Schedules and Curriculum

Academic Calendar

The USU CVM follows the WSU academic calendar and bell schedule, not the USU general academic calendar, nor their bell schedule. The reason for doing this is to align our academic schedules and courses throughout our program's various time zones and sites so that the opportunity for interactive video conferencing between specific classes and club events can occur.

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CVM Fall Academic Schedule 2025

  • Aug. 18: First Day of Instruction
  • Sep. 01: Labor Day Holiday
  • Oct. 06-10: Diagnostic Challenge 1
  • Nov. 11: Veterans Day Holiday
  • Nov. 17-21: Diagnostic Challenge 2 (at WSU)
  • Nov. 24-28: Thanksgiving Vacation
  • Dec. 05: Last Day of Instruction
  • Dec. 08-12: Final Exam Week
  • Dec. 16: Final Grades Available 
  • Dec. 13- Jan. 11: Winter Break

CVM Spring Academic Schedule 2026

  • Jan. 12: First Day of Instruction
  • Jan. 19: Martin Luther King Holiday
  • Feb. 16: President’s Day Holiday
  • Mar. 16-20: Spring Break
  • May 01: Last Day of Instruction
  • May 04-08: Final Exam Week
  • May 12: Final Grades Available 

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

Second Year

Fall Semester (2025 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

2026 Schedule - Spring 2026

  • 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 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.