Required Courses

• EQS 138 - Introduction to Equine Care and Handling Credits: 3
• EQS 144 - Equine Nutrition and Feeding Credits: 3
• EQS 145 - Equine Health Maintenance Credits: 3
• EQS 146 - Introductory Equine Field Study Credits: 2
• EQS 148 - Equine Anatomy and Physiology Credits: 3
• EQS 242 - Equine Reproduction, Evaluation, and Selection Credits: 3
• EQS 248 - Equine Pathology Credits: 3

Program Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to:

• Demonstrate competence, certainty, and self-assurance when working with horses
• Apply safe handling techniques, basic care and maintenance techniques, and basic first aid in working with horses
• Describe the skeletal, muscular, circulatory, respiratory, digestive, urinary, nervous, and endocrine systems of the horse
• Evaluate a horse’s body condition, surroundings, work load, and other factors to develop a proper diet regimen for the best care of the horse
• Take equine vital signs and recognize symptoms of poor health, disease, and infection
• Demonstrate the skills necessary for basic horse care and the treatment and prevention of common horse ailments
• Explain conformation and selection of horses