Equine Pre-Veterinary/Pre-Graduate Studies (BS)

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Total required hours: 128

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I. General Education Requirements

First Year or Transition Year Seminar (4 hrs)
Integrative Studies (28 hrs)
Modern Language (0, 4 or 8 hrs)
Mathematics (4 hrs)
Note: This major requires
MATH 1250 - Elementary Functions
(or
MATH 1700 - Calculus I
if placement allows)
Health and Physical Education Lifestyles (1 hr)
Senior Year Experience (4 hrs)
Writing Intensive Requirement (click the General Education Requirements link below for details)

See
General Education Requirements for All Degree Programs
for specifics.

II. Major Requirements (51 to 52 hrs)

Note: A minimum grade of C must be achieved in all courses in the major. If a grade lower than C is earned in any course, the course must be repeated in order to count toward the major. Should that course be a prerequisite for subsequent coursework, you must earn a grade of C or better in the prerequisite course before continuing with the subsequent coursework.

A. Core Courses (all courses required)

EQSC 1100 - Horsemastership 4 hrs
EQSC 1110 - Applied Horsemastership 1 hr
EQSC 1200 - Equine Anatomy and Physiology 4 hrs
EQSC 1250 - Equine Health Monitoring 1 hr
EQSC 2800 - Farrier Science 2 hrs
EQSC 3000 - Systems I 4 hrs
EQSC 3100 - Systems II 4 hrs
EQSC 3410 - Service Learning 1 hr
EQSC 4000 - Animal Nutrition and Feeding 4 hrs
EQSC 4100 - Contemporary and Emerging Equine Issues - Writing Intensive 4 hrs

B. Experiential Courses (2 courses required)

C. Support Courses (all courses required)

BIO 1010 - Introduction to Molecular and Cell Biology 4 hrs
BIO 1020 - Introduction to Organisms and Ecology 4 hrs
CHEM 1400 - General Chemistry I 3 hrs
CHEM 1410 - General Chemistry I Laboratory 1 hr
CHEM 1500 - General Chemistry II 3 hrs
CHEM 1510 - General Chemistry II Laboratory 1 hr
MATH 1700 - Calculus I 4 hrs

III. Residency Requirements

In order to graduate from any university a student should take a significant proportion of the hours for his or her program of study from that university, take a significant proportion of hours in the major from that university, and take a significant proportion of the “signature elements” of that university’s general education requirements.

At Otterbein, at least 48 semester hours of coursework must be taken in Otterbein classes. MATH 0900 cannot be used to help fulfill this requirement. Of these hours:

at least 12 semester hours must be taken in each of a student’s majors at the 3000 level or above,
at least 4 semester hours (any level) must be taken in each minor, and
the INST dyad must be taken at Otterbein.

IV. Required Total Hours for the Degree (128 hrs)

If the coursework taken to fulfill the General Education Requirements and the requirements in your major do not equal 128 hours, select a sufficient number of electives to achieve that total.

V. Minimum GPA Overall and in the Major

A GPA of 2.0 overall as well as in the major must be achieved. To be licensed to teach, a GPA of 2.5 overall must be achieved.

VI. Application for Degree

A prospective graduate must complete an Application for Degree at the Registrar’s Office two terms prior to the term in which the degree is to be completed.

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