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This article presents abstracts of various papers related to teaching animal science to undergraduates and graduates, that were presented during the symposium held on July 26, 2005, Cincinnati, Ohio, which was organized by the American Dairy Science Association, the American Society of Animal Science and the Canadian Society of Animal Science. One of the papers presented is "Determining Graduation Rate of Students Who Initially Enrolled As Animal Science Majors at the University of Missouri During a Consecutive Four-Year Period," by G. Jesse and M. Ellersieck. Data obtained primarily from the University of Missouri's Student Information System were used to determine graduation rate of students who initially enrolled as animal science majors as freshmen or transfer students during the fall semester of 1996, 1997, 1998 or 1999. Another paper discussed is "Perceptions of High School Students Towards Advanced Life Science: Animals, Academic Honors Curricula," by A. Huerta, B. Hains and M. Balschweid. The objective of this study was to evaluate high school students' perceptions, opinions, and perceived benefits gained towards a new academically rigorous animal science curriculum.