Veterinary Medicine, DVM

Total Hours: 165

Year One

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
Degree Requirements
Fall Semester
VME 7111	Critical Thinking, Clinical Skills, & Communication I	1
VME 7121	Professional Skills I	1
VME 7136	Veterinary Physiology & Histology I	6
VME 7144	Gross & Developmental Anatomy	4
VME 7153	Veterinary Immunology	3
VME 7161	Epidemiology & Evidence-Based Medicine	1
VME 7171	Nutrition	1
Hours Subtotal		17
Spring Semester
VME 7211	Critical Thinking, Clinical Skills, & Communication II	1
VME 7221	Professional Skills II	1
VME 7236	Veterinary Physiology & Histology II	6
VME 7243	Comparative Anatomy	3
VME 7253	Clinical Pathology	3
VME 7264	General Pathology	4
Hours Subtotal		18
Total Hours		35

Year Two

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
Degree Requirements
Fall Semester
VME 7312	Critical Thinking, Clinical, Skills, & Communication III	2
VME 7325	Veterinary Parasitology	5
VME 7333	Pharmacology I	3
VME 7343	Diagnostic Imaging	3
VME 7353	Veterinary Virology	3
VME 7363	Toxicology	3
Select 2 hours of electives.		2
Hours Subtotal		21
Spring Semester
VME 7412	Critical Thinking, Clinical Skills, & Communication IV	2
VME 7421	Professional Skills III	1
VME 7433	Food Safety & Public Health	3
VME 7444	Veterinary Bacteriology & Mycology	4
VME 7452	Pharmacology II	2
VME 7463	Anesthesiology & Analgesia	3
VME 7472	Hemolymphatics & Oncology	2
VME 7481	Introduction to Exotic Animal Medicine	1
Select 2 hours of electives.		2
Hours Subtotal		20
Total Hours		41

Year Three

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
Degree Requirements
Fall Semester
VME 7512	Critical Thinking, Clinical Skills, & Communication V	2
VME 7522	Junior Surgery I	2
VME 7533	Musculoskeletal	3
VME 7543	Theriogenology	3
VME 7552	Veterinary Endocrinology	2
VME 7564	Cardiopulmonary	4
VME 7572	Primary Care I	2
Select 2 hours of electives.		2
Hours Subtotal		20
Spring Semester
VME 7612	Critical Thinking, Clinical Skills, & Communication VI	2
VME 7621	Professional Skills IV	1
VME 7631	Junior Surgery II	1
VME 7644	Alimentary	4
VME 7652	Ophthalmology	2
VME 7662	Urinary	2
VME 7672	Neurology	2
VME 7682	Primary Care II	2
VME 7692	Dermatology	2
Select 1 hour of elective.		1
Hours Subtotal		19
Total Hours		39

Year Four

CORE ROTATIONS

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
Rotations - 15 Rotations
VCS 7002	Anesthesiology	2
VCS 7072	Diagnostics	2
VCS 7082	Equine Medicine	2
VCS 7142	Externship I	2
VCS 7152	Externship II	2
VCS 7162	Externship III	2
VCS 7172	Externship IV	2
VCS 7222	Food Animal Medicine and Surgery	2
VCS 7372	Radiology	2
VCS 7442	Surgical Fundamentals in Shelter Patients	2
VCS 7612	Small Animal General Medicine	2
VCS 7622	Small Animal General Surgery and Dentistry	2
VCS 7632	Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care	2
VCS 7662	Large Animal Emergency and Critical Care	2
VCS 7912	Grand Rounds	2
Based on clinician availability, certain courses may not be offered, and the program may substitute electives as needed.
Total Hours		30

ELECTIVE ROTATIONS

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
Select 10 rotations from the following:
VCS 7000	Clinical Sciences Elective
VCS 7092	Equine Medicine Elective
VCS 7062	Small Animal Primary Care Elective
VCS 7102	Equine Medicine Clerkship
VCS 7112	Equine Performance Medicine Elective
VCS 7122	Equine Surgery and Sports Medicine Elective
VCS 7182	Externship V
VCS 7192	Externship VI
VCS 7202	Field Services and Production Medicine Elective
VCS 7212	Field Services and Production Medicine Clerkship
VCS 7232	Food Animal Medicine and Surgery Elective
VCS 7242	Food Animal Medicine and Surgery Clerkship
VCS 7252	Hospital Based Theriogenology Elective
VCS 7272	Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care Elective
VCS 7292	Bovine Theriogenology Elective
VCS 7302	Equine Theriogenology Elective
VCS 7312	Large Animal Theriogenology Elective I
VCS 7322	Large Animal Theriogenology Elective II
VCS 7352	Ophthalmology Elective
VCS 7402	Small Animal Internal Medicine Elective
VCS 7452	Ultrasound Elective
VCS 7472	Zoological Medicine Elective I
VCS 7482	Zoological Medicine Elective II
VCS 7492	Applied Canine Exercise Physiology Elective
VCS 7502	Small Animal Internal Medicine Clerkship
VCS 7532	Applied Diagnostic Medicine Elective
VCS 7542	Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care Clerkship
VCS 7552	Public Health Practice for Veterinarians I
VCS 7562	Public Health Practice for Veterinarians II
VCS 7582	Externship VII
VCS 7592	Behavior Medicine Elective
VCS 7602	Dermatology Elective
VCS 7642	Small Animal General Medicine Clerkship
VCS 7652	Small Animal General Surgery and Dentistry Clerkship
VCS 7672	Dermatology Externship
VCS 7682	Equine Ambulatory Elective
VCS 7692	International Externship
VCS 7702	Neurology Elective
Or additional approved VCS Courses
Hours Subtotal		20
Total Hours		20

Program meets all the educational requirements for eligibility for DVM licensure in all 50 states.

For additional requirements, please refer to the College of Veterinary Medicine page in the Catalog.