Beef Cattle Ranch Management Certificate

Location(s): Manhattan Campus

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This certificate program will require the completion of 21 credit hours of defined beef cattle production and management courses. The courses will provide practical application of scientific knowledge to beef cattle production and ranch management issues. Students may choose to complete the Certification Program concurrent with the pursuit of a degree in any of the eight colleges at Kansas State.

Core Courses (18 credit hours)

AGEC 308 - Farm and Ranch Management Credits: 3
or
AGEC 318 - Food and Agribusiness Management Credits: 3
AGRON 501 - Range Management Credits: 3
or
AGRON 550 - Forage Management and Utilization Credits: 3
ASI 400 - Farm Animal Reproduction Credits: 3
ASI 599 - Animal Science Internship Credits: 1-6
ASI 620 - Beef Systems Management Credits: 2
ASI 680 - Ruminant Nutrition Credits: 1
ASI 683 - Grazing Livestock Nutrition Credits: 1
DMP 611 - Cow-Calf Health Systems Credits: 2

Electives (minimum of 3 credit hours)

ASI 402 - Calving Credits: 1
ASI 510 - Animal Breeding Principles Credits: 3
ASI 512 - Bovine Reproductive Technologies Credits: 2
* ASI 561 - Undergraduate Research in Animal Sciences & Industry Credits: 0-3
ASI 650 - Identification and Data Management of Food Animals Credits: 2
* ASI 660 - International Study Experience in Animal Science Credits: 0-6
* ASI 661 - Animal Sciences and Industry Problems Credits: 0-18
ASI 662 - Special Topics in Animal Science Credits: 0-6
*Experiential learning course - no more than 3 credit hours from these courses may be used.

Required Prerequisite Courses

Students are expected to meet all prerequisites for the courses listed or have consent of the instructor. Prerequisite courses other than the courses listed do not count toward the total hours for the certificate program.

AGEC 120 - Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness Credits: 3
or
AGEC 121 - Honors Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness Credits: 3
or
ECON 120 - Principles of Microeconomics Credits: 3
ASI 218 - Fundamentals of Nutrition Credits: 3
ASI 220 - Principles of Feeding Credits: 3
ASI 500 - Genetics Credits: 3
ASI 515 - Beef Science Credits: 3
BIOL 198 - Principles of Biology Credits: 4
CHM 110 - General Chemistry Credits: 3
and
CHM 111 - General Chemistry Laboratory Credits: 1
MATH 100 - College Algebra Credits: 3

Notes

To receive the certificate students must have a cumulative GPA of 2.0 in the 23 required credit hours.

Course(s) from junior colleges and/or technical school programs will not be applied toward the certificate unless the course(s) are equivalent to a K-State course.

Kansas State University