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Cornell's Approach—A Flexible Curriculum for Students with Diverse Backgrounds

Department of Animal Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853

ABSTRACT

The problems associated with teaching animal science to students with variable, and particularly nonagricultural, backgrounds are not new to Cornell. Even 50 yr ago the student population in our College of Agriculture was only about one-third farm-reared. The difficulties have been magnified, however, in recent years since our "farm-practice" requirement was first modified to permit its satisfaction by work other than on a farm, and later dropped completely. Originally this requirement mandated farm experience prior to matriculation; later it could be satisfied with one summer of suitable experience prior to graduation. Although it no longer exists, many students with pre-veterinary interests still work on farms to gain the experience with large animals which some veterinary colleges require.

More recent changes at Cornell have included substantial overall increase in student numbers, a drastic increase in the number of female students, a large influx of transfer students from both 2 and 4-yr colleges, most of whom have completed 2 yr of college work, and what appears to be an ever-increasing interest in veterinary medicine as a career goal.