Courses
The Undergraduate Feed Milling Certificate requires 12 undergraduate credit hours (five courses), as follows:
Required courses
FM 425 - Feed Manufacturing Technology
Units: 3
Feed mill management, feed ingredient purchasing, inventory, storage, and quality evaluation, computerized feed formulation, feeding programs for poultry and swine, feed mill design, equipment, maintenance, operation, safety, state and federal regulations pertaining to feed manufacture.
Offered in Fall and Spring
FM 460 - Feed Mill Operations and Leadership
Units: 3
Principles and current practices of modern feed mill operations. Topics include managing employees, team building, safety, budgets, regulations, and key performance indicators.
Offered in Spring Only
FM 480 - Feed Quality Assurance & Formulation
Units: 3
Introduction to the principles of ingredient and feed quality assurance and how to develop a comprehensive quality assurance program. The course will include the development of approved suppliers, ingredient specifications, feed manufacturing procedures, and formulation based on dynamic ingredient matrices.
Offered in Fall Only
FM 494 - Feed Mill Learning Experience
Units: 1
Hands-on laboratory teaching students how to safely operate feed mill equipment and manufacture feed using a computer system.
Offered in Fall Spring Summer
Elective Course - choose one
PO 415 - Comparative Nutrition
Units: 3
Principles of nutrition, including the classification of nutrients and the nutrient requirements of and metabolism by different species for health, growth, maintenance and productive functions.
Offered in Fall Spring Summer
ANS 225 - Principles of Animal Nutrition
Units: 3
This online Principles of Animal Nutrition course is designed for non-Animal Science majors and off-campus students. It includes: feed classification, gastrointestinal tract anatomy of domestic mammals, nutrients and their functions, digestion and metabolism, feed regulations, and feeding/nutrition of cattle, small ruminants, horses, swine, poultry, dogs, cats, and rabbits. For on-campus students, ANS 225 counts toward the Animal Science minor but only counts as a Free Elective for Animal Science majors.
Offered in Summer
ANS 230 - Animal Nutrition
Units: 3
Introduction to nutrition, digestion, and absorption in domestic mammals. Major nutrient classes and their functions in the body, feed classification and chemical analysis, feed processing, and nutrient requirements.
Offered in Fall Spring Summer
Prerequisites may be required in some courses. Students should contact instructors before enrolling to discuss eligibility.