Equine Studies – University Of Minnesota-Crookston

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The University of Minnesota-Crookston in Crookston, Minnesota, offers Bachelor and Associate degrees in Equine Sciences. UMC courses specialise in equine industry management and in equine businesses. Scholars are led thru a completely balanced training process covering most areas of the equine industry, such as daily care, medicare, nutrition, exercise and coaching, management and business. Scholars graduate from this program with in depth theoretical and practical knowledge of nutrition, physiology, health and reproduction, and further, of the responsibilities that come together with equine ownership. They’re given in depth instruction on management concepts and are trained in using software and selling techniques relevant to the equine industry. Aside from the management talents they are imbued, graduates also come out as accomplished horsemen, ready to train horses of all conformations and temperaments. This kind of theoretical and practical instruction enables students to shine as staff or as entrepreneurs in the equine world. They can choose careers like:

- Bloodstock management/sales

- Consultant/administrator in Breed Associations

- Pedigree/buyer evaluator

- Management/sales, drug & pharmaceutical concerns

- Equine appraiser

- Sales, equine feed and nourishment

- Journalist, equine World

- Consultant, equine reproduction

- Instructor, riding and equitation

- Youth employee/coach, equestrian teams

- Extension teacher

- Manager, guest ranches

- Horse show manager

- Pony trainer

- Representative, gear for horses

- Pony judge

- Executive, horse farm ranches

- Selling and advertising professional

- Manager, stables

- Manager, stud farms

- Specialist, therapeutic riding.

Equine Program scholars work with the 40 horses at UMC’s stables. Scholars are given valuable practical exposure by being made to care for the horses and by riding, grooming, training and breeding the numerous breeds represented. Unless they are in coaching or showing classes, scholars do not receive any particular horse by way of assignment. They are instead made to work with different horses to allow them to experience handling horses of various conformation and temperaments. Each student also receives a laptop with software applicable to their sources of study. These computers must be used almost every day. Graduates from this establishment are sought after due to their range of equine and technological talents; these talents set them apart from graduates of other institutions.

The University’s Teaching & Outreach Centre at the northerly part of the campus boasts of several super features including:

- Faculty offices

- Science labs

- Interactive television/networked school rooms

- Indoor heated arena of 90 x 120 feet with seating capacity of 205

- 45 stalls outfitted with automated watering

- Gear and tack for Western, all-purpose, hunt seat and saddle seat

- Boot wash rack

- Loos

- Locker room

- Laundry room

- Round-pen

- Turnout paddocks

- Racks for horse washing

- Breeding phantom/stocks

- Tack room

- Driving carts & harnesses.

Scholars are free to join up in any one of the institute’s a few clubs, all equine related. The school’s IHSA riding team frequently participates as a part of Area 9, Regions 3. Members can opt for either Eastern or Western events at several shows. Students can become Horseman’s Organisation members. This Association keeps the community informed on equine science, helps people compete at universities events, provides support to scholars desiring to develop their horsemanship talents, takes them on visits to equine industry businesses and provides members with possibilities for social networking.

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