 | | Course ID: | POUL 1010. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Birds in Our Lives | Course
Description: | A survey of the care, health and breeding management of parrots, pigeons, game birds, falcons, and other exotic birds. | | Athena Title: | BIRDS IN OUR LIVES | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | POUL 1010E. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Birds in Our Lives | Course
Description: | A survey of the care, health and breeding management of parrots,
pigeons, game birds, falcons, and other exotic birds. | | Athena Title: | BIRDS IN OUR LIVES | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in POUL 1010 | | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | POUL 1075. 1 hour. | | Course Title: | Poultry and Avian Academic and Career Planning | Course
Description: | Orientation course for students majoring in Poultry Science and Avian Biology. Focuses on providing students with skills, resources, and fundamental knowledge for academic and career planning. Topics such as academic planning, college success, careers, and professionalism will be covered. | | Athena Title: | Academic and Career Planning | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | POUL 2020-2020L. 3 hours. 2 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Introductory Poultry Science | Course
Description: | The biology of the domestic fowl, basic nutrition, genetics, reproduction, embryology, processing, and management as they pertain to commercial poultry production. | | Athena Title: | INTRO POULTRY SCI | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | POUL 2040. 1 hour. 2 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Poultry Evaluation | Course
Description: | Evaluation of live poultry for production and breeder stock potential and poultry product quality evaluation and selection standards. | | Athena Title: | POULTRY EVALUATION | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | POUL 2050. 1 hour. Repeatable for maximum 2 hours credit. 2 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Poultry Judging | Course
Description: | Judging of live poultry and poultry products. | | Athena Title: | Poultry Judging | | Prerequisite: | POUL 2040 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | POUL 3000-3000L. 4 hours. 2 hours lecture and 4 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Avian Surgical Techniques | Course
Description: | Topics related to surgical procedures, including aspects of
anatomy, physiology, immunology, wound healing, microbiology,
surgical instrumentation, and surgical techniques. Emphasizes
development of hands-on skills to operate surgical equipment and
perform simple surgical procedures on anesthetized chickens. | | Athena Title: | Avian Surgical Techniques | | Prerequisite: | BIOL 1108 and BIOL 1108L | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | POUL 3050. 3 hours. 1 hours lecture and 4 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Molecular Diagnostic and Research Tools in Avian Biology | Course
Description: | Students will receive both classroom and laboratory training in
the implementation of molecular techniques used for the
diagnosis of avian diseases and the study of avian biology. | | Athena Title: | MOLECULAR AVIAN BIO | | Prerequisite: | BIOL 1107-1107L | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | POUL 3220. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Fundamentals of Poultry Microbiology | Course
Description: | The bacteria on poultry that are of interest at the breeding,
hatching, growout, processing, and further processing stages.
Moreover, methods for controlling pathogenic bacteria at these
stages of production and processing will be discussed. Methods
for preventing spoilage will also be discussed. | | Athena Title: | POULTRY MIBO FUND | | Pre or Corequisite: | BIOL 1107 or POUL 2020-2020L or ADSC 2010 or FDST 3000 or EPID 2010 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | POUL(ADSC) 3550. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Behavior and Welfare of Domestic Animals | Course
Description: | The study of animal behavior is presented as it pertains to
domestic birds and mammals, primarily of agricultural species.
Animal welfare is introduced as a moral concept and as a subject
informed by animal behavior. | | Athena Title: | BEHAV DOMESTIC ANIM | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in POUL 3500 | | Prerequisite: | BIOL 1108 and BIOL 1108L and [(ADSC 2010) or POUL 2020-2020L] | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | POUL 3720. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Poultry Breeding | Course
Description: | Inheritance of morphological and physiological characters with emphasis on the development of criteria for selection and development of genetically sound poultry breeding programs. | | Athena Title: | Poultry Breeding | | Prerequisite: | BIOL 1107 or BIOL 1107E or BIOL 1107H or BIOL 2107H | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | POPH(POUL) 3730. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Poultry Health | Course
Description: | Common infectious, parasitic, and nutritional diseases of poultry: the cause, diagnosis, prevention, and control. Offered to students majoring in poultry science and others who are qualified. | | Athena Title: | Poultry Health | | Prerequisite: | POUL 2020-2020L or [(BIOL 1107 or BIOL 1107E) and BIOL 1107L] | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | POUL 3750. 4 hours. 3 hours lecture and 3 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Integrated Animal Nutrition | Course
Description: | An animal nutrition course that integrates the principles of
nutrient metabolism and bioenergetics with feed composition and
chemistry across farm animal and laboratory species. Laboratory
sections include gastrointestinal tract dissections, ingredient
evaluation, ration formulation and production, and nutritional
animal experiments. | | Athena Title: | Integrated Animal Nutrition | | Prerequisite: | BIOL 1107 or BIOL 1107E or BIOL 1107H or BIOL 2107H or POUL 2020-2020L | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | POUL 3790. 1 hour. 1 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Poultry Seminar | Course
Description: | Current problems and papers of scientific work in poultry will be presented by students. | | Athena Title: | POULTRY SEMINAR | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | POUL 3910. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Internship in Poultry Science | Course
Description: | Internship in Poultry Science is an academic experience where
students acquire academic credit through work experience and
training with a mentor or employee. | | Athena Title: | INTERN POULTRY SCI | | Nontraditional Format: | Over the course of the semester, it is required that students
will work a minimum of 45 hours per hour of academic credit on
the internship. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | POUL 3990. 1-5 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Special Problems in Poultry Science | Course
Description: | Research or intensive study in a specialized area of poultry science. | | Athena Title: | PROB IN POULT SCI | | Nontraditional Format: | Independent study. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | POUL 4010. 4 hours. 3 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Advanced Poultry Production | Course
Description: | An overview of current practices in broiler production, broiler
breeder production, commercial layers, incubation, hatchery
management, poultry health, and related areas. Attention will be
given to the application of science to modern poultry production
systems. | | Athena Title: | Advanced Poultry Production | | Prerequisite: | POUL 2020-2020L | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | POUL 4025. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Contemporary Issues in Life Sciences | Course
Description: | Focuses on important contemporary topics in life sciences where students will investigate current biological issues through background research and class discussions. Students will develop writing, presentation, and analytical skills that are essential for success in their future professional degrees or careers. | | Athena Title: | Issues in Life Sciences | | Nontraditional Format: | Students will complete a combination of short writing assignments, literature reviews, presentations, and peer reviews and engage in class discussions of relevant topics. | | Prerequisite: | BIOL 1108 or BIOL 2108H | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | POUL 4050/6050. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Advanced Poultry Breeding | Course
Description: | The development of practical poultry breeding programs. The mode of inheritance and relative heritability of various characteristics of economic importance and criteria for effective selection toward their improvement. | | Athena Title: | ADV POUL BREEDING | | Prerequisite: | POUL 3720 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every odd-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | POUL(BIOL) 4060/6060. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Reproductive Endocrinology | Course
Description: | The principles of reproductive endocrinology will be taught
using the bird as a model species. Research findings from
humans and farm animal species will also be utilized to provide
the most complete and current information on the hormonal
control of reproduction. Emphasis will also be placed on
follicular development, spermatogenesis, fertilization,
endocrine disruptors, sex determination and selection, sexual
differentiation, and embryology. | | Athena Title: | REPRO ENDOCRINOLOGY | | Prerequisite: | BIOL 1108-1108L | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | POUL 4150. 3-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Field Studies in Avian Biology | Course
Description: | The natural habitats and evolutionary adaptations of avian species in coastal, forest (rain, cloud and tropical dry), and lowland regions of Costa Rica will be examined and analyzed by field studies. The impact of Costa Rica's climate, natural resources, and society on commercial poultry production development will also be examined. | | Athena Title: | AV BIO FIELD STUDY | | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught in Costa Rica and will include
extensive field experience and a series of lectures combined
with seminars, presentations and student projects. | | Prerequisite: | POUL 1010 or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | POUL 4200/6200-4200L/6200L. 4 hours. 3 hours lecture and 3 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Avian Anatomy and Physiology | Course
Description: | Survey of anatomy and physiology at the gross and cellular
levels. Special emphasis will be placed on the unique
characteristics of avian physiology and morphology using the
chicken as the model animal. | | Athena Title: | Avian Anatomy and Physiology | | Prerequisite: | (BIOL 1108 and BIOL 1108L) or POUL 2020-2020L | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | POUL 4300/6300. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Nutritional Immunology in Health and Production | Course
Description: | Principles of how nutrition interacts with the immune system to
affect humans, pet animals, and farm animal productivity and
health. Research findings will be presented to understand the
mechanisms of nutrition and immune function interaction and the
effects of an immune response on nutritional needs. | | Athena Title: | Nutritional Immunology | | Prerequisite: | BCMB 3100 or BCMB 3100E or ADSC 3300 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ANNU(ADSC)(POUL) 4370/6370. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Monogastric Nutrition | Course
Description: | Comparative nutrition of monogastric animals, with special but not exclusive, consideration of poultry and swine. | | Athena Title: | MONOGASTRIC NUTR | | Prerequisite: | [ADSC 3300 or POUL 3750] and BCMB(BIOL)(CHEM) 3100 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ADSC(POUL) 4380/6380. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Food Animal Growth and Development | Course
Description: | Introduces physiological, nutritional, and genetic regulation of
growth, development, and body composition in food animals.
Emphasis will be placed on skeletal muscle, adipose tissue, and
bone development as they relate to the whole-body growth and
composition. | | Athena Title: | Food Animal Growth and Develop | | Prerequisite: | ADSC 3300 or BCMB 3100 or BCMB 3100E or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | POUL(FDST) 4860/6860-4860L/6860L. 3 hours. 2 hours lecture and 3 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Poultry Processing | Course
Description: | Basic principles and methods of processing poultry and eggs. Broiler harvesting, slaughter, evisceration, plant sanitation, microbiology, inspection, grading, regulations, water and waste water handling, quality control and HACCP plans, and further processing. | | Athena Title: | Poultry Processing | | Prerequisite: | POUL 2020-2020L or FDST 3000 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | POUL 4960. 1-4 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. 2-8 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Undergraduate Research in Poultry Science | Course
Description: | Laboratory or field research conducted under the supervision of
a faculty member in the department of Poultry Science. Students
will be required to submit a written report documenting their
research. | | Athena Title: | Undergrad Research in Poul Sci | | Nontraditional Format: | This course will provide undergraduate students the opportunity
to conduct laboratory or field research under the direction of
a faculty mentor. Student will meet with faculty on a regular
basis. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | POUL 4960R. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Faculty-Mentored Undergraduate Research I | Course
Description: | Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that requires students to gather, analyze, synthesize, and interpret data and to present results in writing and other relevant communication formats. | | Athena Title: | Undergraduate Research I | | Nontraditional Format: | This course belongs to a progressive research course sequence to promote a student's increasing skill development and depth of inquiry, as well as growing independent research capability. This course requires the close supervision of a faculty member as the student undertakes a systematic and in-depth inquiry into unknown, fundamental, and applied problems. In some cases, the student will work collaboratively as part of a research team. The student will have to apply an understanding of the discipline to identify or shape research questions and apply skills and techniques learned to the research project. Students will gather data, synthesize relevant literature, analyze, and interpret data. The student will present results in writing or through participation in research-group or program meetings and meetings with their faculty mentor. The student will receive feedback from the faculty mentor on their research progress and written or oral presentation of results. A minimum of 45 hours of work per credit hour per semester is required. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | POUL 4970R. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Faculty-Mentored Undergraduate Research II | Course
Description: | Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that requires students to gather, analyze, synthesize, and interpret data and to present results in writing and other relevant communication formats. | | Athena Title: | Undergraduate Research II | | Nontraditional Format: | These courses belong to a progressive research course sequence to promote a student's increasing skill development and depth of inquiry, as well as growing independent research capability. The courses require the close supervision of a faculty member as the student undertakes a systematic and in-depth inquiry into unknown, fundamental, and applied problems. In some cases, the student will work collaboratively as part of a research team. The student will have to apply an understanding of the discipline to identify or shape research questions and apply skills and techniques learned to the research project. Students will gather data, synthesize relevant literature, analyze, and interpret data. The student will present results in writing or through participation in research-group or program meetings and meetings with their faculty mentor. The student will receive feedback from the faculty mentor on their research progress and written or oral presentation of results. A minimum of 45 hours of work per credit hour per semester is required. | | Prerequisite: | POUL 4960R | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | POUL 4980R. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Faculty-Mentored Undergraduate Research III | Course
Description: | Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that requires students to gather, analyze, synthesize, and interpret data and to present results in writing and other relevant communication formats. | | Athena Title: | Undergraduate Research III | | Nontraditional Format: | These courses belong to a progressive research course sequence to promote a student's increasing skill development and depth of inquiry, as well as growing independent research capability. The courses require the close supervision of a faculty member as the student undertakes a systematic and in-depth inquiry into unknown, fundamental, and applied problems. In some cases, the student will work collaboratively as part of a research team. The student will have to apply an understanding of the discipline to identify or shape research questions and apply skills and techniques learned to the research project. Students will gather data, synthesize relevant literature, analyze, and interpret data. The student will present results in writing or through participation in research-group or program meetings and meetings with their faculty mentor. The student will receive feedback from the faculty mentor on their research progress and written or oral presentation of results. A minimum of 45 hours of work per credit hour per semester is required. | | Prerequisite: | POUL 4970R | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | POUL 4990R. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Undergraduate Research Thesis (or Final Project) | Course
Description: | Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that requires students to gather, analyze, synthesize, and interpret data. Students will write or produce a thesis or other professional capstone product, such as a report or portfolio that describes their systematic and in-depth inquiry. | | Athena Title: | Undergraduate Thesis | | Nontraditional Format: | This is a capstone course under the direct supervision of a faculty member. This course may be the culmination of the 4960R-4980R sequence. Students will write a thesis or other professional capstone product, such as a report or portfolio, that describes their systematic and in-depth inquiry into an unknown, fundamental, or applied problem. The thesis or capstone product is written in close collaboration with the faculty member and must be approved by that faculty member and/or the department. The student will apply understanding of the discipline to identify or shape the research question and apply skills and techniques learned to complete the research project. The student will have gathered data, synthesized relevant literature and materials, analyzed, and interpreted data. The student will demonstrate in writing the contribution of their work to the discovery and interpretation of knowledge significant to their field of study. The student will have presented results in the form of a properly formatted, professionally rigorous thesis document or other appropriate professional capstone product and through the formal presentation of the thesis or product to faculty and peers during an approved event. The student will receive feedback from the faculty member on the overall execution of their thesis project, the written thesis, and their presentation. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | POUL 7000. 1-12 hours. Repeatable for maximum 120 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Master's Research | Course
Description: | Research while enrolled for a master's degree under the direction of faculty members. | | Athena Title: | Master's Research | | Nontraditional Format: | Independent research under the direction of a faculty member. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | POUL 7001. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Independent Research for Non-Thesis M.S.Students | Course
Description: | Completion of a research project as a non-thesis M.S. student
under the direction of a faculty member. | | Athena Title: | Non-thesis M.S. Research | | Nontraditional Format: | This course is designed for students in our non-thesis M.S.
track. Students taking this course will conduct one semester of
independent research under the direction of a faculty advisor.
Students will be required to complete a research project and
present the results of the project to a small group of faculty
(minimum of 3, preferably the student’s faculty advisory
committee) at the completion of the work. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | POUL 7300. 1-9 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Master's Thesis | Course
Description: | Thesis writing under the direction of the major professor. | | Athena Title: | MASTER'S THESIS | | Nontraditional Format: | Independent research and thesis preparation. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | POUL 8050. 1 hour. | | Course Title: | Scientific Communication Skills Training | Course
Description: | Designed to improve students’ scientific as well as business
communication skills and to develop networking and presentation
skills. Seminars will be presented by course instructor, invited
speakers, and students to provide communication techniques that
will truly engage the science community, business professionals,
and corporate leaders. Students will learn to interact
professionally and communicate their research findings with an
audience of diverse science backgrounds. | | Athena Title: | Sci Communication Skill Train | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | POUL 8100. 1 hour. Repeatable for maximum 3 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Poultry Science Seminar | Course
Description: | Students will attend departmental seminars, give a seminar, and critically review both departmental and student seminars. | | Athena Title: | Poultry Science Seminar | | Nontraditional Format: | Students will be required to attend seven seminars, attend seven weeks of presentations by their fellow students, and attend one week where students present, for a total of fifteen weeks of class. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | POUL 8120. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Scientific Writing and Literature Retrieval | Course
Description: | Scientific writing and literature retrieval techniques in the life sciences. Library resources and their use through manual and automated retrieval systems and on practical aspects of oral and written communications of scientific information. | | Athena Title: | SCIENTIFIC WRITING | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | POUL 8150. 2 hours. | | Course Title: | General Nutrition and the Organization of Feeding Studies | Course
Description: | Practical aspects of nutrition and the relationship of
nutritional programs in poultry production as it relates to
feeding trials for other disciplines. | | Athena Title: | General Nutrition | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in POUL 8150E | | Prerequisite: | ANNU(ADSC)(POUL) 4370/6370 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | POUL 8150E. 2 hours. | | Course Title: | General Nutrition and the Organization of Feeding Studies | Course
Description: | Practical aspects of nutrition and the relationship of
nutritional programs in poultry production as it relates to
feeding trials for other disciplines. | | Athena Title: | General Nutrition | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in POUL 8150 | | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | | Prerequisite: | ANNU(ADSC)(POUL) 4370/6370 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | POUL 8200. 1 hour. | | Course Title: | Professional Development in Poultry Science | Course
Description: | Provides graduate students with an introduction to career paths both in academia and the industry with a focus on professional development. Students will develop professional skills needed to progress through a graduate degree and beyond, such as communication, mentoring, leadership, teaching, interviewing, and applying for jobs. | | Athena Title: | Professional Development | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | POUL 8310. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Internship in Poultry Science | Course
Description: | An academic experience where graduate students acquire academic
credit through work experience and training with a mentor or
employee. | | Athena Title: | Poultry Graduate Internship | | Nontraditional Format: | Students will spend one semester gaining real-world work
experience and training with a mentor or employee. The mentor
will monitor hours worked by the student. Over the course of
the semester, students are required to work a minimum of 135
hours for this 3-credit-hour internship. Students will be
required to write a written report about the learning experience
for approval by the student’s faculty advisory committee. | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | POUL 8510. 1-9 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Problems in Poultry Science | Course
Description: | Selected problems in the specialized areas of poultry nutrition, genetics, physiology, poultry products technology, pathology, parasitology, and management. | | Athena Title: | PROBLEMS IN POULTRY | | Nontraditional Format: | Course format established by major advisor. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | POUL 8570. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Quantitative Genetics and Breeding | Course
Description: | Population genetics theory associated with animal and poultry populations and their quantitative genetic improvement. The mode of inheritance and heritability of various traits of economic importance and criteria for effective selection toward economic improvement of animal and poultry stocks. | | Athena Title: | QUANT GENETICS | | Prerequisite: | ADSC 3110 or POUL 3720 or STAT 4220 or STAT 6220 or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every even-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | POUL 8590. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Breeding Strategies in Poultry | Course
Description: | Strategies employed for breeding major and minor poultry species in commercial operations, and problems dealing with breeding for changing markets and changing environmental conditions. | | Athena Title: | BREEDING STRATEGIES | | Prerequisite: | POUL 8570 or permission of department | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | POUL 9000. 1-9 hours. Repeatable for maximum 120 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Doctoral Research | Course
Description: | Research while enrolled for a doctoral degree under the direction of faculty members. | | Athena Title: | Doctoral Research | | Nontraditional Format: | Independent research under the direction of a faculty member. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | POUL 9300. 1-9 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Doctoral Dissertation | Course
Description: | Dissertation writing under the direction of the major professor. | | Athena Title: | DOCT DISSERTATION | | Nontraditional Format: | Independent research and preparation of the doctoral dissertation. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
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