Veterinary Degrees Online

Pre-medicine, pre-dentistry, and pre-veterinary medicine are career paths and not majors. While most students planning to enter one of these fields select biology, chemistry, or psychology as a major, pre-medical, pre-dental, and pre-vet students may select any major. The University of Mary Washington has a pre-medical/pre-dental advisor and a pre-veterinary advisor to guide interested students through these curriculums. In addition to meeting with their assigned Academic Advisors, students with an interest in medical or dental school should meet with the Pre-Medical/Pre-Dental Advisor (Dr. Loesser-Casey, kloesser@umw.edu) early in the first semester to discuss the requirements for medical or dental school. Students with an interest in veterinary medicine should meet with the Pre-Veterinary Advisor (Dr. Lewis, llewis@umw.edu).

New students interested in entering one of these career fields should complete the following courses during their first semester: CHEM 111, BIOL 121, MATH 121, ENGL 101, and a Physical Education course or a General Education course. New students with AP, IB or transfer credit which substitutes for one or more of these first semester courses should confer with the pre-med or pre-vet advisor during the first week of classes if they have questions concerning alternative coursework.

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Students who plan to attend graduate school or professional schools, such as those in human or veterinary medicine, most often choose this program of studies.

Further, the B.S. degree in Biology automatically qualifies a student for a minor in chemistry and thus represents more than adequate preparation for employment opportunities that require expertise in both biology and chemistry.

The program leading to the B.A. degree in Biology is designed to allow greater opportunity for free electives. This freedom could be used to pursue interests in areas outside of biology, allowing for a more broadly based Liberal Arts education. Alternatively, the B.A. degree student would have the flexibility to pursue in depth (to minor in or perhaps even to double major in) another discipline. A Biology major combined with other sciences such as Biochemistry, Computer Science, Chemistry, Physics, Geoscience, Mathematics, or Psychology, or disciplines such as Art, English, Business, or a foreign language can make attractive packages for the student and for potential future employers.

Parasite veterinary Science is one of the principal major courses of the veterinary medicine. It’s not only an important part of the presentational veterinary medicine, but also an important clinic course. The charger of this course has 27-year’s teaching experience, and other teachers have engaged in the course teaching for more than 5years. With their careful class preparation, serious teaching, and patient guiding, the course teaching quality is much better than other courses in recent years, and the students are all satisfied with the course teaching.

The graduate students of this major were highly praised and employed by the enterprise in this field. Most of them are now promoted as technique leaders or administrative staff members.

Merit Awards

Incoming First-Year and Transfer students who complete the application for admission will be eligible for a merit scholarship. These merit scholarships are renewable for up to 5 years for students entering as First-Year Freshman or 3 years for transfer students provided the student maintains satisfactory academic progress. Scholarship awards will be determined by the Office of Admissions. Please contact your admission counselor to find out how much you are eligible for. Our merit scholarships go up to $18,000 based on the strength of your academic criteria and involvement.
Athletic Scholarships

Holy Names University offers athletic scholarships in all varsity sports that compete at the NAIA-Division II level. The Athletic Department in coordination with the Financial Aid Office determines award range from $1,000 to full tuition in combination with all other institutional awards. Awards are based on athletic merit, scholastic merit, and need.
Music Scholarships

The University offers several tuition scholarships up to $5,000 for undergraduate music majors. Awards are determined by the Music Department in coordination with the Financial Aid Office. Selection is based on audition. Students must be full-time and sustain or increase their level of performance to remain on scholarship.

Full-Time Semester Undergraduate $25,960/year ($12,980/semester)
Fewer than 12 units or more than 18 units $870/unit
Adult Undergraduate $500/unit
Graduate $695/unit
RN to BSN Nursing Program $500/unit
MSN Nursing Program $695/unit for graduate courses
$500/unit for undergrad courses
Pastoral Ministry Program 2005 cohort = $4,368/year
2007 cohort = $4,862/year
2008 cohort = $5,300/year
Campus Fee $340/year ($170/semester or $85/term)

Library Access (off-campus students)
$70/year

Biological Science and Chemistry are the traditional majors for pre-Vet-Med students. However, as with pre-med, any major is an option for a student desiring to become a veterinarian. The coursework requirements are identical to those for Pre-Medicine (see above under Medicine). Some schools have specific requirements for statistics (PSYC 63) and developmental biology/embryology (BIOL 105). Experience working with animals is a universal prerequisite for admissions to veterinary programs, and graduates also must take the Graduate Record Examination (GRE). It is best to obtain a catalog from the prospective schools and complete the courses required for the school of choice. Close contact with and advising from the advisor for Pre-Health Science in the Biological Science Department is strongly recommended for the entire undergraduate program.

Veterinary Medicine of the Eduardo Mondlane University is a public institution of higher education, whose social function is the education level of a Veterinary degree, postgraduate and continuing vocational training in the areas of animal health, public health and animal produce.
Veterinary Medicine develops research, defining them as essential to support the educational function and as a source of power to your system extension.

Moçambicana Veterinary School as our institution aims to deliver contextualized academic programs and continuously updated through a system extension that promotes the contact between the social and national and international research and veterinary education.

A four-year degree in animal science prepares students for animal-related careers in zoos, stables, farms, pet shops and kennels, dude ranches, year-round camps, or research settings. Those planning to move on to Veterinary Medicine need to take the additional chemistry and physics classes that most vet schools require. A degree in animal science will show the veterinary schools admissions committees that you are serious about a career with animals and have the experience to back it up.

Stetson University provides the required curricula for students planning careers in veterinary medicine, dentistry, general medicine and allied health fields. Students may work on any major as long as they include in their curriculum the required science core courses.

Stetson’s pre-health program is administered by the University’s Health Professions Advisory Committee, composed of faculty representatives from Biology, Chemistry, Integrative Health Sciences, and the Social Sciences. This committee oversees the student’s curriculum, advising and preparation for the professional school’s admissions process.

Course Information
The required science core courses may vary slightly from one professional school to another, but the prescribed courses include: Calculus, English, general biology, general chemistry, organic chemistry, biochemistry, general physics, among others. Core courses should be completed by the end of the junior year.

In addition to core courses and those required for the student’s major, academic work should be distributed to include humanities, social science and advanced science courses for a broad academic background.