Feed Milling Minor
Department of Poultry Science
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Description | Requirements | Required Courses | Elective Courses | Admissions/Certification of Minor | Contact

Description

The Minor in Feed Milling is designed to provide a foundation in animal feed milling technology. The objectives of the minor are for the student to: acquire an understanding of the functions of a modern feed mill; to learn to procedures to assist in operating a feed mill; and to apply academic skills to the challenges of operating a manufacturing facility.

Requirements

A minimum of 15 credit hours from the prescribed list of courses and a grade of 'C-' or better in these courses is required to receive the Minor in Feed Milling. An overall GPA of 2.0 is required to pursue and graduate from the minor.

Required Courses

• All students are required to take one of the following introductory courses in Poultry or Animal Science:
  • PO 201 Poultry Science and Production (4cr.)
  • ANS 150 Introduction to Animal Science (4 cr).
  • BAE 101 Intro. To Biological Engineering and Computing (3cr.)
    
    
• PO (ANS) 425 Feed Mill Management and Feed Formulation (3 cr.)
  
  
• PO (ANS/BAE) 492 External Learning Experience (2-3 cr.)
  This requirement is for the student to work one summer in a feed mill.

Elective Courses

A minimum of 2 other courses selected from the following list:

ARE 304 Agribusiness Management (3 cr.)
ARE 311 Agricultural Markets (3 cr.)
BAE 201 Shop Processes and Management (3 cr.)
BAE 202 Intro. To Biological and Agricultural Engineering Methods (3 cr.)
BAE 333 Processing Agricultural Products (4 cr.)
BAE 343 Agricultural Electrification (3 cr.)
BAE 344 Circuits and Controls (1 cr.)
BAE 432 Agricultural and Environmental Safety and Health (3 cr.)
BUS 330 Human Resource Development (3cr.)
PO (ANS/FS) 350 Introduction to HACCP
PO (ANS/NTR) 415 Comparative Nutrition OR
ANS 230 Nutrition of Domestic Animals (Students make take 1 of these 2, but not both as part of their two elective courses towards the minor.)

Admissions and Certification of Minor

Students interested in this minor can contact any of the following Coordinator of Advising:

• Jeanette Moore, Jeanette_Moore@ncsu.edu (Animal Science)
  
• Sam Pardue, Sam_Pardue@ncsu.edu (Poultry Science),
  
• Crowell Bowers, Crowell_Bowers@ncsu.edu (Biological and Agricultural Engineering) or
  
• Carmen Parkhurst, Carm_Parkhurst@ncsu.edu (Poultry Science) as listed below.

The application for the minor is available in any of the following offices:

• 101 Polk (Animal Science),
  
• 108 Weaver (Biological and Agricultual Engineering) or
  
• 212/213 Scott (Poultry Science).

Certification
Certification for Minor in Feed Milling must be submitted to Dr. Carmen Parkhurst , 213 Scott Hall, no later than the registration period for the student's final semester at NC State. The minor must be completed no later than the semester in which the student expects to graduate from his or her degree program.

Contact Person

Dr. Carmen Parkhurst

213 Scott Hall

919.515.5385

carm_parkhurst@ncsu.edu