Course system construction and teaching practice of animal production for Pratacultural Science under the background of new agriculture science: A case study in Lanzhou University

The Pratacultural Science, as a minor major related to agriculture science in Lanzhou University, needs to have positive changes to adapt to social development, especially under the background of constructing new agriculture science in the most of agricultural universities, thus to cultivate inter-disciplinary talents who can solve practical issues for our nation. Animal production course system is a very important part for Pratacultural Science, which is significance for students in this major to master basic knowledge of animal science, principle and technologies of animal production. Therefore, we summarized developmental history of Pratacultural Science and its curriculum system, and the current situation of animal production courses in the major of Pratacultural Science. Then we briefly analyzed and discussed our experiences that how we established animal production course system, including teaching team construction, curriculum provision of theory teaching and experiment training, improvement of teaching methods, guidance for undergraduates, innovation of course assessment. The purpose of above actions aims to supply references and suggestions for growing Pratacultural Science, and thus to cultivate more inter-disciplinary talents in Pratacultural Science and Animal Science in China.