Pre-Veterinary Medicine at Houghton
Houghton provides a broad, pre-professional education, while offering those courses specified by veterinary medical colleges for admission. Veterinary colleges stress the desirability of a well-rounded post-secondary education. They accept students without regard to their pre-professional major and sometimes after three years or 90 hours of credit. However, most applicants major in biology or chemistry and, on the average, have more than 100 hours of pre-professional training.
Because there are relatively few veterinary colleges, the number of students accepted each year into veterinary curricula is small; therefore, excellence of academic achievement and personal character, as well as familiarity with the profession are necessary for admission.
Courses of Study
| Recommended Major: BS in Biology | Hours | |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-requisites | ||
| BIOL 151 | General Biology I | 4 |
| BIOL 152 | General Biology II | 4 |
| Sub-Total | 8 | |
| Co-requisites | ||
| CHEM 151 | General Chemistry I | 4 |
| CHEM 152 | General Chemistry II | 4 |
| CHEM 241 | Organic Chemistry I | 4 |
| CHEM 242 | Organic Chemistry II | 4 |
| PHYS 151 | Physics I | 4 |
| PHYS 152 | Physics II | 4 |
| MATH 180 or 181 | Calculus and its Origins or Calculus I | 4 |
| Sub-Total | 28 | |
| Major Requirements | ||
| BIOL 251 | Genetics | 4 |
| BIOL 251 | General Ecology | 4 |
| Organismal Biology | 4 | |
| Experiential Biology | 4 | |
| Upper-Level Biology Electives | 12 | |
| Senior Seminar | 2 | |
| Sub-Total | 30 | |
| Required Courses for Veterinary School | ||
| BIOL 151 (Covered by Major) | General Biology I | 4 (repeat) |
| BIOL 152 (Covered by Major) | General Biology II | 4 (repeat) |
| CHEM 151 (Covered by Major) | General Chemistry I | 4 (repeat) |
| CHEM 152 (Coverd by Major) | General Chemistry II | 4 (repeat) |
| PHYS 151 (Covered by Major) | Physics I | 4 (repeat) |
| PHYS 152 (Covered by Major) | Physics II | 4 (repeat) |
| CHEM 332 | Biochemistry (required by many schools) | 4 |
| BIOL 242 | Microbiology (required by some schools) | 4 |
| English Composition | 4 | |
| Sub-Total (New) | 12 | |
| Suggested Courses | ||
| Anatomy/Comparative Anatomy, Genetics, Animal Behavior, Nutrition, Calculus, Cell Biology, Ecology, Embryology/Developmental Bio, Endocrinology, Entomology, Epidemiology, Histology, Immunology, Invertebrate Zoology, Medical Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Mycology, Nutrition, Parasitology, Physiology, Statistics, Toxicology, Virology | ||
