Department of Agriculture

Agriculture Business Program

Pre-Veterinary Medicine Option

Arkansas Tech University offers a complete pre-professional training program in pre-veterinary medicine. Statements and curricula for this program are listed below.

Curriculum

The matrix below is a sample plan for all coursework required for this program.

•  Freshman

  Fall		Spring
  ENGL 1013 Composition I1	3	ENGL 1023 Composition II1	3
  BIOL 1114 Principles of Biology	4	BIOL 2124 Principles of Zoology	4
  COMS 1003 Introduction to Computer Based Systems	3	CHEM 2124 General Chemistry I	4
  MATH 1113 College Algebra	3	AGBU 1013 Principles of Agriculture Business	3
  AGAS 1014 Principles of Animal Science	4
  AGBU 1001 Agriculture Orientation	1
  Total Hours	18	Total Hours	14

•  Sophomore

  Fall		Spring
  Fine Arts & Humanities1	3	ACCT 2003 Accounting Principles I	3
  CHEM 2134 General Chemistry II	4	BLAW 2033 Legal Environment of Business or AGBU 3033  Legal Environment of Agricultural Business	3
  PHYS 2014 Physical Principles I	4	PHYS 2024 Physical Principles II	4
  COMM 2173 Business and Professional Speaking	3	AGAS 2084 Feeds and Feeding	4
  AGBU 2063 Principles of Agricultural Macroeconomics	3	AGBU 2073 Principles of Agriculture Microeconomics	3
  Total Hours	17	Total Hours	17

•  Junior

  Fall		Spring
  Fine Arts & Humanities1	3	CHEM 3264 Mechanistic Organic Chemistry	4
  U.S. History/Government1	3	ENGL 2053 Technical Writing	3
  CHEM 3254 Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry	4	MATH 2163 Introduction to Statistical Methods	3
  AGAS 4203 Livestock and Poultry Nutrition	3	AGAS 3933 Animal Breeding and Genetics	3
  AGBU 3213 Career Development in Agriculture	3
  Total Hours	16	Total Hours	13

•  Senior

  Fall		Spring
  AGAS 3004 Reproduction in Farm Animals	4	BIOL 3054 Microbiology	4
  AGBU 4003 Agri-Business Management	3	CHEM 3344 Principles of Biochemistry	4
  AGBU 4013 Agricultural Marketing	3	AGBU 4023 Agricultural Finance	3
  AGBU 4973 Senior Seminar	3	AGBU 4033 Agricultural Policy	3
  Total Hours	13	Total Hours	14

¹See appropriate alternatives or substitutions in "General Education Requirements".
²At least 40 of the total hours required for graduation must be 3000 - 4000 level courses.
³Recommended electives are SPAN 1013 Beginning Spanish I and SPAN 1023 Beginning Spanish II.