figure 1. animal science (food animals), equine science and total* departmental majors since the...
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Figure 1. Animal science (food animals), equine science and total* departmental majors since the establishment of the
equine major in 1986.
100
300
500
700
1986 88 90 92 94 96 98 2000
*does not include dual majors.
Total
Animal Science Majors
Equine Science Majors
Year
# o
f Stu
de
nts
1000
3000
5000
7000
9000
11000
1986 88 90 92 94 96 98
0
25
50
75
100
Total Credits
% Equine Focus
Year
Tot
al R
I C
red i
ts
Eq
Foc
us C
red i
ts,
% o
f T
o ta l
Figure 2. Departmental credit hour production and percentage of credit hours in focused equine courses. (Note: 46% of equine science departmental requirements are general animal science
courses.)
0
5
10
15
20
1983 85 87 89 91 93 95 97 1999
0
25
50
75
100
Total FTEs
% Equine Focus
Year
To
tal T
eac h
ing
FT
Es
Equ
ine
Foc
us F
TE
s , %
of
To t
al
Figure 3. Teaching FTEs (full time equivalents) in the department of animal sciences and the percentage of FTEs with
an equine science focus.