The following course work is the required background for entry into the veterinary medical program. These courses must be completed with a grade of "C" or better. Repeated courses need only be completed with a grade of "C" or better, not a cumulated average of "C" or better. It is anticipated that highly motivated students will exceed these minimal course requirements.
A limited number of correspondence courses may be acceptable as satisfying specified
course requirements. Students should consult the admissions office.
| LIFE SCIENCES CATEGORY | CREDIT HOURS | A&M COURSES THAT MEET REQUIREMENTS |
| General Biology with lab | 4 | BIOL 111 |
| General Microbiology with lab | 4 | BIOL 351 or VTPB 405 |
| Genetics | 3 | GENE 301 or GENE 320 |
Animal Nutrition or Feeds & Feeding |
3 | ANSC 303 (NUTR 303) or ANSC 318 or ANSC 320 |
| General Animal Science | 3 | ANSC 107 ** |
**The Selections Committee highly recommends that all applicants also take the lab that goes along with this lecture course (ANSC 108).
| CHEMICAL/PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS CATEGORY | CREDIT HOURS |
A&M COURSES THAT MEET REQUIREMENTS |
| Inorganic Chemistry with lab | 8 |
CHEM 101/111 & 102/112 |
| Organic Chemistry with lab | 8 | CHEM 227/237 & 228/238 |
| Biochemistry (must be lecture hours only) | 5 |
BICH 410 & 411 |
| Calculus OR Statistics | 3 |
MATH 131 or 142 or 151 OR STAT 301 or 302 or 303 |
| Physics | 8 |
PHYS 201 and 202 |
| NON-SCIENCES CATEGORY | CREDIT HOURS | A&M COURSES THAT MEET REQUIREMENTS |
| Composition and Rhetoric | 3 | ENGL 104 |
| Literature | 3 | Any 3 hour literature course |
| Speech Communication | 3 | COMM 203 or 315 or 325 |
| Technical Writing | 3 | ENGL 210 or 301 |
Please refer to the Texas A&M University Catalog for current course descriptions.
If you have any questions regarding our prerequisite courses, please call or write:
The Office of the Dean
College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
Texas A&M University
College Station, Texas 77843-4461
(979) 862-1169