MSc in Animal Science in Knoxville United States | University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Research priorities encompass animal physiology (including nutrition for ruminants and nonruminants, reproductive studies, stress responses, and metabolic disorders), health sciences (covering immunology, microbial studies, food safety before processing, and behavioral analysis), and genetic research. The curriculum focuses on hands-on learning with various species such as cattle (both beef and dairy), poultry, pigs, goats and sheep, as well as animals used in human disease modeling. For details on faculty researchers and their specialties, visit the Department's graduate studies webpage. A primary advisor, who must be an animal science professor at assistant rank or higher, leads each student's graduate committee. Together, the student and advisor assemble the remaining committee members, which must include at least two additional faculty members at assistant professor level or above (one potentially from outside Animal Science). This committee guides course selection—potentially mandating additional classes beyond program requirements—while also helping develop research proposals and evaluating thesis defenses and other academic milestones.