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EQUINE If you feel a special connection to horses, turn your calling into a career with Saint Mary-of the-Woods College. Whether you want to compete in English or Western riding, work on a breeding or training farm, study the physiology of large animals or go to veterinary school, you’ll get a chance to do it all at The Woods. Students experienced in horses and farms will expand and refine their skills. Students needing more experience will develop it through hands-on learning. Both groups will come out of the program

Possible Career Paths:

“As one of the few equine programs with facilities on campus, students stop in all the time and brush their horse and spend time with them. It’s therapeutic and relaxing. Both the horses and the students benefit from the proximity.” —Professor Ed Ferguson, Ph.D.

“Many students think they can just go straight to a farm and start working, but if they have an equine science or pre-vet degree, they will qualify for any agriculture job requiring a bachelor’s. It will start them at a higher level. Many students will go on to study veterinary medicine as well. Regardless of their path, they are prepared.” —Professor Ed Ferguson

• Breeding Manager • Barn/Stable Owner • Horse Trainer • Horse Show Manager • Rodeo Crew Member

• Horse Care Technician • Course Designer • Exercise Rider • Riding Coach • Transportation Specialist

Growing up on a racehorse farm, Professor Ferguson was immersed in equine culture from a young age. Now, as a professor, he brings that depth of knowledge and his passion for horse and large animal reproductive physiology (i.e., breeding) to Woods students. “Very few undergraduate schools offer the hands-on work we do. You will get a lot of time with the horses with our programs. Our barn is run by the students. Our internships place students with high-level breeders and trainers because they know our students are prepared.”

Ed Ferguson, Ph.D. Department Chair and Associate Professor

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