The online catalog includes the most recent changes to courses and degree requirements that have been approved by the Faculty Senate, including changes that are not yet effective.
Animal Sciences - Accelerated Pre-Veterinary Option (127 Credits)
NOTE: Students must complete a minimum of 90 undergraduate credits – including 30 credits of 300-400-level course work - and be accepted into the Veterinary Medicine program to complete this option.
In order to meet the increasing demand for food-animal veterinarians, the Department of Animal Sciences and the College of Veterinary Medicine have created a combined program designed to train selected, highly qualified students to earn both a Bachelor of Science in Animal Sciences and a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) degree within a seven-year program. Students will take a three-year animal science program, completing all UCORE requirements, animal sciences requirements, and pre-veterinary medicine requirements. This program includes mathematics; chemistry, including organic and biochemistry; general biology; physics; and animal sciences courses, including an introduction to livestock; then further education in animal nutrition, breeding and genetics, reproduction, and the economics of animal management. Students will then enter the College of Veterinary Medicine and complete the requirements for total hours and 300-400-level hours before earning the BS in Animal Sciences. Students will continue the curriculum, leading to the DVM degree after a total of seven years of college work.
Qualified students in the Department of Animal Sciences with high scholastic achievement and demonstrated experience and interest in working with livestock will be invited to apply for the accelerated program after the second semester of the first year. Selected students are admitted to the major in the first semester of the sophomore year. Application and acceptance procedures for the DVM program are the same as those for other applicants. Successful participants will complete the three-year animal sciences program and begin the veterinary medicine curriculum in their fourth year of study. If the student is not accepted or withdraws from the DVM program, the student is required to complete additional undergraduate coursework to earn the BS in Animal Sciences.
In order to meet the increasing demand for food-animal veterinarians, the Department of Animal Sciences and the College of Veterinary Medicine have created a combined program designed to train selected, highly qualified students to earn both a Bachelor of Science in Animal Sciences and a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) degree within a seven-year program. Students will take a three-year animal science program, completing all UCORE requirements, animal sciences requirements, and pre-veterinary medicine requirements. This program includes mathematics; chemistry, including organic and biochemistry; general biology; physics; and animal sciences courses, including an introduction to livestock; then further education in animal nutrition, breeding and genetics, reproduction, and the economics of animal management. Students will then enter the College of Veterinary Medicine and complete the requirements for total hours and 300-400-level hours before earning the BS in Animal Sciences. Students will continue the curriculum, leading to the DVM degree after a total of seven years of college work.
Qualified students in the Department of Animal Sciences with high scholastic achievement and demonstrated experience and interest in working with livestock will be invited to apply for the accelerated program after the second semester of the first year. Selected students are admitted to the major in the first semester of the sophomore year. Application and acceptance procedures for the DVM program are the same as those for other applicants. Successful participants will complete the three-year animal sciences program and begin the veterinary medicine curriculum in their fourth year of study. If the student is not accepted or withdraws from the DVM program, the student is required to complete additional undergraduate coursework to earn the BS in Animal Sciences.
| First Year | |
| First Term | Credits |
| ANIM SCI 101 | 3 |
| ANIM SCI 172, 174, or 178 | 1 |
| ANIM SCI 180 | 1 |
| CHEM 105 [PSCI] | 4 |
| HISTORY 105 [ROOT] | 3 |
| MATH Requirement1 | 4 |
| Second Term | Credits |
| BIOLOGY 106 [BSCI] | 4 |
| CHEM 106 | 4 |
| ENGLISH 101 [WRTG] | 3 |
| H D 205 [COMM] or Communication [COMM]/[WRTG] | 3 or 4 |
| MATH Requirement or Electives1 | 2 or 3 |
| Second Year | |
| First Term | Credits |
| ANIM SCI Electives2 | 3 |
| BIOLOGY 107 | 4 |
| CHEM 345 | 4 |
| UCORE Inquiry3 | 6 |
| Second Term | Credits |
| ANIM SCI 240 | 3 |
| ECONS 101 [SSCI] | 3 |
| MBIOS 301 | 4 |
| STAT 212 [QUAN] | 4 |
| UCORE Inquiry3 | 3 |
| Complete Writing Portfolio | |
| Third Year | |
| First Term | Credits |
| ANIM SCI 313 | 4 |
| ANIM SCI 330 | 3 |
| ANIM SCI 380 | 1 |
| ANIM SCI 440 [M], 464 [CAPS] [M], 472 [CAPS] [M], or 488 [M]4 | 3 |
| CHEM 370 or MBIOS 303 | 3 or 4 |
| Second Term | Credits |
| ANIM SCI 350 | 3 |
| ANIM SCI 351 | 1 |
| ANIM SCI 408 [M], 451 [M], 473 [M], 474 [CAPS] [M], or 485 [M]4 | 3 |
| ANIM SCI Electives2 | 6 |
| PHYSICS 101 | 3 |
| PHYSICS 111 | 1 |
| Fourth Year | |
| First Term | Credits |
| DVM Coursework | 15 |
| Second Term | Credits |
| DVM Coursework | 15 |
Footnotes
| 1 | MATH requirement may be satisfied by completing MATH 106 and 108, 140 [QUAN], or 171 [QUAN]. |
| 2 | ANIM SCI Electives (9 credits): Any 300-400-level ANIM SCI course not S, F-graded and not used to fulfill other requirements, or as approved by advisor. |
| 3 | Must complete 3 of these 4 UCORE designations: ARTS, DIVR, EQJS, HUM. |
| 4 | To fulfill UCORE [CAPS] requirement, must include one of the following courses: ANIM SCI 464 [CAPS], 472 [CAPS], or 474 [CAPS]. |