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Course Criteria
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1.00 Credits
After recognizing the movement and gait patterns of the horse, students will learn to approach the horse and use proper farrier/trimmer positioning to make the animal comfortable. The student will then use farrier and hoof care tools to exfoliate the foot/sole before completing hoof mapping and trimming on several different horses. Corequisiste EQ 130.
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1.00 Credits
This course is an introduction to driving the harness or work horse. It will cover basic harness and driving techniques.
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1.00 Credits
Students will learn how to pack an animal with different saddles, such as the saw buck or decker. Students will also learn how to organize people for dude rides and wilderness rides.
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3.00 Credits
The student will gain an understanding of the basic concepts of horsemanship first in groundwork, and then riding. The student will learn and implement a number of basic maneuvers to achieve the horse's confidence and respect from the ground. Student's will learn to read the horse's body language and basic safety. Then, the student will learn safe and efficient saddle techniques, and how and when to safely mount the horse. In the saddle, the student will learn the fundamentals of rein position and will be able to control the horse in all three gaits (walk, trot and canter).
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3.00 Credits
Students will learn how to read and handle livestock in a low stress approach. They will accomplish proper positioning of their horse in the correct manner. They will teach their horses how to read and rate cattle and be able to throw basic loops that would be needed on a ranch. Pre-requisite EQ 155L Introduction to Basic Horsemanship.
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4.00 Credits
In this course, the student will learn the principles of horse care by focusing on nutrition and preventive medicine. Topics covered will include appropriate feeds for horses, principles of equine digestion, nutritional requirements demanded by different types of horses and their uses, and preventive medicine (including vaccination and deworming programs). Pre-requisites SC 101 & SC 101L General Chemistry & Lab or consent of instructor.
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4.00 Credits
In this course, the student will learn the fundamentals of equine anatomy, physiology, and diseases using a step-wise systems approach. The normal anatomy and physiology of each system of the horse are covered initially, and then basic pathologic concepts and important diseases of each system are investigated. The first of this two part series will cover the body as a whole, and then look in more detail at the musculoskeletal system, cardiovascular system, hematopoietic system, respiratory system, and the digestive system. SC 107 - General Chemistry is recommended prior to taking the course. Pre-requisite SC 101 - Principles of Biology.
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4.00 Credits
In this course, the student will learn the fundamentals of equine anatomy, physiology, and diseases using a step-wise syste ms approach. The normal anatomy and physiology of each system of the horse are covered initially, and then basic pathologic concepts and important diseases of each system are investigated. The second of this two part series will cover the liver, nervous system, urinary tract, endocrine system, reproductive system, the integumentary system (skin), basic equine reproductive techniques, and equine genetics. Prerequisites EQ 201 Basic Horse Care and Nutrition and EQ 202 Equine Science I.
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3.00 Credits
Students will learn how to prepare a horse for sale. They will also study how to market horses in different venues (production sale, catalog sale, internet, etc.). They will incorporate the use of appropriate periodicals and magazines to target the correct market for their horse and develop marketing materials.
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0.00 Credits
Cooperative Education
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