibrium; forces changing gene frequencies (mutation, migration, selection, and random genetic drift) and genotypic frequencies (mating systems: inbreeding, crossbreeding, and phenotypic assortative) and related hypothesis testing; gene trees and the coalescent process; and molecular phylogenies. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • ANSC 51300 - Design Of Animal Breeding Programs


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Integration of principles of animal breeding and genetics into animal improvement programs. Emphasis is placed on the interaction among genetics, nutrition, and physiology. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • ANSC 51400 - Animal Biotechnology


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Presentation and discussion of the history, developments, and applications of molecular genetic analysis of human and animal genomes, and use of gene transfer in research, animal agriculture, and human medicine. Ethical and economical ramifications of biotechnology in society will be introduced through reading assignments and discussion. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • ANSC 52200 - Monogastric Nutrition


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Digestion and absorption, nutrient utilization and interrelationships in poultry, swine, and other monogastric animals. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • ANSC 52400 - Ruminant Nutrition And Physiology


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Physiological, microbiological, and biochemical effects and their interrelationships on digestion and metabolism in the ruminant animal. Typically offered Spring.
 

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