Animal Sciences: Pre-Veterinary Medicine Concentration, BS

Degree Requirements

120 Credits Required

Departmental/Program Major Courses (33 credits)

Other Departmental /Program Course Requirements (83-84 credits)

(see ANSC Undergraduate Student Handbook)

• AGR 10100 - Introduction To The College Of Agriculture And Purdue University
• AGR 11400 - Introduction to Animal Sciences Academic Programs
• AGRY 32000 - Genetics
• AGRY 32100 - Genetics Laboratory
• BCHM 30700 - Biochemistry
• BIOL 11000 - Fundamentals Of Biology I
• BIOL 11100 - Fundamentals Of Biology II
• BIOL 22100 - Introduction To Microbiology
• BIOL 23100 - Biology III: Cell Structure And Function
• BIOL 23200 - Laboratory In Biology III: Cell Structure And Function
• CHM 11500 - General Chemistry (satisfies Science #1 for core)
• CHM 11600 - General Chemistry (satisfies Science #2 for core)
• CHM 25500 - Organic Chemistry
• CHM 25501 - Organic Chemistry Laboratory
• CHM 25600 - Organic Chemistry
• CHM 25601 - Organic Chemistry Laboratory
• MA 16010 - Applied Calculus I (satisfies Quantitative Reasoning for core)
• MA 16020 - Applied Calculus II
• STAT 30100 - Elementary Statistical Methods (satisfies Information Literacy for core)
• VM 10200 - Careers In Veterinary Medicine

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• PHYS 22000 - General Physics or
• PHYS 23300 - Physics For Life Sciences I

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• PHYS 22100 - General Physics or
• PHYS 23400 - Physics For Life Sciences II

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• ENGL 10600 - First-Year Composition (satisfies Written Communication for core) (satisfies Information Literacy for core) or
• ENGL 10800 - Accelerated First-Year Composition or
• HONR 19903 - Interdisciplinary Approaches In Writing

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• COM 11400 - Fundamentals Of Speech Communication (satisfies Oral Communication for core) or
• COM 21700 - Science Writing And Presentation or
• EDPS 31500 - Collaborative Leadership: Interpersonal Skills

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• Economics Selective (satisfies Human Culture Behavioral/Social Science for core) - Credit Hours: 3.00
• UCC Humanities Selective (satisfies Human Cultures Humanities for core) - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Humanities or Social Science Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Humanities or Social Science Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Humanities or Social Science Selective (30000+ level) - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Written or Oral Communication Selective (20000+ level) - Credit Hours: 3.00

Electives (3-4 credits)

College of Agriculture & University Level Requirements

• 2.0 GPA required for Bachelor of Science degree
• 32 Upper division credits taken from Purdue
• 9 credits International Understanding
• 3 credits Multicultural Awareness
• 9 credits of Hum and/or Social Sciences outside the College of Agriculture

Additional Degree Requirements

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University Core Requirements

• Human Cultures Humanities
• Human Cultures Behavioral/Social Science
• Information Literacy
• Science #1
• Science #2
• Science, Technology, and Society
• Written Communication
• Oral Communication
• Quantitative Reasoning

For a complete listing of course selectives, visit the Provost’s Website.

Program Requirements

Notes

• 2.0 GPA required for Bachelor of Science degree.
• 2.0 GPA required in Animal Science courses
• Consultation with an advisor may result in an altered plan customized for an individual student.

Foreign Language Courses

Foreign Language proficiency requirements vary by program. 

For acceptable languages and proficiency levels, see your advisor: American Sign Language, Arabic, Chinese, French, German, (ancient) Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish

Critical Course

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