UNDERGRADUATE CATALOG - Mercy College

134 / Schools of Health & Natural Sciences
Major Concentration
VETERINARY TECHNOLOGY
With Specialization: PRE-VETERINARY MEDICINE
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
General Liberal Arts and Sciences
General Education Requirements**.................................60 credits
Major Concentration
Veterinary Technology.......................................................52 credits
Open Elective........................................................................8 credits
Total................................................................................... 120 credits
Students Who Choose the Major Concentration in Veterinary Technology with a Specialization
in Pre-Veterinary Medicine Must Complete:
VETC 101 Introduction to Veterinary Science
VETC 220 Pharmacology and Toxicology
VETC 224 Clinical Laboratory Techniques
VETC 241 Small Animal Diseases: Principles
of Treatment and Nursing
VETC 247 Surgical Nursing and
Radiography
VETC 256 Anatomy of Domestic Animals
VETC 261 Physiology of Domestic Animals
and the following general education and related courses:
BIOL 160 General Biology I*
BIOL 161 General Biology II*
BIOL 265 Microbiology*
BIOL 354 Biochemistry
CHEM 160 General Chemistry I*
CHEM 161 General Chemistry II*
CHEM 260 Organic Chemistry I
CHEM 261 Organic Chemistry II
PHYS 160 General Physics I
PHYS 161 General Physics II
MATH 116 College Algebra*
MATH 201 Pre-Calculus*
Recommended Electives:
MATH 122 Statistics*
BIOL 310 Immunology
BIOL 360 Genetics
VETC 260 Principles of Large Animal Medicine
VETC 275 Applied Animal Behavior
VETC 395 Externship I
VETC 445 Fundamentals of Animal Research
There is a 15-credit residency requirement in the major concentration of Veterinary
Technology.
* These courses fulfill General Education requirements.
Students in the Veterinary Technology Program with Specialization in Pre-Veterinary Medicine
must have a 3.2 in each Natural Science and Veterinary Technology pre-requisite course for
admittance into clinical courses VETC 224, VETC 241, VETC 247.
Students enrolled in the Veterinary Technology major or the Veterinary Technology major
with the Pre-Veterinary Medicine specialization may not repeat a course required in the major
curriculum more than once.