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Institution
University of Cundinamarca
Program Name
Animal Science
Degree to be awarded
Animal scientist
Educational level
Undergraduate
Type of training
University Graduate
Methodology
In-person
Academic Credits
150 credits
Estimated duration
9 semesters
Learning path
Agricultural Sciences
Semester 1
- Introduction to Animal Production Systems
- Systems thinking
- Integrated biology
- Integrated chemistry
- Computer and telematics tools
- Ecology and natural resources
- Diagnostic and leveling test in argumentative reasoning
- Diagnostic and leveling in communication and critical thinking
Agricultural Sciences
Semester 2
- Comparative anatomy
- Plant botany and morphophysiology
- Metabolic biochemistry
- Applied mathematics
- 21st Century Citizen Diagnostic and Leveling
- Diagnostic and leveling foreign language
- Argumentative reasoning
- Communication and critical thinking
Agricultural Sciences
Semester 3
- Animal biophysics and physiology
- Microbiology
- Applied statistical models
- Animal genetic resources
- 21st Century Citizen
- Foreign language
- Communication and critical thinking
Agricultural Sciences
Semester 4
- Integrated animal reproduction
- Edaphology and plant nutrition
- Strategic Forage Production and Biotechnology
- Molecular biology and genetics
- Agroecological systems and natural resource management
- Foreign language
Agricultural Sciences
Semester 5
- Animal nutrition
- Applied animal breeding
- Agricultural economics
- Sociology and rural development
- Parasitology and animal health
- Foreign language
- Diagnostic and leveling course in entrepreneurship and innovation
- Diagnostic and leveling course in science, technology, and innovation
Agricultural Sciences
Semester 6
- Ruminant nutrition
- Monogastric nutrition
- Agricultural marketing
- Animal welfare
- 21st Century Generation Chair
- Foreign language
- Entrepreneurship and innovation
- Science, technology and innovation
Agricultural Sciences
Semester 7
- Bovine production systems
- Poultry production systems
- Pork production systems
- Minor Species Production Systems I
- Equine production systems
- In-Depth Study I
- Rural designs and geographic information systems
- Entrepreneurship and innovation
- Science, technology and innovation
Agricultural Sciences
Semester 8
- Food science and technology
- Minor Species Production Systems II
- Poultry production systems
- Advanced Studies II
- Integrated project management
- Social responsibility of the animal scientist
- Science, technology and innovation
Agricultural Sciences
Semester 9
- Advanced Studies III
- Graduation option
Specialization tracks
Specialization tracks allow you to tailor your education to specific areas of interest. Through specialized modules and course content, you can strengthen your skills, deepen your mastery of key topics in your discipline, and move forward with greater clarity in your academic and professional pursuits.
- Specialization Track: Non-Conventional Feeding.
Specialization: Specialization in Animal Nutrition and Feeding of Non-Conventional Species.
- Specialization Track: Animal Genetic Resources.
Specialization: Animal Genetic Resources Specialist.
Mission and Vision
Mission: To train zootechnicians, comprehensive managers of animal production systems who promote sustainable development, clean production, competitiveness, and the strengthening of agricultural production chains through processes of knowledge generation, social interaction, and business management, with local and translocal impact.
Vision: In the medium term, the animal science program will be recognized as a high-quality program, whose graduates will actively participate as transforming agents of the agricultural sector in multiple translocal contexts and with a criterion of sustainability.
Standing out in the long term for its impact in national and international arenas in the generation of knowledge with social responsibility, and innovative proposals for the improvement of animal production systems, consistent with the challenges of life preservation and consonant with the dynamics of the context.
Professional Profile
The Zootechnician from UCundinamarca can perform in accordance with changing context dynamics, with principles of sustainability, as a transforming agent in animal production systems and agricultural production chains, as a knowledge and/or business manager, to improve quality of life, food security, and the reconstruction of the social fabric.
Occupational Profile
The Zootecnista graduated from UCundinamarca will work as a transmodern leading manager of their own company and a dynamizer of organizations dedicated to animal production, participating in the development and application of scientific knowledge, innovating production processes aimed at optimizing environmental resources with social responsibility.
Expected Learning Outcomes of the Program
- Understand animal production systems from systems thinking and its dimensions.
- Establish animal production plans and/or projects through the generation of strategies for genetics and improvement programs, nutrition and feeding, reproduction, preventive health, livestock management and administration, which contribute to the improvement of human quality of life, ecosystem care and conservation, and/or goods and services linked to agricultural production systems; using tools appropriate to the context.
- Participate in the managerial, organizational, and productive management of livestock enterprises, with the objective of increasing production rates and technical and economic productivity.
- Comprehensive planning of the physical, technical, human, economic, and financial resources involved in the production, processing, marketing, and commercialization processes of animal-origin products and by-products.
- Lead strategies for research, production, processing, transformation, industrialization, and commercialization of products, by-products, and services in animal production systems.
- Structure study programs, agroecological use and conservation of species with productive potential, proposing viable alternatives for the sustainable development of natural resources.
- Participate in technology transfer, rural extension, and social innovation processes focused on animal production systems and rural development, contributing to the qualification of the different stakeholders linked to livestock production.
- Adapt knowledge, skills, and strengths to the changing potentials and needs of the environment, taking the real context as an opportunity for transformation.
- Lead the formulation of rural development policies, improvement of the quality of life, and strengthening of the livestock subsector with criteria of social responsibility.
- Incorporate advanced digital tools and context-appropriate technologies into animal production systems.
Professional Teacher Profiles
Historical Overview of the Program
| First major milestone | Renewal milestone | Opening milestone | Milestone |
| 1970 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 |
| The Zootechnics Program began its activities at the Fusagasugá Headquarters on August 3, 1970, starting as Animal Production Technology at what was then called the University Technical Institute of Cundinamarca (ITUC), with its Main Headquarters in Fusagasugá, operating until 1988 under ICFES Agreement No. 3441-A. | By this time, it received its first renewal as a Technology in Livestock Production, until December 31, 1988. | In 1989, the Higher Council, through Agreement No. 027, authorized the opening of the Livestock Technology program in Ubaté and, through Agreement No. 029, conducted feasibility studies with knowledge and learning managers for the second cycles of the Livestock Technology Program at the Fusagasugá Headquarters. | In 1990, by means of Agreement No. 3396, the program received a renewal until December 31, 1990. |
| Creation milestone | Approval milestone | Update milestone | Institutional achievement |
| 1993 | 2005 | 2019 | High Quality |
| The Zootechnics Program was created through Agreement 015 of September 7 from the Higher University Council of UDEC and approved by ICFES Resolution No. 058 of 1993. | In December 2005, the Zootechny Program received approval for its first qualified registration, which was renewed under MEN Resolution 4298 on April 19, 2013, with a 7-year validity until 2020. | The program renews its qualified registration SNIES 889 – 014739 of December 17, 2019, valid for 7 more years, until 2025. | The Animal Science program at the Fusagasugá campus received High Quality accreditation under resolution AAC 09412 of May 27, 2022, from the Ministry of National Education. |
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Contact
College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Fusagasugá Branch
Block F – 1st Floor
(+57 1) 828 1483 Ext. 149
College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
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