ANS at Iowa State University

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 ANS coursework.

• BIOL 2120Principles of Biology IIopens 20 courses (3.2 directly)
• ANS 2250Swine Scienceopens 16 courses (14.7 directly)
• ANS 2800Basic Swine Scienceopens 16 courses (1.5 directly)
• CHEM 1670General Chemistry for Engineering Studentsopens 15 courses (1.5 directly)
• ANS 2140Domestic Animal Physiologyopens 10 courses (2.3 directly)
• BBMB 2210Structure and Reactions in Biochemical Processesopens 8 courses (0.5 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 ANS 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 114 ANS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 84 more ANS courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Tracks

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

The longest ladders

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

• 7 courses deep, ending at ANS 3241

  1. ANS 3200Animal Feeds and Feeding
  2. ANS 2190Survey of Animal Nutrition
  3. ANS 3241Food Processing for Companion Animals

• 5 courses deep, ending at ANS 3520

  1. CHEM 1630College Chemistry
  2. BIOL 2120Principles of Biology II
  3. GEN 3200Genetics, Agriculture and Biotechnology

• 5 courses deep, ending at ANS 4340

  1. CHEM 1630College Chemistry
  2. BIOL 2120Principles of Biology II
  3. ANS 2140Domestic Animal Physiology

• 4 courses deep, ending at ANS 3800A

  1. ANS 2800Basic Swine Science
  2. ANS 2250Swine Science
  3. ANS 3800ASwine Breeding and Gestation Management

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for ANS yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under ANS yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

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