Department Overview
The Department of Animal and Food Sciences is housed within the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources on the campus of Texas Tech University. In 2004, Animal and Food Science moved into a new state-of-the-art teaching and research facility. This new facility includes four multimedia-classrooms, five specialized teaching & research labs, the largest retail meat cooler on a university campus, and a retail store (COWamongus). There are 22 active faculty engaged in teaching, research and service in the department to help you expand your knowledge. Several of these faculty members are leading researchers in their respective fields, including food science, food safety, muscle biology, nutrition, animal well being, breeding and genetics, physiology and with specialties in cattle, horse, sheep & goats, poultry and swine. The fact that these professors do their own research and teach your classes, guarantees that you will receive the highest quality education with the most current information.