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Academic preparation for VETERINARY SCHOOL

REQUIRED PREREQUISITES

GENERAL BIOLOGY 1 year (UCD currently requiring 1 full year of lab)
BIO 20A, 20B, 20L (students will have to fulfill the year requirement with 1 additional upper div biology course, and 2 additional labs)

GENERAL CHEMISTRY 1 year with lab
CHEM1A, 1B/M, 1C/N

ORGANIC CHEMISTRY 1 year with lab
108A/L 108B/M, 108C (students will have to fulfill the year requirement with 1 additional ochem lab)
112A/L, 112B/M, 112C/N

BIOCHEMISTRY (Currently Tufts and Oregon requiring 2 quarters of biochem. Cornell states 1 year preferred)
Bio 100 or
Bio 100A, Bio 100B, Bio100C

ANIMAL NUTRITION

PHYSICS 1 year with lab
5A, 5B, 5C or
6A, 6B, 6C

ADDITIONAL BIOLOGY (A least two additional courses with one lab included)
119/L MICROBIOLOGY
I111 IMMUNOLOGY
110 CELL
ANIMAL REPRODUCTION
EPIDEMIOLOGY
HISTOLOGY
PARASITOLOGY
VIROLOGY
ANATOMY

GENETICS
105/L

PHYSIOLOGY
BIO 131/L

PUBLIC SPEAKING

ENGLISH 12 quarter units
Composition and Lit 1
Proficiency-oral, written

STATISTICS

ART/HUMANITIES/SOCIAL SCIENCES 12 quarter units (history, sociology, language, music, art, psychology, ethnic studies, anthropology)

MATH CALCULUS 1 year (students may combine 2 quarters Math with 1 quarter Statistics

 

DEGREES AWARDED IN THIS FIELD:
D.V.M

The courses listed above are minimum preparation. Please note that some of these courses, the sciences, may have other prerequisites. 

SUGGESTED ADDITIONAL PREPARATION

ANIMAL SCIENCE

BUSINESS

COMPUTER LITERACY

FOREIGN LANGUAGE

Courses that contribute to professional and cultural background.

For general information, check http://www.aavmc.org/ or Veterinary medical School Admissions Requirements in the United States and Canada. For specific requirements, check each school (catalog or web site).

Summary of Course Prerequisites for all U.S. veterinary medical school institutions:  http://aavmc.org/prereqs.htm

Pre-veterinary newsletter: http://www.vet.cornell.edu/admissions

REMEMBER: YOU WILL BE APPLYING TO VETERINARY SCHOOL APPROXIMATELY 9 TO 12 MONTHS BEFORE MATRICULATION. PLAN ACCORDINGLY.

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