The Purdue University Department of Animal Sciences promotes leadership and inspiration to educate students, enabling them to anticipate and effectively respond to challenges facing the global animal industries. The Animal Sciences faculty conducts relevant scientific research and facilitates technology transfer for efficient and sustainable production of high quality animal products, optimizing animal well-being, enhancing the human diet, and advancing sound environmental practices.<br><br>The vision of the Department of Animal Sciences is simple. We desire to be the place to go for the citizens of Indiana and beyond for knowledge in animal sciences. This includes students, commodity groups, industry partners, government agencies, consumers, and many others. Our shared goals are to: 1) provide students with a rigorous and relevant education, preparing them for a lifetime of learning, 2) achieve scientific preeminence in selected areas, and develop teams to identify and solve real world problems, and 3) the needs of our diverse clientele making the best use of emerging digital technologies. The Animal Sciences faculty has expertise in the disciplines of growth and development, nutrition, breeding and genetics, physiology, management, animal well-being and behavior. In addition, scientists in the USDA Livestock Behavior Unit associated with Purdue are adjunct faculty members.<br><br>Students in the Animal Agribusiness concentration choose 22 credit hours of course work in economics and business management.<br>Students in the Animal Production and Industry concentration choose 22 credits hours of work in animal products, financial management, production, biochemistry, and microbiology.<br>Students in the Behavior/Well-being concentration choose 18 credit hours of course work in biochemistry, behavior, and well-being.<br>Students in the Biosciences concentration choose 16 credit hours of course work in upper division biological science courses, organic chemistry, biochemistry and physics.<br>Students in the Pre-Veterinary Medicine concentration choose 25 credit hours of work in biology, chemistry, biochemistry, and physics.