Courses

Assists students in planning annual equine health programs. Introduces students to methods of prevention, recognition, and treatment of common equine diseases.

Application of practical skills, methods, and techniques used to prevent and treat equine diseases and health problems.

Students are employed or work at home on an equine operation. The work experience must cover a minimum of 320 hours with the student involved in all facets of this operation.

Students are employed or work at home on an equine operation. The work experience must cover a minimum of 320 hours with the student involved in all facets of this operation.

Covers practical aspects of horse and stable management, feeds and nutrition, diseases and wounds, unsoundness and blemishes, castration, immunization, worming, health care, care of feet and legs, organizing stable routine and activities, stable records and stable construction. Focuses on marketing methods and promotional advertising methods for stables, trainers and horses.

Covers information necessary for employment and job search skills. Students will receive instruction in resume writing and interviewing.

Introduces horse reproduction and the various breeding and management practices found on breeding farms. Covers physiology of the mare and stallion reproductive systems, care of the stallion and the mare, mare heat detection, breeding, care of pregnant mares, foaling, problems in the foal, and care of the foal and yearling.

Introduces horse reproduction and the various breeding and management practices found on breeding farms. Covers physiology of the mare and stallion reproductive systems, care of the stallion and the mare, mare heat detection, breeding, care of pregnant mares, foaling, problems in the foal, and care of the foal and yearling.

Initiates written estimates on damaged vehicles. Students learn shop management including work orders, ordering supplies, operating costs, timecards, shop liabilities, employee's safety and insurance management issues.

Examines human life, experience, and thought to discover and develop the principles and values for pursuing a more fulfilled existence. This course examines ethical theories designed to both justify moral judgments, as well as apply these ethical theories to a selection of personal and social issues in the world today. (AH3).