Schedules and Curriculum

CVM Fall Academic Schedule 2023

• Aug. 14-18: Orientation and A.W.E. at USU
• Aug. 21: First Day of Classes
• Sep. 04: Labor Day Holiday
• Oct. 09-13: Diagnostic Challenge 1 (2nd year only)
• Nov. 10: (Veteran's Day Celebrated)
• Nov. 13-17: Diagnostic Challenge 2 (2nd year only)
• Nov. 20-25: Thanksgiving Holiday
• Dec. 11-15: Final Exam Week
• Dec. 16 - Jan. 7: Christmas Break

CVM Spring Academic Schedule 2024

• Jan. 08: First Day of Classes
• Jan. 15: Martin Luther King Holiday
• Feb. 19: President's Day Holiday
• Mar. 11-15: Spring Break
• April 26: Last Day of Instruction
• April 29 - May 3: Final Exam Week
• May 04: Commencement Class of 2023
• May 05 - Aug. 18: Summer Break

Course/Exam Schedules

The class schedules listed in Banner are not necessarily accurate and should not be followed. The reason for this is that we reserve extra classroom space and time to enable the type of rotating schedule that occurs in the second year of the curriculum, and the flexibility to shift schedules around to meet differing bell schedules and time zones as outlined above. The OSS will provide the actual course schedules for each semester, which comes following a joint meeting with all faculty teaching in the program. These curriculum and course alignment meetings with faculty occur typically in July for the Fall Semester, and in late October for the Spring Semester. Therefore, if you are needing to make plans and arrangements prior to the release of the 'actual' schedule, you may use the previous year's schedule as a guide, though be aware that minor changes in the schedule occur frequently even after posting, and major changes in the schedule can occur between years, though rarely after the posting of the schedule. You can verify that you have the most up to date version of the schedule by comparing the version dates. When an update is made to the schedule, the version changes to the format "ver. mm/dd/yy". Simply use the version of the schedule with the most current date. It is strongly recommended that you do not download or print schedules to use as your guide for the semester, but to return to this site and view the schedule attached to the link, as this will always be the most current schedule posted.

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Curriculum and Registration

The first and second years of the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine will be completed at Utah State University in Logan, Utah. The third and fourth years, including most clinical rotations, will be completed at Washington State University in Pullman, Washington. For more information on registration, view Incoming Students.

Courses

First Year

Fall Semester Required Courses (Schedule)

• VM 7500 - Animals, Society and the Veterinarian
• VM 7510 - Veterinary Microscopic Anatomy w/ Lab
• VM 7511 - Veterinary Anatomy I w/ Lab
• VM 7519 - Veterinary Physiology I w/ Lab
• VM 7568 - Animal Handling and Ag. Animal Orientation
• VM 7586 - Principles of Surgery
• VM 7598 - Introduction to Clinics

18 Total Core Credits

Spring Semester Required Courses (2024 Schedule)

• VM 7512 - Veterinary Anatomy II w/ Lab
• VM 7520 - Veterinary Physiology II w/ Lab
• VM 7521 - Fundamentals of Veterinary Neurology w/ Lab
• VM 7534 - Veterinary Immunology
• VM 7545 - General Pathology w/ Lab
• VM 7580 - Basic Nutrition

19 Total Core Credits

Second Year

Fall Semester (Schedule)

• VM 7522 - Fundamentals of Pharmacology
• VM 7535 - Veterinary Virology
• VM 7536 - Veterinary Bacteriology w/ Lab
• VM 7546 - Systemic Pathology w/ Lab
• VM 7589 - Clinical Pathology w/ Lab

19 Total Core Credits

Spring Semester (2024 Schedule)

• VM 7502 - Clinical Communication Skills
• VM 7523 - Veterinary Toxicology w/ Lab
• VM 7537 - Veterinary Parasitology w/ Lab
• VM 7543 - Veterinary Medicine and Human Health
• VM 7576 - Emerging and Exotic Diseases of Animals
• VM 7585 - Epidemiology
• VM 7587 - Clinical Anesthesiology w/ Lab
• VM 7588 - Radiology w/ Lab

18 Total Core Credits

Electives

• VM 7560 – Equine Parturition and Post-Natal Care
  • This course covers pre-, peri- and post parturient mare care and management, parturition, and routine post-natal care of the foal. Students conduct exams for pre-partum signs, foal out their mare and provide immediate care to both the mare and foal.
• VM 7567 - Applied Large Animal Theriogenology
  • Integration of basic reproductive physiology with clinical aspects of reproductive management of large animal.
• VM 7571 - Large Animal Theriogenology Lab
  • Clinical training in diagnostic and therapeutic procedure in large animal reproduction.
• VM 7596 - Ambassadors
  • Throughout the calendar year, ambassadors work independently, as well as in teams to develop leadership, professional, and communication skills, through a number of service related experiences and training seminars. Topics such as maintaining confidentiality, public relations/media interaction, professional appearance and attitude, communication styles, and the history of WSU-CVM, are discussed. The experiential lab component has a few required exercises, such as creating a video for the blog/website where you are the featured speaker, and visiting elementary and higher education classrooms to speak about your experiences as a vet student or about a topic in the veterinary profession. The remaining part of the experiential lab time is open for you to choose how and when to apply the skills you are trying to develop.
    • This is a year long course
    • Student participation in this practicum is by selection
• VM 562 – Integrative Veterinary Medicine
  • Course runs from week 1-7
  • Tuesdays and Fridays from 1-2PM
  • Y1-Y3, Zoom for Y1-Y2

Washington State University Third Year/Fourth Year Courses and Electives

For full course descriptions, including third and fourth year classes through WSU, please refer to the WSU Veterinary Medicine Curriculum Guide.