Course Overview / Details
In the Animal Science course, students study large, small, and specialty animals. Students explore the necessary elements--such as diet, genetics, habitat, and behavior--to create humane, ecologically and economically sustainable animal production systems.
Industry Sector, Pathway(s) and Grade Levels
- Grades:
- 9 to 12
- Industries and Pathways:
- Agriculture & Natural Resources, Animal Science
CTE Course Certification Elements
- Course Level: Capstone
- CBEDS Course: Animal science
- CBEDS #: 4020
- Total Hours: 180
- Course Length: 2 Semesters
- State Certified: No
- Board Approval: No
- Labor Market Demand: Unknown
- Is this course industry certified?: No
- Course Type: Career-Technical Preparation
- CSU/UC Approval: No
Related Occupations
Standards
- California Career and Technical Education Standards: 104
- California Academic Content Standards: Integrated: 1 Reinforced: 26
- All Standards
- Full Details
Competencies / Outcomes
- animal anatomy and physiology
- nutrition
- reproduction
- genetics
- health and welfare
- animal production
- technology
- management and processing of animal products and by-products
- Leadership and Teamwork
- FFA purpose and functions; supervised agricultural experiences; California Agricultural Record Book
Units in this Course
This unit contains lessons about the aim, purpose, history and structure of the FFA. Other lessons are about the opportunities in FFA such as awards, contests (career development opportunities), leadership opportunities and conferences.
- Classroom
- 10 Hours
This unit contains lessons about SAE's: what they are, how to begin and manage them, selection, and how SAE's support agricultural learning.
- Classroom
- 5 Hours
This unit contains lessons on components, entering information, completing the record book as well as how to use the record book for awards and recognition.
- Classroom
- 10 Hours
This unit contains lessons in career exploration, job applications, job descriptions and qualifications and requirements, education and training, and experience methodologies.
- Classroom
- 5 Hours
This unit contains lessons on habitat, housing, husbandry tools, feed and water issues for agricultural animals.
- Classroom
- 10 Hours
This unit contains lessons about nutrient flow, balanced rations, digestive processes and the influence of physiology on animal nutrition.
- Classroom
- 15 Hours
This unit contains lessons on physiological systems and functions and related animal management practices to enhance those functions.
- Classroom
- 10 Hours
This unit contains lessons on reproductive topics such as conception, gestation and fetal development, partruition, artificial insemination and embryo transfer, and production breeding systems.
- Classroom
- 15 Hours
This unit contains lessons about animal evaluation, animal performance data, measuring desirable traits, predicting phenotype and genotype, and the role of mutations and hybrids in animal genetics.
- Classroom
- 15 Hours
This unit contains lessons on recognizing health vs. illness; disease causing pathogens, vectors, and hosts; prevention, control, and treatment practices; quality assurances in medications and animal handling; disease spread and prevention; and how animal disease impacts consumers and economics.
- Classroom
- 15 Hours
This unit contains lessons on rangeland roles, management practices, and animal grazing vs. wildlife habitat issues.
- Classroom
- 10 Hours
This unit contains lessons on animal waste treatment and disposal, enviornmental impacts, and health/safety regulations.
- Classroom
- 10 Hours
This unit contains lessons on recognizing early warning signs of animal distress and how to rectify the problem; federal and state animal welfare laws and regulations, and humane transport and harvest regulations.
- Classroom
- 10 Hours
This unit contains lessons for assimilating all the aspects of animal production to produce optimum results and the use of production and management records.
- Classroom
- 15 Hours
This unit contains lessons for assimilating all the aspects of specialty animal (fish, pack animals, working dogs, etc.) production to produce optimum results and the use of production and management records.
- Classroom
- 10 Hours
This unit contains lessons regarding animal harvest, inspection and grading, and processing; meat and dairy classifications and data; meat-based products; nonmeat products; marketing; and by-products use in nonagricultural industries.
- Classroom
- 15 Hours




