Animal Sciences and Industry

Student Learning Outcomes

Undergraduate Student Learning Outcomes

  • Communication: Demonstrate verbal and written communication skills that clearly convey thoughts, an understanding of different viewpoints, and knowledge of the animal science industry.
  • Professional Skills: Demonstrate professional and ethical behaviors including the ability to adapt, be accountable, uphold integrity, and appreciate different perspectives in the animal science industry.
  • Critical Thinking: Apply critical thinking skills to solve problems and address issues related to the animal science industry by gathering, discerning, and synthesizing information from credible sources.
  • Animal Science: Apply knowledge of domestic animal production to evaluate situations and make ethical decisions related to animal production, care, and welfare.
  • Animal Science: Recognize and describe the social, economic, historical, and future uses of domestic animals.
  • Animal Science: Apply domestic animal knowledge and skills to ensure animal health and welfare related to feeding and nutrition, reproduction, genetics, housing, and handling.

Student Learning Outcomes are assessed annually by the Dept. of Animal Sciences & Industry through a combination of direct and indirect assessment methods. in the 2022-2023 academic year, a total of 95, 81, 76, 91, and 88% of assessed students met or exceeded student learning outcomes for written communication, oral communication, critical thinking, and academic & professional integrity, respectively. A curriculum review process is ongoing, which utilizes this data in combination with survey results from employers, alumni, faculty, and students to ensure that the ASI curriculum and courses meet student learning outcomes that are of value to students and their future employers.

Graduate Program Student Learning Outcomes

M.S. Program, Department of Animal Sciences and Industry

  1. Advanced knowledge and understanding in an area of emphasis offered by the Graduate Faculty in the Department of Animal Sciences and Industry.
  2. Competency in the collection, analyses and interpretation of data as it relates to the scholarship of their area of emphasis.
  3. Competency in oral communication and scholarly writing in the form of a master’s thesis or report.

Ph.D. Program, Department of Animal Sciences and Industry

  1. A thorough command of knowledge in an area of emphasis offered by the Graduate Faculty in the Department of Animal Sciences and Industry.
  2. An ability to apply critical scientific thought in the application of hypothesis formation, and the design and execution of experiments.
  3. Competency in the collection, analyses and interpretation of data as it relates to the scholarship of their area of emphasis.
  4. Competency in oral communication and scholarly writing in the form of a doctoral dissertation.