Graduate List of ANS Classes
The following is a list of classes the Department of Animal Sciences offers. Not every class is offered every term. To find out which courses are currently scheduled, please hop over to the OSU Course Catalog and click on "Animal Sciences."
| ANS 501 RESEARCH (1-16) Graded P/N. This course is repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits. PREREQS: Departmental approval required. |
| ANS 503 THESIS (1-16) Graded P/N. This course is repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits. |
| ANS 505 READING AND CONFERENCE (1-16) Graded P/N. This course is repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits. PREREQS: Departmental approval required. |
| ANS 507 GRADUATE SEMINAR (1) Section 1: Seminar/general for all graduate students. Preparation of effective visual aids. Practice explaining the validity or significance of experimental results to an informed audience. Section 2: Seminar/endocrinology, for graduate students interested in physiology. This course is repeatable for a maximum of 99 credits. |
| ANS 511 DIGESTIVE PHYSIOLOGY AND NUTRITION OF RUMINANT ANIMALS (4) Anatomy and physiology of the ruminant digestive tract including rumen microbiology and digestive processes. Nutritional biochemistry and physiology of ruminants. Feed chemistry, feed intake and principles of ration balancing. Theory of energy and protein metabolism. PREREQS:ANS 311 or ANS 313 |
| ANS 512 MONOGASTRIC AND POULTRY NUTRITION (3) Anatomical differences in digestive tracts of monogastrics; nutritional biochemistry of poultry; practical feeding of avian species; least-cost ration techniques; techniques for determining nutrient needs of monogastrics. PREREQS: ANS 311 and ANS 313 |
| ANS 513 COMPARATIVE NUTRITION OF DOMESTIC AND WILD ANIMALS (3) A comprehensive discussion of comparative similarities and differences in nutrient digestion and metabolism of domestic and wild animals. Herbivores such as ruminants and hindgut fermentors will be emphasized, as will mammalian and avian carnivorous species. Emphasis will be on protein, carbohydrate and lipid metabolism, with other topics selected from the syllabus in accordance with student interest in a particular year. Student course fee: $10. PREREQS: Junior or senior status and CH 331 required. An introduction to biochemistry is recommended but not required. |
| ANS 515 REVIEW OF APPLIED RUMINANT NUTRITION RESEARCH TECHNIQUES (3) Review and discussion and applied techniques and methodology used for ruminant nutrition research. |
| ANS 530 EQUINE SYSTEMS I: EXERCISE SCIENCE (3) Senior and graduate students intensively explore and apply science to real-life situations regarding cardiorespiratory, muscle physiology, and bone physiology responses to exercise, climate, and altitude. PREREQS: ANS 314 |
| ANS 531 EQUINE SYSTEMS II: NUTRITION (3) Senior and graduate students intensively explore and apply science to real-life situations regarding starch, fiber, protein, and fat metabolism in performance horses, breeding stock, and growing horses. PREREQS: ANS 313 |
| ANS 532 EQUINE SYSTEMS III: REPRODUCTION (4) Designed for seniors and graduate students to explore the fundamentals of equine reproduction and their application in horse breeding. Includes practical training in laboratory techniques. Lec/lab.PREREQS: ANS 220 and ANS 316 and ANS 327 |
| ANS 533 POULTRY MEAT PRODUCTION SYSTEMS (3) Fundamental applications and the analysis of management principles applied to brooding, rearing, feeding and housing meat-type chickens and turkeys and their respective breeders. Decision case studies and practical management problems are incorporated into the course. Offered odd number years. PREREQS: ANS 217 and ANS 313 and ANS 316 and ANS 378 or instructor's approval |
| ANS 534 EGG PRODUCTION SYSTEMS (3) Applications and analyses of egg production systems for brooding, rearing, feeding and housing egg producing chickens. Decision case studies and practical management problems are incorporated into the course. Offered even-numbered years. PREREQS: ANS 217 and ANS 313 and ANS 316 and ANS 378 or instructor's approval |
| ANS 535 APPLIED ANIMAL BEHAVIOR (3) Exploration of the fundamental processes of animal behavior and implications for animal management, production, housing and welfare. Examples provided in class will cover a range of species, with emphasis on domestic animals. Lec/lab. PREREQS: BI 350 or Z 350 or ANS 314 or equivalent |
| ANS 536 SHEEP PRODUCTION SYSTEMS (3) Integration of nutrition, genetics, reproduction, behavior, and health principles into management systems for production and marketing of lamb and wool. PREREQS: ANS 216 and ANS 311 and ANS 316 and ANS 378 |
| ANS 538 BIOLOGY OF LACTATION (3) Physiological and environmental factors affecting mammary gland development and function. Offered alternate years. PREREQS: Z 431 or Z 531 |
| ANS 539 DAIRY PRODUCTION SYSTEMS (4) Fundamentals of nutrition, breeding, reproductive physiology and health programs and their applications in the care and management of dairy cattle. PREREQS: ANS 215 and ANS 313 and ANS 316 and ANS 378 |
| ANS 540 DAIRY PRODUCTION SYSTEMS (3) Decision case analysis or special topics in application of dairy management principles. PREREQS:ANS 439 |
| ANS 541 TOPICS IN ANIMAL LEARNING (2) Studies of animal's cognitive abilities have revealed a broad spectrum of learning capabilities in various species. This course covers fundamental concepts associated with animal learning and cognition; the focus is on types of learning demonstrated by various animals and challenges associated with designing animal cognition experiments. Readings will cover a range of species.PREREQS: Junior standing. |
| ANS 543 BEEF PRODUCTION SYSTEMS: COW/CALF (3) Fundamentals of nutrition, reproductive physiology and health programs and their applications in the care and management of beef cattle. Overnight field trip with extra fee charged. Lec/lab. Taught at EOU La Grande campus only. PREREQS: ANS 315 and ANS 313 and ANS 316 and ANS 378 |
| ANS 544 BEEF PRODUCTION SYSTEMS: STOCKER/FEEDLOT (3) Continuation of the study of beef cattle management. Students will practice decision-making processes using area beef cattle operations as case studies. Overnight field trip with extra fee charged. PREREQS: ANS 443 or ANS 543 |
| ANS 545 BEEF PRODUCTION SYSTEMS (4) Students will be exposed to the fundamentals of nutrition, reproductive physiology, selection, health programs, and their applications in the care and management of beef cattle from conception through calving, weaning, stocker/back grounding and the feedlot. Students will practice decision-making processes using working case studies. Overnight field trip with extra fee charged.PREREQS: ANS 313 and ANS 316 and ANS 317 and ANS 378 |
| ANS 552 LIVESTOCK HOUSING AND WASTE MANAGEMENT (3) Basics in where, how, and why one would build, insulate, and ventilate livestock buildings. Manure and wastewater collection, treatment, storage, and utilization. Offered alternate years. |
| ANS 560 LIPID METABOLISM (3) Digestion, absorption and metabolism of lipids with emphasis on lipoprotein metabolism, regulation of lipid metabolism in various tissues and metabolism of eicosacoids. Offered alternate years. CROSSLISTED as NUTR 560. PREREQS: BB 452 and BB 492 or equivalent |
| ANS 578 ANIMAL BREEDING AND GENETICS (3) Application of genetic principles to selection and improvement of livestock. Topics include breeding value and heritability estimation, mating systems and selection strategies. Emphasis on quantitative traits of importance in domestic livestock. PREREQS: ANS 378 |
| ANS 585 CONSENSUS AND NATURAL RESOURCES (3) Students will use a working group approach. They will select a natural resource topic, study the team process and interaction as a method of learning, explore the issue using systems practice, and strive for consensus on solutions to their issue. CROSSLISTED as FW 485/FW 585, FOR 485, FW 485/FW 585, SOC 485/SOC 585 |
| ANS 590 TOXICANTS AND POISONOUS PLANTS (4) Natural toxicants and their biological effects, metabolism of toxicants, impacts of toxicants on livestock production, and consideration of the chemical structure, plant sources, toxicity problems, metabolism and metabolic effects, toxicity signs, and prevention of toxicoses. PREREQS: ANS 313 |
| ANS 599 SPECIAL TOPICS (1-16) This course is repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits. |
| ANS 601 RESEARCH (1-16) Graded P/N. This course is repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits. PREREQS: Departmental approval required. |
| ANS 603 THESIS (1-16) This course is repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits. |
| ANS 605 READING AND CONFERENCE (1-16) This course is repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits. PREREQS: Departmental approval required. |
| ANS 606 PROJECTS (1-16) This course is repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits. |
| ANS 607 GRADUATE SEMINAR (1) This course is repeatable for a maximum of 99 credits. |
| ANS 662 HORMONE ACTION (3) Mechanisms of action of peptide and steroid hormones and related compounds at the cellular level. Offered alternate years. CROSSLISTED as BB 662. PREREQS: (BB 452 or BB 552) or (BB 492 or BB 592) or equivalent |
| ANS 673 BIOLOGY OF MAMMALIAN REPRODUCTION (4) Physiological, neuroendocrine, endocrine and environmental factors that regulate reproduction of mammals. Offered alternate years. PREREQS: ANS 316 or equivalent and BB 350 |
