What classes are you taking?

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I think there was a thread like this last year, but I think it would be fun to compare notes again.

This semester (2nd year at UTK) I'm taking

Anesthesiology
Principles and Practice of Surgery
Toxicology
Urinary Systems
Pharmacology I
General Pathology
Clinical Pathology
ABLEs/CE

ABLE is our application-based learning exercise and CE is clinical exposure. Each last a week. I'm doing Radiology for my CE.
 
Fall semester second year at Tufts is
Parasitology
Micro and Molecular Bio +lab
Epi and Biostats
Neuro
Pharmacology
Respiratory Pathophys
PBL (once a week)
Clinical skills (~once a month)
Second Year Clincial Rotations--6 days/night throughout the year
Urinary Pathophys
Law and Veterinary Medicine
I think that's it!
 
We are doing the easiest semester of the whole 4 years right now...its hard classes, but aren't very many of them, so you can actually study for them!

Pathology
Pharmacology
Parasitology
Nutrition
Clinical Correlates 1xweek

Pharm is a beast omg. I know I'll make a great veterinarian as long as I don't have to administer any medications or anything. 😉
With dosage calculations I'll be like "Oh, a 4lb Chihuahua? Lets give him 4 liters IV fluids! Sounds reasonable to me!" *sigh*
 
With dosage calculations I'll be like "Oh, a 4lb Chihuahua? Lets give him 4 liters IV fluids! Sounds reasonable to me!" *sigh*

<pictures said chihuahua inflating, cartoon-like, until it resembles a baby hippo and waddles away, belly swinging and all> :laugh: that's great!

(and as a disclaimer, nothing negative toward you is meant! it's just a funny image🙂)
 
Ick...first semester at VMRCVM for me:

Biochemistry
Physiology
Ethology
Professional Foundations
Large Animal Husbandry
Histology
Immunology
Anatomy
Domestication
 
Third year at Massey:

Pathology
Pharmacology
Microbiology
Parasitology
Clinical Studies (Anesthesia, Surgery, Radiology, Obstetrics, etc)
Poultry, Fish & Wildlife

All are yearlong courses except the last one. Weeeeee!
 
First year first quarter at Ohio State:

Topographic anatomy of the dog
Epidemiology
Radiology
Cell Bio
Histology
Professional Development
 
Professional Development
Career Opportunities
-- fluff over, now let's get serious!

Histology
Histology Lab
Cell Biology
Endocrinology, including histology and lab
Embryology
Embryology Lab
Dog Anatomy
Immunology
Opthmamology
Neuroscience
Mystery Course TBA

and I probably forgot one
 
<pictures said chihuahua inflating, cartoon-like, until it resembles a baby hippo and waddles away, belly swinging and all> :laugh: that's great!

(and as a disclaimer, nothing negative toward you is meant! it's just a funny image🙂)

Oh no worries trust me that's the same image I see too! 🙂
 
Ross, first semester:

Nutrition
Histology (they call it Microanatomy, but really it's Histo)
Physiology 1
Gross Anatomy 1
Intro to Veterinary Medicine

And no, there's no "beach study hall" class. 😛 One of my friends back home asked me that. Honestly, I haven't been to the beach since my 2nd day on the island, and that was over a month ago!
 
1st semester at Wisconsin:

Small animal anatomy (yay millers) -- lecture + lab
Histology -- lecture + lab
Radiographic Anatomy
Developmental Anatomy (or what other people call embryology)
Physiology A (principles/respiratory/cardiovascular/acid-base)
Veterinary Ethics (only meets twice though)
Health, History, P.E. (6-7 times per semester)
Introduction to the VMTH (have to get things checked off, pass/fail)

I think that's it, unless we get another small course sprung on us like last week (ethics)
 
First semester, third year at the U of MN:

-Veterinary Imaging II
-Toxicology
-Clinical Skills
-Large Animal Digestive Disorders
-Small Animal Gastroenterology
-Musculoskeletal System Diseases
-Metabolic Disorders
-Multisystemic Diseases
-Reproductive Diseases of Small Animals
-Reproductive Diagnostic Techniques
-Large Animal Hospital practicum (a series of clerk duties in the LA hospital)
-Small Animal Hospital practicum (same thing in the SA hospital)
-Small Ruminant Reproduction elective
 
13 classes!!! How is it possible to have that many classes?!
 
First year, first quarter at UC Davis:

Anatomy (lecture and lab)
Cardiovascular physiology
Physiological chemistry
Intro to behavior
Intro to epidemiology
Clinical skills
Histology (lecture and lab)
Radiology
"Doctoring" (leadership and communication skills)
Law and ethics

Note: a couple of classes don't last the entire quarter
 
13 classes!!! How is it possible to have that many classes?!

Well, we don't have that many classes all semester long- some of them last all semester and some only go partway through. Also, we have some three days a week and others only once a week. It's a little hard to juggle all the notes, but it works out.

The LA and SA hospital practicums are all either overnights (6 PM to 12 AM or 12 AM to 6 AM) or during the weekend, so they don't really feel like classes.
 
Penn 3rd year 1st quarter

Core classes:
Med/Surg II (we don't have systems classes, theyre all together in Med/Surg I, II and III)
Medical Genetics
Clinical Reproduction
Clinical Exercises (Jr Sx/Spay lab)

Electives that Im taking:
Biochemical Basis of Disease
Cardiac Physiology
Diagnosis of Common Intoxicants
Hematopoiesis

3rd year 2nd quarter (starts mid-October)
Core:
Med/Surg III
Dermatology
Clinical Animal Behavior
Veterinary Ethical Issues
Lab Animal Medicine

Electives Im taking:
Comparative and Alternative Medicine
Professional Foundations
Emerging and Exotic Diseases
Equine and Farm Animal Anesthesia
Legal Issues for Veterinarians

I'm excited, this is our last semester of Core classes. January brings large animal block and March will be the start of my clinical rotations (I am electing out of small animal block). Its the beginning of the end of small animals, yea! :laugh:
 
Its the beginning of the end of small animals, yea!

Haha, I'm glad the large animal people feel the same way about small animal courses! I always feel a little guilty about how happy I am to not have to go palpate cows and horses. Thank the lord! No more coveralls!!
 
First year, first semester:

Anatomy (which includes Emrbyology)
Diagnostic Imaging
Immunology
Veterinary Perspectives
Physiology (which includes blocks such as histology, neurophysiology, endocrinology, etc.)

On a side note, I think cramming all of these "sub-classes" under one heading, such as Physiology, is a clever way of cramming WAY more information into 21 credits than it appears!
 
Thank the lord! No more coveralls!!

But coveralls=SEXAH! :laugh:

Here's ours:

Block 6 (first half of fall semester second year):

Parasitology
Bacteriology II
Virology
Systemic & Special Pathology

Block 7 (second half of fall semester second year):

Pathology
Pharmacology
Public Health
Fundamentals of Veterinary Business Management
 
That's really interesting how each school has such a difference of classes / set up. Like some people have five or six classes straight through the semester and some have double that but half as long? haha.
 
CSU - Second year, fall semester

Preventive Medicine
Toxicology
Biology of Disease II
Ethics
Bioanalytical Pathology
Pharmacology
Professional Writing
 
K-State Second Year First Semester...

Pharmacology
Bacteriology
Parasitology
General Pathology


It doesn't seem like a lot.. but, it is... :scared:
 
Michigan State first semester first year

Anatomy lab and lecture
Histology lab and lecture
Microbiology/virology/immunology
Neuroscience
Clinical exam and techniques
Animal welfare and ethics
Animal Science
 
Gross Anatomy
Histology
Developmental Bio
Biochem
Intro to Clinical Vet Med I
 
1st year, 1st semester TAMU:

Anatomy
Histology
Physiology (5 lectures a week + lab ugh!)
Immunology
Clinical Coorelates
Professional Development
 
Illinois-DVM
Anatomy and Lab
Histology and online lab (slides electronic)
Physiology
Neurobiology and Brain lab that lasted one month
Introduction to Clinic Orientation I

Elective: Contemporary Issues in Vet Med

Illinois- PhD
Special Problems- 2 credit course in research (Thesis or non-thesis lab)
 
Cell bio
Anatomy
Physiology
Welfare, ethics
 
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