Pre-Veterinary Medicine

Program Overview

This veterinary program prepares students for a wide range of careers in animal healthcare, including private practice, public health, teaching, research, and regulatory veterinary medicine. Graduates may specialize in a particular animal species or pursue additional education to attain specialty board certification.

Program Outline

Careers:

• Veterinarians in private practice work directly with animal owners to diagnose and treat ill animals, as well as prevent illness in healthy animals.
• Practicing veterinarians may be in a general (mixed animal) practice or they may limit their practice to a particular animal species.
• Other veterinarians in private practice have sought additional education and attained specialty board certification.
• Veterinarians serving as public health officers for the U.S. Government, the World Health Organization, and every state in the United States.
• Veterinarians are actively engaged in teaching, research, regulatory veterinary medicine, military service and other aspects of the profession.