Department of Animal Sciences (Graduate)

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Website URL:

https://ag.purdue.edu/ansc/Pages/GradProgram.aspx

Department/School Head:

Alan G. Mathew

Academic Programs:

Master’s and Ph.D. Programs

Research conducted by graduate students in our department spans a continuum encompassing basic and applied approaches in the discovery that impact both agricultural and biomedical sciences.

M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in the field of Animal Sciences
Ph.D. programs in the area of Interdisciplinary Genetics (IGNT)

Concentrations (Areas of Study):

Graduate study toward the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in the field of Animal Sciences may be pursued in the areas of Animal Behavior and Welfare, Cellular and Molecular Biology, Genetics, Management, Meat Science and Food Safety, Neuroscience, Nutrition, and Physiology. In addition, Ph.D. programs are offered in the area of Interdisciplinary Genetics (IGNT).

Regular Graduate Faculty by Rank:

Professor

Layi Adeola
Kolapo Ajuwon
Ryan Cabot
Candace Croney
Shawn Donkin
Paul Ebner
Marcos Fernandez
Shihuan Kuang
Ronald Lemenager
Zoltan Machaty
Alan Mathew
Karen Plaut
John Scott Radcliffe
Allan Schinckel

Associate Professor
 

Rodney Allrich
Dale Forsyth
Greg Fraley
Brianna Gaskill
Darrin Karcher
Elizabeth Karcher
Yuan H. (Brad) Kim
Brian Richert
Jon Schoonmaker
Kara Stewart

Assistant Professor

Jacquelyn Boerman
Luiz Brito
Marisa Erasmus
Jay Johnson
Timothy Johnson
Alex Pasternak
Stacy Zuelly

Research Faculty

Birgit Cabot
Theresa Casey
 

Adjunct Faculty

Colleen Brady
Heng-wei Cheng
Jay Johnson
Donald Lay, Jr.

Programs

• Animal Science, PHD

• Animal Science, MS

Courses

• ANSC 51100 - Population Genetics
• ANSC 51300 - Design Of Animal Breeding Programs
• ANSC 51400 - Animal Biotechnology
• ANSC 52200 - Monogastric Nutrition
• ANSC 52400 - Ruminant Nutrition And Physiology
• ANSC 53400 - Advanced Reproductive Physiology
• ANSC 53500 - Avian Physiology
• ANSC 53700 - Adipocyte Biology
• ANSC 55200 - Advanced Meat Science
• ANSC 55500 - Animal Growth And Development
• ANSC 59500 - Special Topics In Animal Sciences
• ANSC 62000 - Proteins And Amino Acids In Nutrition
• ANSC 62600 - Nutritional Biochemistry And Physiology II
• ANSC 62700 - Nutritional Biochemistry And Physiology III
• ANSC 66000 - Intestinal Microbiology And Immunology
• ANSC 68100 - Animal Sciences Graduate Seminar
• ANSC 69100 - Topical Research Problems
• ANSC 69800 - Research MS Thesis
• ANSC 69900 - Research PhD Thesis

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