Curriculum

The Curriculum 2011-12 Catalog

The list below is the core curriculum for students at the College of Veterinary Medicine. Every effort has been made to make the list accurate as of the date of publication. However, all policies, procedures, fees, and charges are subject to change at any time by appropriate action of the faculty, the university administration, or the Board of Regents, State of Iowa. See policy updates for the most current information.

The Iowa State University Catalog

VM - 1 Curriculum

Fall Semester Course	Title	Credits
BMS 330	Principles of Morphology I (anatomy)	5
BMS 333	Biomedical Sciences I (microscopic anatomy/physiology-cells)	6
BMS 335	Molecular & Cellular Biology	1
BMS 336	Nutritional Biochemistry	2
BMS 339	Clinical Foundations I	1
BMS 345	Case Study I	1
VCS 311	Veterinarian in Society I (careers)	R
VCS 391	Radiology Imaging	1

		17
Spring Semester Course	Title	Credits
BMS 331	Principles of Morphology II (anatomy)	4
BMS 334	Biomedical Sciences II (microscopic anatomy/physiology-systems)	6
BMS 337	Neuroanatomy	3
BMS 346	Case Study II (clinical correlations)	1
VMPM 380	Veterinary Immunology	2
VPth 342	Anatomic Pathology I	3
VDPAM 312	Veterinarian in Society II (animal behavior and welfare)	1

		20

VM - 2 Curriculum

Fall Semester Course	Title	Credits
VMPM 386	Veterinary Microbiology I	5
VPth 372	Anatomic Pathology II	4
VPth 376	Veterinary Parasitology	4
VPth 377	Case Study III (clinical correlations)	2
VCS 313	Veterinarian in Society III (ethics)	1
VCS 393	Principles of Surgery	3

		19
Spring Semester Course	Title	Credits
BMS 354	General Pharmacology	3
VMPM 378	Case Study IV	2
VMPM 387	Veterinary Virology	3
VMPM 388	Public Health	3
VCS 394	Principles of Surgery Lab	1
VCS 395	Small Animal Surgery	2
VCS 398	Anesthesiology	1
VPth 425	Clinical Pathology	4

		19

VM - 3 Curriculum

Fall Semester Course	Title	Credits
BMS 443	Pharmacology and Therapeutics	3
VCS 314	Veterinarian in Society IV (Communication/leadership)	1
VCS 436	Small Animal Internal Medicine	3
VCS 444	Small Animal Medicine	4
VCS 445	Equine Medicine	2
VCS 449	Surgery Laboratory	3
VDPAM 450	Disturbances of Reproduction	4
VCS 385	Seminar	R

		20
Spring Semester Course	Title	Credits
VMPM 437	Infectious Diseases and Preventive Medicine	3
VPth 409	Intro to Vet Cytology and Lab Techniques	1
VDPAM 426	Veterinary Toxicology	3
VDPAM 445	Large Animal Clinical Medicine	3
VCS 399	Ophthalmology	1
VCS/VDPAM 440	Introduction to Clinics	R
VCS 448	Diagnostic Imaging and Radiobiology	3
VCS 315	Veterinarian in Society V (veterinary law)	1
VCS 385	Seminar	R

		15

VM - 4 Curriculum

The fourth year is designed to be flexible and to provide for species emphasis. Students must complete 44 credits during their fourth year. They must take a required block and one option block. The required block rotations are multi-species oriented and exist in all types of clinical practice. Preceptorship credit can be earned at approved government agencies, research laboratories, veterinary practices, and other approved university hospitals.

In several cases, students are given the option of choosing between two courses to meet a requirement. For instance, the required block equine requirement can be met by taking either VCS 457 (Equine Medicine) or VCS 464 (Equine Field Services). In such cases, students are given the opportunity to provide their preference in the schedule optimizer. However, there are not always sufficient slots to meet all preferences, so some students will not receive their first choice, but will be assigned to the alternative course.

ISUCVM Fourth Year Curriculum; Approval Dates: ISUCVM Faculty, April 29, 2008; Faculty Senate Curriculum Committee, Sept 11, 2008, Revised by ISUCVM Curriculum Committee for implementation – 04-03-2009

Required Block: (Total 20 Credits)

	Course	Title
	VCS 463	Primary Care	2
	VCS 453	Small Animal Medicine I or II	2
	VCS 473	Small Animal Surgery (1 week Ortho and 1 week Soft Tissue)	2
	VCS 460	Radiology	2
	VCS 466	Anesthesiology	2
	VCS 468	Intensive Care/ Emergency Med	4
	VCS 457 or VCS 464	Equine Medicine (457) or Equine Field Service (464) (as assigned by the schedule optimizer)	2
	VDPAM 477	Food Animal Medicine and Surgery	2
	VPTH 456 and VPTH 457	Necropsy and Clinical Pathology (Taken together as one 2-week block)	2
	VCS 495	Seminar (non-credit)	R

	Total required		20
Electives (Total = 6 credits required, Food animal option= 8 credits required): These can be any rotations offered in the 4th year including preceptorships.
	Course	Title
	Any desired CVM elective. Preceptorships must follow guidelines to qualify for credit.
Additional Time Off (Total = 4 blocks [8 weeks]):
	This time will fall randomly throughout the schedule to allow time for interviews, unapproved preceptorships, additional rotations and/or personal time.
Small Animal Option: Required courses for all tracks listed above (20 credits) Plus: Required courses for Small Animal Track ONLY (Total = 12 credits)
	Course	Title
	VCS 453/454	Small Animal Medicine	2
	VCS 455 or VCS 459	Soft Tissue Surgery (455) or Small Animal (Over) Population Medicine and Surgery (459)	2
	VCS 456	Orthopedic Surgery	2
	VCS 446	Neurology	2
	VCS 452	Dermatology (repeatable by permission)	2
	VCS 469	Ophthalmology	2

Selectives (Total = 6 credits required): Selectives can usually be taken more than once.
	Course	Title
	VCS 459	Small Animal (Over) Population Medicine and Surgery	2
	VCS 471S	Small Animal Reproduction	2
	VCS 476	Anesthesiology	2
	VCS 409X	Oncology	2
	VCS 455	Soft Tissue Surgery	2
	VCS 441	Canine Rehabilitation	2
	VDPAM 488 and VDPAM 455	Clinical Microbiology and D Lab (Taken together as one 2-week block)	2
	VCS 470	Radiology (instructor permission required)	2
	VCS 453/454 VCS 463	Small Animal Medicine Primary Care	2 2
	VCS 475X	Cardiology (not offered at ISU 2012-13 yr)	1-2
	VCS 456	Orthopedic Surgery	2
	VMPM 486	Public Health	2
	VCS 467	Pain Mgmt	1
	VDPAM 465 VCS 422	Animal Welfare Blank Park Zoo* (not repeatable)	2 4
Equine Option: Required courses for ALL Tracks (Total = 20 credits) Plus: Required Courses for Equine Track ONLY (Total = 6 credits) **Equine option students, VCS 457 and 464 each must be taken at least once. One of the courses satisfies the overall required block requirement, the other satisfies the equine option requirement.
	Course	Title
	VCS 471E	Equine Reproduction	2
	VCS 458	Equine Surgery	2
	VCS 457 or VCS 464	Equine Medicine (457) or Equine Field Services (464)**	2


Selectives (Total = 12 credits required): Selectives can usually be taken more than once
	Course	Title
	VCS 471E VCS 471C	Equine Reproduction Comparative Reproduction	2 2
	VCS 458	Equine Surgery	2
	VCS 465	Farrier	2
	VCS 457	Equine Medicine **	2
	VCS 464	Equine Field Services	2
	VCS 469	Ophthalmology	2
	VCS 446 VCS 452 VCS 476E VCS 467 VCS 481X	Neurology Dermatology (repeatable by permission) Equine Anesthesia Pain Mgmt Equine Dentistry	2 2 2 1-2 2
Mixed Animal Option: Required courses for ALL Tracks (Total 20 credits) Plus: Required courses for Mixed Animal Track ONLY (Total = 2 credits)
	Course	Title
	VDPAM 488 and VDPAM 455	Clinical Microbiology (488) and D Lab (455) (Taken together as one 2-week block)	1 1
Selectives: Group A (Total = 8 credits required) Selectives can usually be taken more than once
	Course	Title
	VDPAM 477	Food Animal Medicine and Surgery	2
	VCS 457	Equine Medicine	2
	VCS 458 VDPAM 476	Equine Surgery Large Animal Ambulatory (prereq. VDPAM 310)	2 2
	Courses listed as required selectives for the Food Animal Track or Equine Track
Selectives: Group B (Total = 8 credits required)
	Course	Title
	VCS 446	Neurology	2
	VCS 471E,S or F	Equine, Small Animal, or Food Animal Reproduction	2
	VCS 452	Dermatology (repeatable by permission)	2
	VCS 453	Small Animal Medicine	2
	VCS 455	Soft Tissue Surgery	2
	VCS 456 VCS 463	Orthopedic Surgery Primary Care	2 2
	VCS 469	Ophthalmology	2
	VCS 475X	Cardiology (not offered at ISU 2012-13 yr)	1-2
	VCS 409X	Oncology	2
	VCS 470	Radiology (instructor permission required)	2
	VCS 476 VMPM 486 VCS 459A, B or C	Anesthesiology Public Health Small Animal (Over) Population Medicine and Surgery	2 2 2
	Courses listed as required selectives for the Small Animal Track
Food Animal Option: Required courses for ALL Tracks (Total = 20 credits) Plus: Required courses for Food Animal Track ONLY (Total = 4 credits)
	Course	Title
	VCS 452	Dermatology	2
	VDPAM 488 and VDPAM 455	Clinical Microbiology and D Lab (Taken together as one 2-week block)	1 1
Selectives (Total = 12 credits required): Selectives can usually be taken more than once.
	Course	Title
	VDPAM 483	Beef Production Medicine (prereq. VDPAM 310)	2
	VDPAM 484	Dairy Production Medicine (prereq. VDPAM 310)	2
	VDPAM 480	Advanced Swine (prereq. VDPAM 310)	2
	VDPAM 420 VDPAM 421A-K VDPAM 422	Preceptorship in Veterinary Medical Practice Great Plains Vet Education Center (see dept. complete listing) Cattle Marketing, processing, mgmt ,consulting (see dept for complete listing)	1-6 1 1-2
	VDPAM 479	Applied Swine Production Medicine (prereq. VDPAM 310)	1-6
	VDPAM 482	Applied Beef Production Medicine (prereq. VDPAM 310)	1-6
	VDPAM 485	Applied Dairy Production Medicine (prereq. VDPAM 484)	1-6
	VDPAM 451	Embryo Transfer	2
	VDPAM 477	Food Animal Medicine and Surgery	2
	VDPAM 476	Large Animal Ambulatory (prereq. VDPAM 310)	2
	VPTH 456 and VPTH 457	Necropsy (456) and Clinical Pathology (457) (Taken together as one 2-week block)	1 1
	VDPAM 488 and VDPAM 455	Clinical Microbiology (488) and D Lab (455) (Taken together and one 2-week block)	1 1
	VDPAM 495	Advanced Small Ruminant Production Medicine (prereq. VDPAM 486)	2
	VDPAM 437	Basic Clinical Skills for Production Medicine (Wisconsin)	2
	VDPAM 438	Mastitis Problem Investigations (Wisconsin)	2
	VDPAM 439 VDPAM 463	Clinical Investigations of Fresh Cow and Calf Problems (Wisconsin) Iowa Feedlot (requires 421D)	2 1
	VDPAM 464 VDPAM 481X VDPAM 465 VDPAM 494 VCS 471F	Advanced Feedlot (prereq. VDPAM 310) Advanced Cow/Calf (prereq. 2 sem. of VDPAM 436) Animal Welfare Advanced Dairy Production Medicine (prereq. VDPAM 310) Food Animal Reproduction	2 2 2 2 2

Credits required during senior year: 44

Graduation Requirements: 158

To be awarded the degree Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, candidates must have passed all required courses in the curriculum of veterinary. Candidates must have earned at least 4 elective credits during the VM1-3 year on a graded basis of A, B, C, D while enrolled in the College of Veterinary Medicine and a minimum 2.0 grade point average in the veterinary medicine curriculum. Candidates must also have given a grand rounds presentation (VCS 495-Seminar).

University Reinstatement Policy

Revised 3/9/12