AQUAVET® I
Overview
The four-week AQUAVET® I course, Introduction to Aquatic Veterinary Medicine, is a demanding educational experience requiring total involvement of participants during the entire period. Classes are routinely held 6 days a week and most evenings. Students are expected to take part in every session.
During the unscheduled hours, students will have the opportunity for the informal exchange of ideas and information with their peers and faculty, many of who are leaders in their respective disciplines. Because individual study time is limited, reading assignments are made available in advance when possible. There is little written work, but each student must prepare and present a seminar to the group during the course.
The program is diverse, incorporating many topics relating to aquatic organisms, their environment, and the application of traditional veterinary disciplines to aquatic animals. To deal with this breadth of subject matter, faculty members are enlisted from a variety of backgrounds and fields of interest, and a broad range of learning situations are used. In addition to lectures, laboratories, student seminars and discussions, there are field trips, practicums and films.
Depending on your school, these classes can count for credit. Evaluation is based on participation in all aspects of the course, with a strong emphasis on the student seminars.
Program Highlights and Class Content
Classes run from 8:00am to 12pm; from 1pm to 5pm; and from 6:30pm to 8:30pm or later. The program will focus on subjects from water quality and invertebrates, to fishes, aquatic reptiles, birds and marine mammals. Courses are taught through a variety of formats:
- Lectures
- Laboratory sessions
- Student seminars (25- to 30-minute PowerPoint presentations on topics ranging from invertebrates to marine animals, marine plants and ecology)
- Field trips including collecting intertidal invertebrates and visiting other locations (such as Mystic Aquarium, New England aquarium, Atlantis Marine World, Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation, and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute)
If you want to see what was taught last year, email us at aquavetmail@gmail.com and we will send you a pdf file with the detailed class program.
Dates
- Arrival: Monday, May 31, 2027
- Classes start: Monday, May 31, 2027
- Class end: Saturday, June 26, 2027
- Departure: Sunday morning, June 27, 2027
Cost
| Full-time veterinary Students | Interns and Residents | Veterinarians |
|---|---|---|
| $3,500* | $3,500 | $4,675 |
*This represents about $875 per week, a competitive price compared to similar programs.
Tuition covers course instruction, room and board for four weeks.
Academic Credit
Students from Cornell University receive academic credit for successful completion of any AQUAVET® courses or research phase. Other institutions may, at their own discretion, grant credit to participating students. AQUAVET® students already in possession of the veterinary degree are issued continuing education credits upon successful completion of the course.
Those students requiring a formal grade in order to receive academic credit from their home institution should make this fact known to the directors before the start of the course. Grades will be based on class, field trip, and laboratory participation and on the student's seminar presentation.
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