Pre-Vet Course Plan

This is a general course plan for students interested in attending veterinary school and who are completing a Biology major. (Pre-vet students could also complete other majors such as biochemistry or neuroscience). This plan must be personalized for you through discussions with your advisor, allowing for situations like study abroad AND taking into consideration the unique pre-requisites of the specific programs to which you plan to apply. (For example, some programs require calculus, many do not.) The most common pre-vet prerequisites are italicized; other listed courses are biology major and general graduation requirements.

First-Year

Fall

General Biology with Lab (Environmental literacy distribution)
General Chemistry with Lab (Natural Science with Lab distribution)
FYP
Intro Psychology (without Lab)

Spring

General Biology with Lab
General Chemistry with Lab
FYS
Intro Sociology (Social Science distribution)

Sophomore

Fall

Organic Chemistry with Lab
Physics with Lab
English– writing* (Arts distribution)
Statistics (Quantitative reasoning distribution)

Spring

Organic Chemistry with Lab
Physics with Lab
English- literature*
Diversity course

Junior

Fall

Microbiology with Lab
Biochemistry
Humanities distribution
Course of your choice**

Spring

Upper Level Biology with Lab***
Genetics
Diversity course
Course of your choice**

Senior

Fall

Upper Level Biology with Lab***
3 courses of your choice**

Spring

Upper Level Biology with Lab***
3 courses of your choice**

*Two 200-level English courses, one literature and one writing focused, should be taken. Intro to Fiction, Intro to Creative Non-Fiction, and Intro to Poetry are recommended for the writing course, while any 200-level literature course is appropriate.

** These slots can be filled with courses of your choice, to complete a minor, or to enhance your business/accounting skills.

***Potential course options of interest: Introduction to Neuroscience with Lab, Immunology with Lab, Anatomy & Physiology I with Lab, Anatomy & Physiology II with Lab, Comparative Animal Physiology with Lab, Mammology with Lab, Research Methods in Fluorescent and Confocal Microscopy, Research Methods in Molecular Biology, Research Methods in Cell Biology. One semester of SYE could also complete one of these Upper Level Biology with Lab slots.