About This Department

The Department of Animal and Range Sciences is the largest department in the College of Agriculture and our student numbers are growing with a record enrollment of 400 students in the fall of 2016. In addition to MS and PhD programs, we offer Bachelor of Science degrees in Animal Science (options include Livestock Management and Industry, Science, and Equine Science) and Natural Resources and Rangeland Ecology (options include Rangeland Ecology and Management and Wildlife Ecology and Management). The department also offers the Sustainable Livestock Production Option in the interdisciplinary degree: Sustainable Food and Bioenergy Systems. We are a fully integrated department serving all three of the land grant missions of teaching, research, and extension. In addition, our program incorporates livestock operations into our teaching, research, and extension program.