Veterinary Medicine Study Preparation

Students who wish to pursue studies in veterinary medicine should follow the appropriate catalog requirements at institutions offering advanced degrees in the field. The following curriculum will enable a student to continue in a standard veterinary curriculum to complete work for a degree in veterinary medicine:

Requirements

ENGL 1010 - Expository Writing 3 credit hours
ENGL 1020 - Research and Argumentative Writing 3 credit hours
CHEM 1110 - General Chemistry I 4 credit hours AND
CHEM 1111 - General Chemistry I Lab 0 credit hours
CHEM 1120 - General Chemistry II 4 credit hours AND
CHEM 1121 - General Chemistry II Lab 0 credit hours
BIOL 1110 - General Biology 4 credit hours AND
BIOL 1111 - General Biology Lab 0 credit hours
BIOL 1120 - General Biology 4 credit hours AND
BIOL 1121 - General Biology Lab 0 credit hours
Humanities and Social Science 18 credit hours *
PHYS 2010 - Non-Calculus-Based Physics I 0 credit hours AND
PHYS 2011 - Physics Problems Laboratory I 4 credit hours
PHYS 2020 - Non-Calculus-Based Physics II 0 credit hours AND
PHYS 2021 - Physics Problems Laboratory II 4 credit hours
CHEM 3010 - Organic Chemistry I 4 credit hours AND
CHEM 3011 - Organic Chemistry I Lab 0 credit hours
CHEM 3020 - Organic Chemistry II 4 credit hours AND
CHEM 3021 - Organic Chemistry II Lab 0 credit hours
BIOL 3250 - Genetics 4 credit hours AND
BIOL 3251 - Genetics Lab 0 credit hours
BIOL 4210 - Cell and Molecular Biology 4 credit hours AND **
BIOL 4211 - Cell and Molecular Biology Lab 0 credit hours **
CHEM 3530 - Principles of Biochemistry 4 credit hours AND
CHEM 3531 - Principles of Biochemistry Lab 0 credit hours
Math 0-6 credit hours ***

Subtotal: 68-74 credit hours

NOTE:

*May include English literature, speech, music, art, philosophy, religion, language, history, economics, anthropology, medical vocabulary, political science, psychology, sociology, and geography.
**Should have had organic chemistry plus BIOL 1110 /BIOL 1111 , BIOL 1120 /BIOL 1121 , and BIOL 3250 /BIOL 3251 prior.
***MATH 1710 and/or MATH 1720 should be taken if student needs background for Physics.

The above requirements represent the very minimum, and those students without an adequate farm background could benefit by taking such agriculture courses as animal nutrition, elements of animal science, livestock management, livestock production courses, and animal nutrition. An introduction to physiology would also be helpful. Many students who are accepted to a professional veterinary program first complete the four-year Animal Science major at MTSU and earn the B.S. degree