Beef Cattle Feedlot Management Certificate

Location(s): Manhattan Campus

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The certificate program will require the completion of a minimum of 21 credit hours of defined beef cattle feedlot nutrition, business and animal care courses. The courses will provide practical application of scientific knowledge to feedlot health and 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 (15 credit hours)

AGEC 420 - Commodity Futures Credits: 3
ASI 315 - Livestock and Meat Evaluation Credits: 3
ASI 599 - Animal Science Internship Credits: 1-6
ASI 620 - Beef Systems Management Credits: 2
ASI 680 - Ruminant Nutrition Credits: 1
ASI 684 - Nutrition of Feedlot Cattle Credits: 1
DMP 610 - Feedlot Health Systems Credits: 2
BQA Certification required to complete course

Electives (minimum of 6 credit hours)

* ASI 561 - Undergraduate Research in Animal Sciences & Industry Credits: 0-3
ASI 595 - Contemporary Issues in Animal Science and Agriculture Credits: 3
ASI 650 - Identification and Data Management of Food Animals Credits: 2
ASI 655 - Behavior of Domestic Animals Credits: 3
* 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 (must be beef cattle-related)
ASI 682 - Formulation of Livestock and Poultry Diets Credits: 1
GRSC 312 - Introduction to Feed and Pet Food Processing Credits: 4
MANGT 220 - Principles of Management Credits: 3
*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.

ASI 102 - Principles of Animal Science Credits: 3
and
ASI 105 - Animal Sciences and Industry Credits: 1
ASI 218 - Fundamentals of Nutrition Credits: 3
ASI 220 - Principles of Feeding 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

Notes

To receive the certificate students must have a cumulative GPA if 2.0 in the 21 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(s).

Kansas State University