The Pennsylvania State University, University Park Campus, offers AN SC 317 - Horse Handling and Training, which may be elected toward the Bachelor of Science in animal science and the equine science minor for three credits through the Department of Dairy and Animal Science. The course teaches the responses of horses to stimuli during training, according to the Penn State Blue Book. The associated lab involves practice with young horses. As a prerequisite to this course, students must complete AN SC 327 - Horse Production and Management and attain a level of horsemanship approved by the instructor.
The University of Maine's Animal and Veterinary Sciences' Department offers AVS 437 - Animal Diseases for three credits. This course is an introduction to the study of disease in animals, according to the University of Maine's Catalog Search. It covers the causes, pathology and control of the diseases of domestic animals. Before taking this class, students must first successfully complete BIO 377 - Medical Physiology or have permission from the instructor.
Students attending the University of Maine may major in four animal-related majors, including animal and veterinary sciences, marine science, pre-veterinary Mmdicine and zoology.
Students attending High Point University in North Carolina may consider BIO 2120 - General Zoology with laboratory for four credits as a collegiate animal class. It could count for both the pre-veterinary medicine and biology majors. The course is a "survey of the diversity, systematics and ecology of protozoa and select phyla within the animal kingdom," according to the High Point University Undergraduate Bulletin 2010-2011. The laboratory will emphasize the anatomy, physiology, reproduction, development and behavior of animals. Before registering for this course, students must complete BIO 1399 - Introduction to Biological Principles and Literature.
Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, offers animal science course AN SC 3200 - Comparative Animal Nutrition and Toxicology: Horses, Dogs, Cats and More for four credits. Students must take one year of biology, and AN SC 2120 - Animal Nutrition as prerequisites.
This class will teach students how to match feed resources with the physiological needs of horses, dogs, cats, rabbits, deer, reindeer, birds, reptiles and other animals that live on ranches, zoos, farms and in homes. Students will also understand the feeding strategies these animals implement, even without a history of domestication and they will understand the evolutionary and physiological basis for the diversity of nutrition between species.