Pre-Veterinary Medicine Requirements
All applicants to schools of veterinary medicine must take a nationally standardized test and submit their applications six to 12 months before planned entrance. Some schools require the Veterinary Aptitude Test (VAT), others the Graduate Record Exam (GRE) or the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT).
Minimum admissions requirements which can be fulfilled at the lower division include the following courses:
- One year of biological science (BIOL 1406, BIOL 1407)
- Genetics (BIOL 2416)
- Microbiology (BIOL 2421)
- One year of general chemistry (CHEM 1411, CHEM 1412)
- One year of organic chemistry (CHEM 2323/CHEM 2123, CHEM 2325/CHEM 2125)
- Six semester hours of English (ENGL 1301 and ENGL 1302)
- Three semester hours of technical writing (ENGL 2311)
- One semester of calculus (MATH 2413)
- One year of physics (PHYS 1401, PHYS 1402)
- Speech (SPCH 1311, SPCH 1315, or SPCH 1321)
- One semester each of animal nutrition and biochemistry (not available at Del Mar College)
Certain course substitutions are permitted. See advisor for details.
Students planning to complete an associate degree at Del Mar College should work closely with an advisor to avoid accumulating excessive hours. It may be necessary to defer some of the pre-professional courses listed to a university if an associate degree is desired.