Pre-Veterinary Medicine

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About the Pre-Veterinary Medicine Option Program

Although Texas Tech does not offer a degree in pre-veterinary medicine, students may still prepare for veterinary school by completing the minimum admission requirement of 56 credit hours. A pre-veterinary medicine advisor is available to assist students in selecting courses and degree programs.

The following courses are included in the minimum admission requirement:

ANSC 3301 - Principles of Nutrition 3 Semester Credit Hours
BIOL 1402 - Biology of Animals 4 Semester Credit Hours
CHEM 1307 - Principles of Chemistry I 3 Semester Credit Hours
CHEM 1107 - Experimental Principles of Chemistry I 1 Semester Credit Hours
CHEM 1308 - Principles of Chemistry II 3 Semester Credit Hours
CHEM 1108 - Experimental Principles of Chemistry II 1 Semester Credit Hours
CHEM 3305 - Organic Chemistry I 3 Semester Credit Hours
CHEM 3105 - Experimental Organic Chemistry I 1 Semester Credit Hours
CHEM 3306 - Organic Chemistry II 3 Semester Credit Hours
CHEM 3106 - Experimental Organic Chemistry II 1 Semester Credit Hours
CHEM 3310 - Molecular Biochemistry 3 Semester Credit Hours
OR
CHEM 3311 - Biological Chemistry I 3 Semester Credit Hours
COMS 2300 - Public Speaking 3 Semester Credit Hours
OR
COMS 2358 - Speaking for Business 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 1301 - Essentials of College Rhetoric 3 Semester Credit Hours
AND
ENGL 2311 - Introduction to Technical Writing 3 Semester Credit Hours
OR
ACOM 2302 - Scientific Communications in Agriculture and Natural Resources 3 Semester Credit Hours
PSY 1300 - General Psychology 3 Semester Credit Hours
MATH 2345 - Introduction to Statistics with Application to Business 3 Semester Credit Hours
OR
AAEC 2401 - Agricultural Statistics 4 Semester Credit Hours
MBIO 3401 - Principles of Microbiology 4 Semester Credit Hours
PHYS 1403 - General Physics I 4 Semester Credit Hours
PHYS 1404 - General Physics II 4 Semester Credit Hours
PSS 3421 - Fundamental Principles of Genetics 4 Semester Credit Hours
OR
BIOL 3416 - Genetics 4 Semester Credit Hours

Recommended Curriculum

Pre-Veterinary Medicine

The curriculum is designed to qualify students for entrance into schools of veterinary medicine. Students who complete this curriculum may either apply for admission to a school of veterinary medicine or change to one of the four-year curricula in the university. The minimum course requirements for enrollment in a professional veterinary medicine curriculum will normally be 56 semester hours of acceptable credit. The following is a suggested sequence of courses to complete these requirements.