Academic Preparation
Credit Requirements
Prospective applicants should complete a minimum of 60 semester credits by the time they enroll into the DVM degree program (a bachelor’s degree is not required).
At least 30 of the 60 credits must be completed at the upper-division level at a four-year college or university.
Recommended sequence of prerequisite courses:
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* If on the quarter system, you will need 3 quarters to fulfill the full year requirement.
OR (for 60 credit option)
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* If on the quarter system, you will need 3 quarters to fulfill the full year requirement.
Detailed descriptions of prerequisite courses can be found on the Prerequisite Courses webpage.
Recommended Advanced Life Sciences Courses
- Microbiology
- Bacteriology
- Immunology
- Physiology
- Animal/Comparative Physiology
- Bacteriology
- Neurophysiology
- Cell Physiology/Histology
- Cell Biology
- Endocrinology
- Developmental Biology
- Genetics
- Molecular Genetics
- Developmental Genetics
- Bacterial Genetics
- Genomics
Additional Recommended Courses
- Anatomy/Comparative Anatomy
- Animal Science
- Behavior
- Business Mgmt. or Administration
- Calculus
- Communication Ecology/
- Population Biology
- Embryology
- Endocrinology
- Entomology
- Epidemiology
- Invertebrate Zoology Medical Microbiology
- Molecular Biology
- Mycology
- Nutrition
- Parasitology
- Production/Handling
- Reproduction
- Statistics
- Toxicology
- Virology