Required Courses and what covers what

[animaldoc1]

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I have been taking classes for years and I am not a Bio major.
I took all my courses Post Bacc.
The only classes I have not take is Animal Nutrition, Animal Science and Cellular Biology.
I took a Comparitive Physiology course but I am not even sure if that covers what schools want for Systemic Physiology.
I am currently searching for an online school for Animal Science and Nutrition since no schools in my system give those.
Any advice on what to do about Cellular Biology for someone who has no access to that course right now?
Also feel free to give your input about classes you are missing and what schools you want to apply to that need those extras.
It can be a real pain to take classes that specific schools want and looking at your current classes and wondering who will accept what as well.

 

[dvmdreamer]

I took a Comparitive Physiology course but I am not even sure if that covers what schools want for Systemic Physiology.

This would be a specific question for the school the requirement is for. Just email them with the official course description and they will tell you if it meets their requirement.

I am currently searching for an online school for Animal Science and Nutrition since no schools in my system give those.

Oklahoma State, Purdue, Rutgers, and NCSU all offer animal nutrition online. I know some schools offer animal science also but I'm not sure of which.

Any advice on what to do about Cellular Biology for someone who has no access to that course right now?

Many universities offer it online also- I know University of Missouri does, but I'm sure most biology programs do. Its doesn't really have a lab so its easy for them to offer it that way! What school requires it?

 

[musher]

Here is a list of online courses for cell biology and nutrition. I'm not sure how they are as I haven't taken any of them. The best advice I can give would be to get a hold of the vet school(s) you plan on applying to and asking them what courses transfer and find out what courses they require.

Cell Biology:
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
BIOL 4004
Washington State University
MBIOS 401/501
UC Berkeley Extension
X121

Animal Nutrition:
Purdue
ANSC 221P
Oklahoma State
ANSI 3543
Michigan State University
HNF 150 (Human Nutrition)

 

[dvmdreamer]

PS, here's a link to your other thread in which you asked many of the same questions and got good advice:

Animal Science and Nutrition online

 

[equineconstant]

I'd say you would probably be considered at most, or at least many, schools if those are the only classes you haven't taken. According to my spreadsheet from applying last year, only two schools need cell bio (Tennessee and Michigan--is either of those important to you?). I only have two for animal science as well (Florida and Texas A&M).

Of the three you listed, not having taken animal nutrition definitely held me back from applying to the most schools...but most of them also required genetics, which I haven't taken either, and which limited me even more. Not that I mind, I'm totally happy with the five schools I applied to, and I ended up at my IS anyway (I picked my courses by what I needed for my IS, then saw where else I was eligible).

 

[dvmdreamer]

Of the three you listed, not having taken animal nutrition definitely held me back from applying to the most schools...but most of them also required genetics, which I haven't taken either, and which limited me even more.

I agree that Animal Nutrition seemed to be the biggest holdback (but then again, I've taken genetics and cell bio).

However, remember most schools still will accept prerequisites taken in the spring. So if that is your only outstanding prereq, you can go ahead and apply to schools that require it before having taken it. Oklahoma State offers the course at open enrollment, so if you are invited to interview at the school that needs it, you can sign up for it at that point and complete it by May. That way, if you aren't invited to interview, you don't have to waste the time/money.

 

[emacc]

I'm doing the Oklahoma State course right now, it's really interesting but it's correspondence, not online. You email the assignments to the professor and do your five exams proctored. If you're planning it into your schedule keep in mind that you have to request each exam two weeks before you plan to take it and exams can't be requested until you have a grade back from the professor on each of the assignments for that section.

So they say it'll take 13 weeks but it might take a little longer if the professor is backed up or your schedule isn't totally consistent.