Undergraduate
Students who wish to earn a Bachelor of Science in Ranch Management apply through the Office of Admissions. Students must complete all undergraduate core requirements of TCU prior to making a formal application to the Ranch Management program their junior year.
Courses
The Ranch Management Program requires an academic year (nine months) to complete.
The course of study is intense, challenging, and time-consuming. Classroom instruction
and discussion coupled with fieldwork observation culminate in the student implementing
this knowledge in real-world projects reflecting agricultural asset management. Attendance
is mandatory for all classes and fieldwork.
Areas of Study
- Livestock production
- Breeding programs
- Animal health
- Feeding
- Crop production
- Harvesting
- Grazing systems
- Livestock handling
- Natural resource conservation
- Forage production
- Climate and geographical information
- Accounting principles
- Marketing
- Personnel management
- General management principles
- Field work
Field Trips
Field trips are an important part of ranch management education and include numerous short excursions to local agricultural operations, as well as five week-long trips to operations in different geographic locations. The visits are chosen to give the best possible cross section of different kinds of country, livestock, and operations that are representative of the ranching industry in each particular area.
Each student is responsible for room and meal expenses incurred on field trips. Room accommodations for weeklong trips are arranged at group rates.
