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Combined Introductory Course in Dairy, Animal Husbandry, and Poultry at the University of Tennessee

Department of Dairy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

ABSTRACT

Basis for Development of an Animal Science Course

Early in the fall of 1960, a committee in the College of Agriculture was appointed to make a study of the lower-division curriculum and to make recommendations to the faculty for changes or revisions. Through an intensive study of 1) lower-division agricultural course outlines; 2) lower-division curricula of other land-grant institutions; 3) industry, business, and professional groups' suggestions; 4) student and former student comments and reactions; and, 5) the College Administration—this committee attempted to define the problems confronting our college and to pin-point those significant factors that dictated a re-evaluation of the thencurrent curriculum. Of these factors it seemed that two were basic to our problems: 1) the rapid changes taking place in the agricultural industry, and 2) the declining per cent of good high school graduates choosing agriculture for a career.

It is not necessary to dwell upon the scientific and technological advances taking place in agriculture.