Program Curriculum: Associate of Science degree

4 year Baccalaureate Curriculum (BS Degree)

4 year curriculum for students entering the VT program directly from high school or with minimal prior college credits.

The first year is composed of general education courses taught on the central Purdue campus.

Year two and three comprise the clinical Veterinary Technology courses taught in the School of Veterinary Medicine and constitutes the curriculum of the Associate Degree.

A fourth year of senior level courses and advanced VT courses are required for completion of the BS degree.

YEAR 1

Fall			Spring
ENGL 106	English Composition	4 cr.	CHEM 112	General Chemistry	3 cr.
CHEM 111	General Chemistry	3 cr.	MATH 154	Algebra & Trig. II	3 cr.
MATH 153	Algebra & Trig. I	3 cr.	BIOL 111	Biology of Animals	4 cr.
BIOL 110	Biology of Animals	4 cr.	COM 114	Fund. Speech Comm.	3 cr.
ANSC 102	Intro. To Animal Ag.	3 cr.		Humanities Elective	3 cr.
	Total	17 cr.		Total	16 cr.

SUMMER SESSION

VM 100	Intro. To Vet Tech	1 cr.
BMS 120	Anatomy	3 cr.
BMS 140	Physiology	2 cr.
	Total	6 cr.

YEAR 2

Fall			Spring
VM 145	Basic Clinic Rotation	4 cr.	VM 200	Clinic Rotation	6 cr.
VCS 160	Nursing of Small An.	2 cr.	VCS 165	Nursing Large Animals	2 cr.
VCS 162	Imaging	2 cr.	VM 204	Lab An. Health Mgt.	2 cr.
VCS 163	Prin. Anesth. & Sur. Nsg.	3 cr.	CPB 233	Parasitology	2 cr.
CPB 164	Clinical Pathology	4 cr.	CPB 234	Microbiology	2 cr.
	Total	15 cr.	BMS 241	Pharmacology	2 cr.
			VCS 245	Sm. An. Health Mgt.	2 cr.
				Total	18 cr.

SUMMER SESSION

VM 250	Clinic Rotation	7 cr.
VM 255	Externship	2 cr.
	Total	9 cr.

YEAR 3

Fall			Spring
VCS 261	Large Animal Health Mgmt.	2 cr.	VM	300 Level Management Course*	3 cr.
VPB 263	Occupational Health	2 cr.	COM 320	Small Group Communication (or equivalent)	3 cr.
VM 277	Management topics	3 cr.	VCS 467	Diag. Instrumentation	2 cr.
VM 290	Clinic Rotation	7 cr.	BMS 464	Clinical Pharm. & Toxicology	1 cr.
	Totals	14 cr.		Guided Core Electives in Plan of Study	6 cr.
(ASSOCIATE DEGREE GRANTED)
(ASSOCIATE DEGREE GRANTED)				Totals	15 cr.

SUMMER SESSION

VM 390

Practicum

4 cr.

YEAR 4

Fall
VM 414	Seminar for VT II (301 waived)	1 cr.
VM 463	Special Project	1 cr.
CPB 480	Seminars on An. Welfare	2 cr.
ENGL 420	Bus. or 421 Tech. Writing	3 cr.
ENGL/LIT	Elective	2 cr.
	Guided Core Electives	5 cr.
	Total	14 cr.

*One course is required either VM 365 or VM 366.

Required Credit Hours for 4-Year BS Program: 128

Updated July 2007