2025-2026 Catalog 
    
    Dec 04, 2025  
2025-2026 Catalog

Animal Health Professions Cooperative, BS (AHPC)


The Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences offers the BS degree in cooperation with some schools of veterinary medicine. In this program a bachelor’s degree (BS in Animal Science) is awarded to certain qualified students who have satisfactorily completed three years of prescribed work at ACU (a minimum of 108 hours) plus one year at a recognized school of veterinary medicine.

General Education Requirements


Please see the General Education  section of this catalog. AHPC degree plans only require 12 hours of Bible and 51 hours of general education.

Major Requirements


Agribusiness


Experiential Learning


Choose 3 hours from the following:


Biology


Chemistry


Mathematics


Total: 57 Credit Hours


Professional School Requirement


ACU awards the bachelor’s degree to certain qualified students who have satisfactorily completed three years of prescribed work at ACU (a minimum of 104 hours) plus one year at a recognized professional school. Students in the cooperative degree program are advised by an advisor in the Department of Agriculture and Environmental Studies.

Total Major Hours: 57


Other Graduation Requirements


Minimum GPA in major: 2.00
Minimum GPA for graduation: 2.00
Minimum advanced hours from ACU: 23
Minimum total hours from ACU: 108
Minimum total hours: 128

Courses numbered 0** do not count in minimum hours required for degree.