Pre-Veterinary Medicine

Pre-professional health advisory programs do not ensure that all prerequisites for admission to health professions schools are met. Students should inquire with schools of interest, including JMU, to confirm details of admission requirements.

Courses

BIO 140. Foundations of Biology I [C3T1G3] 4.00
BIO 150. Foundations of Biology II 4.00
BIO 240. Genetics 4.00
BIO 245. General Microbiology 4.00
BIO 370. Animal Physiology 4.00
CHEM 131. General Chemistry I [C3T1G2] 3.00
CHEM 131L. General Chemistry Laboratory [C3T1G2] 1.00
CHEM 132. General Chemistry II 3.00
CHEM 132L. General Chemistry Lab 1.00
CHEM 241. Organic Chemistry I Lecture 3.00
CHEM 242. Organic Chemistry Lecture II 3.00
CHEM 242L. Organic Chemistry Lab 2.00
CHEM 361. Biochemistry I 3.00
Mathematics (calculus and statistics) 6 Credit Hours
PHYS 140. College Physics I [C3T1G2] 3.00
PHYS 140L. General Physics Lab I [C3T1G2] 1.00
PHYS 150. College Physics II 3.00
PHYS 150L. General Physics Lab II 1.00

Additional Information

Students are strongly encouraged to complete three of the following: BIO 320. Comparative Anatomy of Vertebrates , BIO 420. Medical Parasitology , BIO 316. Animal Development , BIO 343. Immunology , BIO 480. Advanced Molecular Biology and BIO 444. Virology . Students are also encourage to complete course work in communication (SCOM), psychology (PSYC 101 or PSYC 160 ), sociology (SOCI 110 or SOCI 140 ) or ANTH 195. Cultural Anthropology [C4GE] .

Students should check admission requirements of individual schools of veterinary medicine.