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Professional Veterinary Medicine Curriculum

 

First Year Professional Veterinary Medical Curriculum

Semester 1 L-Lab CH Semester 2 L-Lab CH
VIBS 910 Gross Anatomy I 2-6 4 VIBS 912 Gross Anatomy II 2-7 4
VIBS 911 Microscopic Anatomy I 2-6 4 VIBS 913 Microscopic Anatomy II 2-6 4
VMID 912 Clinical Correlates I 0-2 1 VMID 913 Clinical Correlates II 0-2 1
VMID 981 Professional Development 1-0 1 VTPB 911 Microbiology II 3-2 4
VTPB 910 Microbiology I 3-2 4 VTPP 912 Physiology II 5-2 6
VTPP 910 Physiology I 5-2 6      
VIBS 950 Public Health Clerkship 0-2 1      

   Second Year Professional Veterinary Medical Curriculum

Semester 3 L-Lab CH Semester 4 L-Lab CH
VMID 921 Clinical Correlates III 1-2 2 VMID 922 Clinical Correlates IV 1-2 2
VMID 950 Nutrition 2-0 2 VMID 923 Surgery/Anesthesiology 3-2 4
VTPB 920 Parasitology 3-4 5 VMID 924 Radiology 2-2 3
VTPB 922 Pathology I 5-2 6 VTPB 923 Pathology II 5-2 6
VTPP 924 Pharmacology/Toxicology I 4-2 5 VTPP 925 Pharmacology/ Toxicology II 2-2 3
      VTPP 926 Pharmacology/Toxicology III 2-2 2

Third Year Professional Veterinary Medical Curriculum

Semester 5 L-Lab 5 Semester 6 L-Lab CH
VLCS 954 Large Animal Medicine 5-4 6 VLCS 930 Adv. Equine Med. & Surgery 3-0 3
VMID 935 Surgery I 1-4 3 VLCS 931 Adv. Food Animal Med. & Surgery 3-0 3
VMID 952 Clinics I 0-4 1 VMID 936 Surgery II 1-2 2
VSCS 954 Small Animal Medicine 5-0 6 VMID 943 Practice Management 2-0 2
VSCS/VLCS 953 Clinical Skills 0-4 1 VMID 952 Clinics 0-4 1
(Dept) 948 Elective 1-0 1 VSCS 955 Small Animal Medicine II 6-4 6
      VMID 922 2 2
      VSCS/VLCS 953 Clinical Skills 0-4 1
      (Dept) 948 Elective 1-0 1

Fourth Year Professional Veterinary Medical Curriculum

The fourth year curriculum consists of 30 weeks of Basic Core Rotations, 12 weeks of elective clinical rotations or career alternative electives, 4 weeks of externship and 2 weeks of vacation for 46 credit hours. The fourth-year curriculum allows students to choose a species directed career, i.e., large animal or small animal, mixed animal or an alternative career elective.

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