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Facilities Management Concentration

This sample curriculum sequence illustrates how a student might progress through the program.  Course sequence may vary as long as prerequisites are met.

Freshman Year

Fall Semester		Credit Hours	Spring Semester		Credit Hours
ENGL1001	English Composition I	3	ENGL1003	Writing about Literature	3
BIOL1001	Biology I	4	BIOL1002	Biology II	4
ACAD1001	First Year Experience	2	ANSC1400	Introduction to Animal Science	3
MATH1200	College Algebra	3	ANSC1601	Introduction to Equine Handling and Management	3
INFO1001	Technology and Society	3		Elective (Social Science)	3
		14			16

Sophomore Year

Fall Semester		Credit Hours	Spring Semester		Credit Hours
ANSC2401	Animal Nutrition	3	ANSC2202	Domestic Animal Behavior	3
MKTG2104	Marketing	3	MGMT2200	Principles of Management	3
ANSC2701	Equine Anatomy and Physiology	3	ANSC2501	Animal Breeding	3
ACCT1001	Accounting Principles I	3	ANSC2403	Equine Nutrition	3
	Elective (Humanities)	3		Open Elective	3
		15			15

Junior Year

Fall Semester		Credit Hours	Spring Semester		Credit Hours
MGMT2801	Fundamentals of Farm and Stable Management	3	VTSC3701	Equine Biomechanics and Conformation	3
INFO1003	Computer Applications	3	MGMT3400	Human Resource Management	3
LGLS1207	Contracts and Uniform Commercial Code	3	EQST3300	Feeds and Forages	3
MATH2200	Statistics	3	EQST2200	Equine Industry and the Law	3
	Elective (ENGL2000+)	3		Elective (Social Science)	3
				Elective (Humanities)	3
		15			18

Senior Year

Fall Semester		Credit Hours	Spring Semester		Credit Hours
	Elective (Non-Western Culture)	3	VTSC4201	Equine Pathology and Disease	3
EQST4500	Equine Facilities Management	3	EQST4900	Equine Studies Internship	6
ANSC3503	Equine Reproduction and Breeding Management	3	EQST3104	Special Topics in the Equine Industry	3
	Elective (Humanities)	3		Elective (Social Science)	3
	Open Elective	3
		15			15
				Total Credits:	124

Curricular note:

 

Students in the Facilities Management concentration are encouraged to take Spanish as a humanities elective due to the high number of Spanish-speaking individuals employed in this field.