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2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Animal Sciences and Industry (BS) - Communications & Marketing Option

Location(s): Manhattan Campus, Manhattan Online

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Courses in the department give instruction in selection, breeding, feeding, management, and marketing of beef and dairy cattle, horses, poultry, sheep, swine, and companion animals, as well as instruction in the processing and use of the products these animals provide. There are six options of study to choose from: animal products, bioscience/biotechnology, business, communications, production/management, and science/pre-vet.

In addition to classrooms, office space, and laboratories located in Weber and Call Halls, the department maintains several animal and poultry units within easy access to the campus that house the beef and dairy cattle, horses, swine, sheep, and poultry used for teaching and research.

Bachelor’s degree requirements

General Courses (20 hours)

Communications Core (27 hours)

Journalism and Mass Communication Thematic Sequence

Students choose a track from the following Advertising, Journalism, Photojournalism, Public Relations, and Strategic Communications.

  •                                     Principles of Mass Communications
                                                       Select 1 course

  • Credits: 3
  • Credits: 3
  • Credits: 3

  •                                                            

                                                    Writing Intensive Course
                                                            Select 1 course

     

                                                       Minimum of 6 hours

    • Minimum 3 hours – 300 level MC course
    • Minimum 3 hours – 400 level or above MC course

     

    Communication Elective

                                                       Minimum 3 hours

    The Communications Core meets the requirements for a minor in journalism and mass communications. Students should sign-up for the minor with the A.Q. Miller School of Journalism and Mass Communications.

Marketing & Business (12 hours)

Marketing & Business Electives

Select 9 hours

Agriculture Electives (5 hours)

Select 2 courses from 2 other Agriculture departments. (1 hour courses cannot be applied, cannot use courses from AGCOM).

Minimum of 5 hours

See departmental list

Mathematics/Statistics/Computers (3 hours)

Select 3 hours

Humanities/Social Sciences (9 hours)

Humanities/Social Sciences Electives

Maximum 3 hours from participatory courses. Courses must be taken from at least 2 different departments.

Minimum 6 hours

See departmental list

Animal Science Core (35-36 hours)

Animal Science Electives

Minimum of 9 hours

6 hours must be ≥500-level, no more than 3 hours combined from ASI 561 , ASI 599  and ASI 661 .

See departmental list

Unrestricted Electives (8-11 hours)

Total credit hours required for graduation: (120)

45 hours must be at the 300-level or above

Must satisfy K-State 8 general education requirements.

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