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The program in Animal Science can be tailored to fit students' personal needs and career goals while meeting departmental and university requirements. The curriculum has two concentrations.

• The Production and Business Concentration is designed for students interested in careers in agribusiness and production agriculture.

• The Science and Technology Concentration is highly flexible and allows students to prepare themselves for careers in Veterinary Medicine, research, quality control and non-traditional fields such as laboratory technology.

A variety of general education courses in biological, computer, social and physical sciences in addition to English and communication, math and humanities are included in the Animal Science curriculum. In the Production and Management Concentration additional coursework is required in animal science, non-animal science agriculture and directed business electives. In the Science and Technology Concentration, students concentrate a larger position of their curriculum in the biological and physical sciences. By choosing electives carefully, students may minor in supporting areas such as agricultural economics, plant and soil science, ornamental horticulture and landscape design, agricultural engineering or food science and technology.

For students interested in veterinary medicine, there are two ways to meet the veterinary college entrance requirements and earn a BS in Agriculture with a major in Animal Science:

• Complete the requirements for the BS under the Science and Technology Concentration using electives to meet vet school requirements.

• Participate in the 3 and 1 program. In this program, all pre-vet requirements and certain courses in animal science are taken during the first three years at UT Knoxville. The BS degree is awarded upon successful completion of the first year in the College of Veterinary Medicine.
  

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