Courses of Study 2024-2025 
    
    Oct 03, 2024  
Courses of Study 2024-2025

Veterinary Medicine|


Foundation Courses:


Foundation courses comprise approximately 70 percent of the professional curriculum and are required for all students to take. Foundation courses I, III, and IV (VTMED 5100 , VTMED 5300 , VTMED 5400 ), which occur during the first 3 semesters of the program, are multidisciplinary courses that utilize a problem-based learning format. Students work through structured clinical cases in small groups that meet multiple times per week with a faculty tutor. Cases are designed to facilitate the understanding of basic science in the context of clinical medicine, and are complemented by lectures, laboratories, and other organized learning opportunities. Faculty members are available to respond to questions that arise as a result of the case-based exercises. By learning in a clinical context, students are better able to integrate material from the basic and clinical sciences and develop an understanding of the clinical reasoning process from the beginning of the curriculum. The problem-based educational format requires students to be actively engaged in their learning and allows them to develop professional skills in communication, collaboration, and the retrieval, evaluation and application of information.

Note: Courses listed in brackets [ ] are approved courses that are not offered during the current academic year.

Elective Courses:


Elective/Distribution courses comprise 30 percent of the curriculum and are usually scheduled during the first half of each spring semester. These courses allow students to increase their depth of knowledge in areas of interest and to explore new areas of veterinary medicine. Topics covered in these courses range from basic science-focused to highly specialized clinical and career oriented. Formats vary considerably and include learning experiences such as lectures, wet labs, computer labs, discussion sessions, clinical experiences, projects, field trips and international travel.

Undergraduate and Graduate Courses:


These courses are taught by the faculty in the College of Veterinary Medicine but do not contribute to the D.V.M. degree requirements.

Microbiology and Immunology:


Veterinary Medicine Public and Ecosystem Health