Domestic Animal Welfare and Behavior Certificate

This certificate program is formatted for working professionals and science graduates who seek a formal understanding of domestic animal behavior and science-based approaches to animal welfare. The goal is for individuals to learn, understand, and apply a variety of skills that promise to enhance their ability to improve the quality of animals’ lives by combining the faculty knowledge and experience across the spectrum of small-to-large domestic animals, human-animal interactions, animal behavior and stress, and farm animal welfare.

12 credit hours required, chosen from: (*online)

ANSC 110 - Introduction to Animal Science* (3 credit hours)

ANSC 211- Horse Science Laboratory* (1 credit hour)

ANSC 230 - Exotic and Companion Animal Management* (3 credit hours)

ANSC 253 - Small Scale Farm and Animal Production (3 credit hours)

ANSC 260 - Behavior of Farm and Companion Animals* (3 credit hours)

ANSC 270 - Animal Welfare and Ethics* (3 credit hours)

ANSC 320 - Farm Animal Health (3 credit hours)