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

Admission Requirements:

Master’s Degree Program Basic Requirements

• Undergraduate Cumulative Grade Point Average:
  3.0 or equivalent required
• Graduate Record Examination (GRE):
  Required – no minimum score has been set

Doctoral Degree Program Basic Requirements

• Undergraduate Cumulative Grade Point Average:
  3.0 or equivalent required
• Graduate Record Examination (GRE):
  Required – no minimum score has been set

Academic Programs:

Master’s and Ph.D. Programs

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, Interdisciplinary 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
Christopher Bidwell
Shawn Donkin
Marcos Fernandez
Patricia Hester
Ronald Lemenager
Alan Mathew
William Muir
Karen Plaut
Mark Russell
Allan Schinckel
Michael Schutz
Terry Stewart

Associate Professor

Kolapo Ajuwon
Rodney Allrich
Todd Applegate
Colleen Brady
Ryan Cabot
Candace Croney
Paul Ebner
Dale Forsyth
Shihuan Kuang
Zoltan Machaty
John Patterson
John Scott Radcliffe
Brian Richert
Jon Schoonmaker

Assistant Professor

Marisa Erasmus
Jay Johnson
Yuan H. (Brad) Kim
Jon Schoonmaker
Kara Stewart
Stacy Zuelly

Research Faculty

Theresa Casey
Susan Eicher
Donald Lay, Jr.
Heng-Wei Cheng

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 53600 - The Digestive System In Health And Disease
• ANSC 53700 - Adipocyte Biology
• ANSC 55500 - Animal Growth And Development
• ANSC 55600 - Stem Cell Biology
• 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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