Prospective Student Packet 2008.pdf (89.98 KB)NEW! - Online Welcome for newly admitted students.  If you are a newly admitted freshman or transfer student, please click on the appropriate link below to view an online welcome presentation from CSU Equine Sciences. (This presentation requires Microsoft PowerPoint.  Click here to download a free trial of this program through Microsoft Office Professional 2007.)

Welcome to CSU Equine Sciences - Incoming Freshmen.ppt

Welcome to CSU Equine Sciences - Transfer Students.ppt

Prospective Students

Your education is the key to your future, thus it is vital you select an equine program that keeps abreast of the equine industry. Located in an area rich in western heritage that recognizes the importance of the horse, Equine Sciences at Colorado State University is the only program of its kind in the West. It has an unsurpassed undergraduate program with faculty recognized internationally for pioneering research in equine reproduction, lameness and orthopedics. The Equine Teaching and Research Center (ETRC), an impressive facility, opened in the fall of 1987 and serves the University's equine program and local, regional and national equine interests.

Click below to download the Prospective Student Packet:

 Prospective Student Packet 2008.pdf (89.98 KB)

Colorado State was the first land-grant university to offer a Bachelor’s degree in Equine Sciences. Enrollment in the major has steadily increased since the fall of 1986.

Administered by the Colleges of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, the Equine Sciences curriculum provides the flexibility for balancing a rigorous biological science program with practical experience coupled with business electives.

Equine Sciences students now have the opportunity to take advantage of over 22 equine specific classes offered by the program.  Classes such as: 

• Introduction to Equine Science
• Equine Disease Management
• Equine Sales Management
• Horse Handling
• Equine Management
• Equine Event Management
• Foaling Management
• Therapeutic Riding
• Equine Nutrition
• Equine Behavior
• Equine Production and Industry
• Equine Reproductive Management
• Farrier Science
• Packing and Outfitting
• Horse Training
• Riding Instructor Training
• Horse Judging
• Internships
• Additional equine practicum courses

The practical courses give students the opportunity to increase their hands-on skills and learn about new and exciting changes occurring in the industry.  Practical courses coupled with the business and foundation science classes give CSU Equine Science majors an advantage when entering the ever changing equine industry.

Prospective students should review the equine sciences undergraduate checksheet.

Important links

Online information request form
Key contacts
Career Identification and Preparation in Equine Sciences
Agricultural Sciences Career Resource Center
University Career Center
Internships
Check sheets
General Catalog
College of Agricultural Sciences Student Resources
Tuition and Fees
Student Financial Services
CSU Equine Extension
Department of Animal Sciences
Professional Veterinary Medical Program
College of Agricultural Sciences
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