Preveterinary

Program: Transfer Program
School of Arts and Sciences

Classroom Medical Building 153A ~ 260-481-6749

At IPFW, you may complete the four-semester preveterinary curriculum, which includes the minimum requirements for admission to the School of Veterinary Medicine at the West Lafayette campus of Purdue University.

If you do not gain admission to veterinary medicine, you may use the curriculum below as the basis for continued study toward a degree in the School of Agriculture at West Lafayette. Students should contact the agriculture dean’s deputy early in their academic career to discuss degree options. By substitution of certain BIOL courses, you may pursue this option as a biology major and obtain the B.S. with a major in biology rather than in agriculture.

Program Requirements

You may complete the following courses at IPFW:

BIOL 117 - Principles of Ecology and Evolution Cr. 4.
BIOL 119 - Principles of Structure and Function Cr. 4.
BIOL 217 - Intermediate Ecology Cr. 3.
BIOL 218 - Genetics and Molecular Biology Cr. 4.
BIOL 219 - Principles of Functional Biology Cr. 3.
CHM 115 - General Chemistry Cr. 4.
CHM 116 - General Chemistry Cr. 4.
CHM 254 - Organic Chemistry Laboratory Cr. 1.
CHM 255 - Organic Chemistry Cr. 3.
CHM 256 - Organic Chemistry Cr. 3.
CHM 258 - Organic Chemistry Laboratory Cr. 1.
CHM 533 - Introductory Biochemistry Cr. 3
COM 114 - Fundamentals of Speech Communication Cr. 3.
MA 229 - Calculus for the Managerial, Social, and Biological Sciences I Cr. 3.
MA 230 - Calculus for the Managerial, Social, and Biological Sciences II Cr. 3.
PHYS 220 - General Physics Cr. 4.
PHYS 221 - General Physics Cr. 4.
STAT 301 - Elementary Statistical Methods I Cr. 3.

Credits in an agriculture course Credits: 3

Credits in English composition Credits: 6

ENG W131 - Elementary Composition I Cr. 3.
ENG W233 - Intermediate Expository Writing Cr. 3.

Credits from the following areas: Credits: 12

Anthropology
Communication
Economics
History
Fine arts, music, and theatre (history and appreciation only)
Foreign language
Literature
Philosophy
Political science
Psychology
Sociology

Credits in one of the following concentrating electives Credits: 3

ANSC 101 - Animal Agriculture Cr. 3.
ANSC 221 - Principles of Animal Nutrition Cr. 3.
VM 102 - Careers in Veterinary Cr. 1.