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Courses you may find helpful

There are many undergraduate science courses that could help prepare you for veterinary school. It would not be feasible to take all or even many from the list below. We do not require any of these courses, but we encourage you to fit a few of these into your undergraduate program. Which one(s) should you take? The answer to that question depends on your interests, your strengths, your weaknesses and what your college has to offer.

Anatomy/Comparative Anatomy Animal Science    production/handling,    reproduction, genetics,    nutrition, behavior, etc. Bacteriology Business Management    or Administration Calculus Cell Biology

Communications Ecology/Population Biology Embryology Endocrinology Entomology Epidemiology Genetics Histology Immunology

Invertebrate Zoology Medical Microbiology Molecular Biology Mycology Nutrition Parasitology Physiology Statistics Toxicology Virology

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