ANSC at Cornell University

A suggested order for the 74 courses on the map, built from prerequisite chains and how often each course has run in fall and spring across the last 12 regular terms. It is not the department’s plan, and it is not a promise a course will run. Confirm against the department’s own advising material.

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate ANSC coursework.

• ANSC 2120Animal Nutritionopens 12 courses (10 directly)
• ANSC 2400Animal Reproduction and Developmentopens 8 courses (8 directly)
• ANSC 3550Dairy Cattle Nutritionopens 3 courses (1 directly)
• ANSC 2100Practical Large Animal Handlingopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• ANSC 2300Introduction to Domestic Mammalian Behavioropens 2 courses (2 directly)
• ANSC 2650Equine Biology and Managementopens 2 courses (2 directly)

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate ANSC work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 74 ANSC and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 45 more ANSC courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Concentration routes

The concentrations and majors that build on ANSC, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in ANSC. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 4 courses deep, ending at ANSC 4120

  1. BIOAP 1100Domestic Animal Biology
  2. ANSC 2120Animal Nutrition
  3. ANSC 4110Integrated Cattle Nutrition
  4. ANSC 4120Whole-Farm Nutrient Management

• 4 courses deep, ending at ANSC 4510

  1. ANSC 4560Dairy Management Fellowship
  2. ANSC 4510Dairy Herd Business Management

• 3 courses deep, ending at ANSC 2410

  1. BIOAP 1100Domestic Animal Biology
  2. ANSC 2400Animal Reproduction and Development
  3. ANSC 2410Animal Reproduction and Development Lab

• 3 courses deep, ending at ANSC 2552

  1. ANSC 2550Dairy Study Trip to Italy
  2. ANSC 2551Dairy Study Trip to Italy II
  3. ANSC 2552Dairy Study Trip to Italy III

Grade medians

Teaching in Fall 2026

Instructors on ANSC sections in Fall 2026, from the registrar's schedule.

• Debbie Cherney
• Ellie Duan
• Heather Huson
• Jasmine Dillon
• Jason Karszes
• Jessica Waltemyer
• Joseph McFadden
• Lindsay Goodale
• Meng Wang
• Miel Hostens
• Mike Van Amburgh
• Nathalie Trottier
• Quinn Kolar
• Robert Lynch
• Sabine Mann
• Thomas Overton
• Vimal Selvaraj
• Xingen Lei
• Yi Ren
• Yung-Fu Chang

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under ANSC yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

ANSC does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Cornell campus feed.