Veterinary Medical Program
Program outline

Term 1
(17 weeks)

ANPH 501 Veterinary Histology and Embryology
ANPH 502 Animal Nutirtion
ANPH 506 Veterinary Anatomy I
ANPH 512 Veterinary Physiology I
ANPH 514 Animal Welfare and Behavior
ANPH 516 Professionalism
LAMS 502 Veterinary Clinical Orientation
PTHB 502 Introduction to Research
SAMS 501 Radiology I

5 credits
2 credits
5 credits
4 credits
1 credits
1 credit
1 credit
1 credit
1 credit

Term 2
(17 weeks)

ANPH 503 Veterinary Anatomy II
ANPH 504 Veterinary Pharmacology I
ANPH 513 Veterinary Physiology II
PTHB 503 Veterinary Bacteriology/Mycology
PTHB 512 Veterinary Immunology
SAMS 502 Radiology II
SAMS 515 Veterinary Physical Diagnosis I

5 credits
3 credits
4 credits
4 credits
2 credits
1 credit
1 credit

Term 3
(17 weeks)

ANPH 505 Veterinary Pharmacology II
LAMS 501 Veterinary Physical Diagnosis II
PTHB 505 Veterinary Parasitology
PTHB 506 Veterinary Pathology I
PTHB 515 Veterinary Virology
PTHB 532 Clinical Pathology

3 credits
1 credit
4 credits
5 credits
3 credits
4 credits

 Term 4
(17 weeks)

LAMS 503 Introduction to Clinical Medicine
PTHB 507 Veterinary Pathology II
PTHB 510 Veterinary Public Health
PTHB 511 Veterinary Epidemiology
PTHB 516 Avian, Fish, and Exotic Animal Diseases
SAMS 514 Introduction to Surgical Skills
SAMS 520Veterinary Anesthesiology

4 credits
5 credits
2 credits 
1 credit 
4 credits
1 credit
3 credits

Term 5
(17 weeks)

LAMS 516 Large Animal Surgery
LAMS 519 Theriogenology
SAMS 513 Diagnostic Imaging
SAMS 518 Small Animal Surgery
SAMS 522 Small Animal Medicine I
SAMS 526 Introduction to Clinical Practice
SAMS 527 Junior Surgery & Anesthesiology Laboratory

4 credits
4 credits
3 credits
4 credits
3 credits
1 credit
2 credits

Term 6
(17 weeks)

LAMS 505 Equine Internal Medicine
LAMS 515 Food Animal Internal Medicine
SAMS 524 Small Animal Medicine II
ANPH 520 Veterinary Toxicology
LAMS 533 Ethics, Jurisprudence, and Career Development
SAMS 528 Small Animal Clinical Services
LAMS 529 Ambulatory Services
PTHB 530 Laboratory Diagnostics

3 credits
5 credits
3 credits
2 credits
2 credits
1 credit
1 credit
1 credit

 Term 7, 8 and 9
Clinical Training Program
(in affiliated US, UK, Canada and Republic of Ireland Veterinary Schools)

Year four consists of forty-eight weeks of clinical training at one of our twenty-nine affiliated AVMA-Accredited veterinary schools: Twenty weeks of instruction in seven core subjects and twenty-eight weeks of electives that may be a continuation of core subjects or concentrations in select specialties. The clinical core subjects include a minimum of four weeks each in Small Animal Medicine and Small Animal Surgery, six weeks of Large Animal Medicine and Surgery; and two weeks each in Diagnostic Laboratory, Clinical Anesthesiology, and Diagnostic Imaging. The remaining weeks of the clinical program are made up of elective rotations (Clinical Rotations). (16 credits / each term). Externships approved by the affiliated schools may be included in the clinical training program.

**Dates will vary according to term
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