USF’s Pre-Veterinary Medicine biology program prepares students for the demands of veterinary school, the Graduate Record Examination (GRE), or the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT). The field of veterinary medicine includes broad areas like general or specialty practice (i.e. large animal, equine), emergency or critical care, or research or applied specialization in areas such as animal nutrition, dentistry, and pharmacology, microbiology, dermatology, ophthalmology, anesthesiology, toxicology, radiology, preventative medicine, behavior, or therapy.
Students may work in private or group practice, universities, zoological facilities, aquaria, marine labs, governmental, corporate or not-for-profit research laboratories. The federal departments of Agriculture, Homeland Security, Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration, Centers for Disease Control and others also employ veterinarians.
Student Learning Outcomes
- Students are proficient in critical, analytical, and integrative thinking in the sciences.
- Students use the scientific method to conduct hypothesis-driven research or complete a science based service project.
- Students demonstrate global consciousness, social responsibility, and ethical awareness in the pursuit of science.
- Students demonstrate leadership and the ability to work in teams.
- Students are proficient presenting scientific information in oral and written form.
- Students demonstrate knowledge of the major concepts and principles of biology.
- Students are confident, satisfied, and well-prepared to undertake careers in the biological sciences.
Degree Requirements
The B.S. in Biology-Pre-Veterinary Medicine degree requires 128 credit hours:
- 36-37 credit hours of Franciscan Core general education courses,
- 71 credit hours of prescribed courses in biology, chemistry, and physics,
- a minimum of 12 credit hours of directed electives in biology, and
- elective courses as needed
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