Professional Curriculum

Kansas State College of Veterinary Medicine

(effective w/Class of 2026, introduced Fall 2022)

 

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Year One

• Fall Semester

  Course	Hours
  VAP805        Cell Physiology	3
  VAP806        Gross Anatomy I	6
  VAP808        Intro. to Research	1
  VAP807        Systems I	6
  VCS809       Clinical Skills I	1
  VDMP800    Career Development	0
  VAP835        Animal Welfare	1
  Electives	2
  Total hours	20

• Spring Semester

  Course	Hours
  VAP816        Gross Anatomy II	5
  VAP817        Systems II	4
  VCS816       Clinical Skills II	1
  VDMP817    Immunology	3
  VDMP818    Epidemiology	2
  VDMP811    Clinical Pathology I	2
  VDMP814    Bacteriology	3
  Electives	1
  Total hours	21

Year Two

• Fall Semester

  Course	Hours
  VAP844       Pharmacology I	4
  VCS 839       Clinical Skills III	1
  VDMP831    Virology	3
  VDMP832    General Pathology	4
  VDMP834    Parasitology	4
  VDMP835    Clinical Pathology II	3
  Electives	2
  Total hours	21

• Spring Semester

  Course	Hours
  VCS844    Medicine I	4
  VAP846     Pharmacology II	2
  VCS 845    Radiology	3
  VCS846    Clinical Skills IV	1
  VCS843    Surgery Principles	2
  VDMP841 Vet. Public Health	2
  VDMP857 Systemic Pathology	5
  Electives	2
  Total hours	21

Year Three

• Fall Semester

  Course	Hours
  VCS867    Medicine II	4
  VCS861    Food Animal Medicine	4
  VCS862    Theriogenology	3
  VCS863    Vet. Surgery I	3
  VCS864    Applied Clinical Skills & Surgical Labs	3
  VCS865    Exotic Pet Medicine	2
  Electives	2
  Total hours	21

• Spring Semester

  Course	Hours
  VCS874    Ethics/Jurisprudence	1
  VCS877    Clinical Nutrition	2
  VCS878    Vet. Surgery II	3
  VCS879    Vet. Surgery II Lab	1
  VCS880    Practice Management	1
  VCS881    Clin Pharmacology	2
  VCS882    Medicine III	3
  VCS876    Applied Large Animal Clinical Skills	1
  VAP871     Toxicology	3
  Electives	3
  Total hours	20

Year Four

• Summer, Fall & Spring Semester Hours

  Course	Hours
  VCS 900   Vet. Diag. Imaging I	3
  VCS 904   Clinical Anesthesiology	3
  VCS 906   Ophthalmology	3
  VCS 910   FA Local Practice	2
  VCS 912   FA Med. & Surg.	2
  VCS881    Clin Pharmacology	2
  Equine (any of these) VCS 920 Equine Med. VCS 922 Equine Surg.  VCS 922 Equine Surg.  VCS 924 Equine Field Service	4
  VCS 930   SA Internal Med.	3
  VCS 932   SA General Medicine	3
  VCS 934   SA Soft Tissue Surgery	3
  VCS 936   SA Orthopedic Surgery	3
  VCS 938   Dentistry	1
  VCS 940   SA Emergency	2
  VDMP 902 Diagnostic Medicine	3
  Rotational electives	11
  Total hours	45

Total DVM Program; 169 credit hours