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Pre-Veterinary Medicine Option


The veterinarian diagnoses and treats diseases and disorders of animals; determines the
nature of disease or injury and treats animals medically or surgically; performs autopsies to determine causes of death; gives advice on care and breeding of animals. Some engage
in general practice, some become involved in research and development, while others are active in such fields as consultation, teaching, technical writing, sales or promotion
of commercial products, or provide technical services for commercial firms. See also Animal Science Degree programs.

Suggested Courses
Course Number Title Units

AGRI B1 Agriculture, Society and Environment 3.0 (** first semester if possible)
ANSC B1 Introduction to Animal Science 3.0
ANSC B2,3,4,5,10, or 20 (choose 1) 3.0
ANSC B6 Applied Animal Nutrition 4.0
ANSC B7 Animal Diseases 3.0
BIOL B3a General Biology I 5.0
BIOL B3b General Biology II 5.0
CHEM B1a General Chemistry 5.0
CHEM B1b General Chemistry and Chemical Analysis 5.0
CHEM B18 Elementary Organic Chemistry 5.0
MATH B22 Elementary Probability and Statistics 5.0
PHYS B2a General Physics-Mechanics and Heat 4.0
PHYS B2b General Physics-Sound, Light, Electricity,
Magnetism, Modern Physics 4.0
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