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Niagara County Community College

Niagara County Community College




ANIMAL MANAGEMENT

Coordinator: Aaron Cobaugh
Phone: 716.614.6424
E-mail: acobaugh@niagaracc.suny.edu


Minimum Degree Requirements    

A total of at least 68 credit hours with a minimum Curriculum Grade Point Average of 2.0. Academic Foundations courses do not count toward the degree.

Required courses:
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COURSE CREDITS
ANIMAL MANAGEMENT
A minimum of 23 credit hours to include:
AMG 101 Introduction to Animal Care 4
AMG 102 Zoonotic Disease 4
AMG 103 Exhibit Design 4
AMG 104 Animal Reproduction 4
AMG 105 Conservation 4
AMG 201 History of Zoos & Alternative Facilities 1
AMG 202 Record Keeping 1
AMG 203 Capture & Restraint 1
AMG 204 Animal Training 1
COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY
A minimum of 2 credit hours selected through advisement.
Computer Technology courses include:
CIS - Computer Information Systems

CPS - Computer Science

OFT - Office Technology
2
HEALTH/PHYSICAL EDUCATION
A minimum of 2 credit hours.
Health / Physical Education courses include:
HPE - Health / Physical Education
HED - Health Education
DAN - Dance * Through Advisement
2
HUMANITIES (9 credit hours)
ENG 101 - Writing I 3
ENG 102 - Writing II & Intro to Literature 3
SPE ___ ___ Speech Elective 3
SCIENCE
A minimum of 26 credit hours to include:
BIO 134 - Animal Behavior 3
BIO 205 - Zoology 4
BIO 133 / ANT 208 - Monkeys, Apes, & Man 3
BIO 207 - Herpetology 3
BIO 208 - Ornithology 3
BIO 209 - Mammalogy 3
BIO 210 - Aquarium Science 3
BIO 255 - Population Genetics 4
SOCIAL SCIENCES
A minimum of 3 credit hours.
Social Sciences courses include the prefixes:
ANT - Anthropology

CRJ - Criminal Justice

ECO - Economics

GEO - Geography

HIS - History
HUS - Human Services

PSY - Psychology

SOC - Sociology

SSC - Social Sciences, General
3
GENERAL EDUCATION ELECTIVE
A minimum of 3 credit hours to be selected from:
SUNY General Education elective (Arts, Humanities, Language, Mathematics, Other World Civilization, American History, or Western Civilization) **  


** Select a course that would fulfill the SUNY General Education requirement as noted. Refer to the SUNY General Education section of this catalog for course options.




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