Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences

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Overview

Welcome to the Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences. The VCS department is one of three departments in the Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine. Our mission is to educate members of the veterinary health care team and biomedical community, to create and communicate knowledge, and to provide outstanding clinical service for the citizens of Indiana and surrounding region.

The department offers graduate programs leading to the Master of Science (MS; thesis or non-thesis) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degrees. We also provide excellent opportunities for Post-DVM students to further their training through specialty residency programs in anesthesiology, cardiology, diagnostic imaging, emergency and critical care medicine, large animal internal medicine, large animal surgery, neurology, oncology, ophthalmology, radiation oncology, small animal internal medicine, and small animal surgery.

Faculty

https://vet.purdue.edu/directory/index.php

Contact Information

Veterinary Clinical Sciences

The VCS department office is located in Lynn Hall, Rm. 1352.
Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 5:00pm

Department Head

J. Scott-Moncrieff, VET MB, MA, MS

Department Head
Professor, Small Animal Internal Medicine

Phone: 765.494.9900
Fax: 765.496.1108
Email: scottmon@purdue.edu

Graduate Information

For Graduate Information please see Veterinary Clinical Sciences Graduate Program Information .

Courses

• VCS 14000 - Small Animal Nursing I For Vet Techs-DL
• VCS 14100 - Small Animal Nursing II For Vet Techs-DL
• VCS 14200 - Diagnostic Imaging For Vet Techs I -DL
• VCS 14300 - Diagnostic Imaging For Vet Techs II -DL
• VCS 14500 - Anesthesia For Vet Techs I -DL
• VCS 14600 - Anethesia For Vet Techs II -DL
• VCS 14700 - Principles Of Techniques and Sterilization-DL
• VCS 14800 - Large Animal Nursing and Health Management I - Distance Learning
• VCS 14900 - Large Animal Nursing and Health Management II - Distance Learning
• VCS 20100 - Pharmacy Procedures For VT -DL
• VCS 22100 - Veterinary Nursing Techniques For The Normal Animal (SA & LA)
• VCS 22200 - Dentistry For The Veterinary Technician
• VCS 22300 - Surgical Nursing And Operating Room Protocols
• VCS 22400 - Small Animal Nursing I
• VCS 22500 - Large Animal Nursing I
• VCS 22600 - Principles Of Anesthesia
• VCS 22800 - Small And Large Animal Well Animal Nutrition
• VCS 23000 - S A Nursing III-VTDL
• VCS 23100 - S A Nursing IV-VTDL
• VCS 23300 - Introduction to Ophtho Derm and Oncology-DL
• VCS 23700 - Large Animal Nursing and Health Management III - Distance Learning
• VCS 23800 - Large Animal Nursing and Health Management IV - Distance Learning
• VCS 25100 - Introduction To Diagnostic Imaging For The Veterinary Technician
• VCS 25200 - Diagnostic Imaging For Veterinary Technicians
• VCS 32100 - Large Animal Nursing II
• VCS 32200 - Small Animal Nursing II
• VCS 41800 - Applied Small Animal Behavior
• VCS 46700 - Diagnostic Instrumentation
• VCS 49000 - Food Animal Husbandry & Technical Skills I
• VCS 80100 - Behavior, Husbandry, And Diagnostic Techniques I
• VCS 80200 - Behavior, Husbandry, And Diagnostic Techniques II
• VCS 80300 - Behavior, Husbandry, And Diagnostic Techniques III
• VCS 80400 - Behavior In Domestic Animals
• VCS 80500 - Small Animal Behavioral Therapy
• VCS 80600 - Small Animal Medicine And Surgery I
• VCS 80616 - Small Animal Clinical Nutrition
• VCS 80700 - Small Animal Medicine And Surgery II
• VCS 80800 - Equine Medicine And Surgery
• VCS 80900 - Ruminant Medicine And Surgery
• VCS 81000 - Swine Production Medicine
• VCS 81100 - General Surgery Laboratory
• VCS 81200 - Principles Of Anesthesia, Surgery, And Emergency Medicine
• VCS 81300 - Diagnostic Imaging
• VCS 81400 - Comparative Theriogenology
• VCS 81500 - Ophthalmology
• VCS 81700 - Achieving Success In Private Practice
• VCS 81800 - Small Animal Surgery Laboratory I
• VCS 81801 - Small Animal Surgery Laboratory I Alternate
• VCS 81900 - Small Animal Dentistry
• VCS 82000 - Small Animal Surgery Laboratory II
• VCS 82001 - Small Animal Surgery Laboratory II Alternate
• VCS 82100 - Clinical Neurology
• VCS 82200 - Large Animal Surgery I
• VCS 82300 - Large Animal Surgery II
• VCS 82400 - Small Animal Theriogenology
• VCS 82500 - Ruminant Theriogenology
• VCS 82600 - Equine Theriogenology
• VCS 82700 - Small Animal Imaging
• VCS 82900 - Equine Imaging
• VCS 83100 - Advanced Equine Theriogenology
• VCS 83200 - Equine Lameness
• VCS 83300 - Advanced Equine Medicine
• VCS 83400 - Food Animal Surgery
• VCS 83500 - Environments For Large Animal Species
• VCS 83600 - Introduction To Clinical And Equine Nutrition
• VCS 83700 - Clinical Nutrition For Ruminants And Swine
• VCS 83800 - Swine Production Medicine
• VCS 83901 - Beef Production Medicine
• VCS 83902 - Dairy Production Medicine
• VCS 84000 - Small Ruminant/Llama Medicine
• VCS 84101 - Advanced Ophthalmology
• VCS 84300 - Successful Practice Skills
• VCS 84400 - Client Communications - Companion Animal Practice
• VCS 84500 - Small Animal Medicine Laboratory
• VCS 84600 - Advanced Small Animal Medicine
• VCS 84700 - Advanced Small Animal Specialties
• VCS 84800 - Advanced Small Animal Surgery
• VCS 85000 - Small Animal Dentistry
• VCS 85100 - Medicine And Surgery Of Nontraditional Pets
• VCS 86000 - Emergency Medicine/ICU
• VCS 86001 - Small Animal Emergency And Critical Care
• VCS 86002 - Small Animal Emergency And Critical Care II
• VCS 86100 - Small Animal Medicine I
• VCS 86201 - Small Animal Surgery - General I
• VCS 86202 - Small Animal Surgery - Orthopedic
• VCS 86203 - Shelter Medicine And Surgery
• VCS 86300 - Small Animal Community Practice
• VCS 86400 - Dermatology/Behavior
• VCS 86502 - Large Animal Medicine I
• VCS 86600 - Large Animal Surgery I
• VCS 86700 - Equine Community Practice I
• VCS 86800 - Equine Community Practice II
• VCS 87000 - Clinical Cardiology
• VCS 87100 - Small Animal Medicine II
• VCS 87102 - Oncology I
• VCS 87104 - Clinical Investigation In Oncology II
• VCS 87105 - Pet Practice
• VCS 87201 - Clinical Veterinary Anesthesiology
• VCS 87202 - Small Animal Surgery - General II
• VCS 87203 - Small Animal Surgery - Orthopedic II
• VCS 87502 - Large Animal Medicine II

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