Beginning in the 2022/23 academic year (Spring 2023), the Equine Studies Major: Equine Industry and Management option will no longer be accepting new students. Current students will continue to have access to the same high-quality education and resources until they graduate.
This option is designed for:
- Students interested in a traditional equine career, such as riding instruction, training, or stable management.
- Students interested in a career in equine business, such as competition management, sales, marketing, or equine business management.
Courses for this option include business classes and hands-on equine classes, such as teaching, training, stable management, and facility management.
In addition to the standard core courses for all Equine Studies majors, students in Equine Management take courses in anatomy and physiology, agricultural business management, nutrition, and forages. Students then select 20 approved credits to allow them to focus in the areas most relevant to their desired career. Those courses may include classes in equipment and facility management, equine training, riding instruction, equine conformation, animal behavior, accounting, and marketing.
All students who graduate from the B.S. in Equine Studies program will be able to:
- Identify, explain, and demonstrate safe, effective, and humane equine handling and stable management skills.
- Identify, explain, and demonstrate equine health management practices and basic equine first aid.
- Explain guidelines for equine nutrition, feeding, and parasite management.
- Demonstrate technical proficiency with English tack, boots, bandages, and blankets.
- Demonstrate safe, competent longeing technique using a trained horse.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the principles of riding practices in equestrian sport.
- Communicate effectively, in written and verbal form, about professional topics in the equine industry.
Equine Industry & Management option:
- Analyze and identify both ideal conformation and movement faults as related to equine form and function.
- Demonstrate advanced handling, grooming, and longeing skills, beyond those required of all equine studies majors.
- Demonstrate knowledge of veterinary care beyond the basic level required of all equine studies majors, and demonstrate application of this knowledge to real-world emergency and management situations.
- Demonstrate knowledge of management practices for riding arenas, horse trailers, and large equipment.
- Demonstrate working knowledge of key elements in equine business planning, management, and development.
