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General Information on the MS Degree in Veterinary Pathology<\/h3>\n
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  • Foreign language requirement determined by student’s program of study (POS) committee.<\/li>\n
  • Graduate English Examination required by the Graduate College.<\/li>\n
  • MS thesis requires 30 graduate credits.<\/li>\n
  • MS nonthesis requires 40 graduate credits (10 credits from outside department).<\/li>\n
  • MS nonthesis requires a minimum of 3 credits of Creative Component Research (VPTH 599).<\/li>\n
  • PhD requires 72 graduate credits (12 credits from outside major field).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Course Requirements for the M.S. thesis or nonthesis<\/h3>\n

    General Requirements:<\/em><\/p>\n

    Biological Sciences 3 Cr<\/strong>
    \nBBMB 7420, BBMB 7404, BBMB 7405, BBMB 7411, MCDB 5110, GDCB 5200, GDCB 5280, VMPM 5750, VMPM 5200<\/p>\n

    Statistics 4 Cr<\/strong>
    \nSTAT 5101<\/p>\n

    Postmortem Pathology Lab 1 Cr<\/strong>
    \nVPTH 5510<\/p>\n

    Systemic Pathology 4 Cr<\/strong>
    \n*VPTH 5700, VPTH 5710<\/p>\n

    Seminar 1 Cr<\/strong>
    \nVPTH 6050<\/p>\n

    Diagnostic Interpretation R Cr<\/strong>
    \nVPTH 6060 (Corresponding to Specialization Area)<\/p>\n

    Additional Requirements by Area of Specialization**<\/h3>\n

    (All courses are in the department of Veterinary Pathology, with the exception of TOX 5010)<\/p>\n

    MS Thesis<\/strong><\/h3>\n

    Surgical Pathology Lab (5500) 1 Cr
    \nPathology Case Seminar (6040) 1 Cr<\/p>\n

    Vet Clinical Pathology<\/strong>
    \nPathology Case Seminar (6040) 1 Cr
    \nClinical Pathology Lab (5490) 2 Cr<\/p>\n

    Veterinary Toxicology<\/strong>
    \nPrinciples of Toxicology (TOX 5010) 3 Cr<\/p>\n

    Veterinary Parasitology<\/strong>
    \nDiagnostic Parasitology Lab (5480) 2 Cr
    \nVeterinary Parasitology (5760) 4 Cr<\/p>\n

    MS Non-Thesis<\/strong><\/h3>\n

    Surgical Pathology Lab (5500) 1 Cr
    \nCreative Component Research (5990) 3 Cr
    \nPathology Case Seminar (6040) 3 Cr<\/p>\n

    Veterinary Parasitology<\/strong>
    \nDiagnostic Parasitology Lab (5480) 5 Cr
    \nVeterinary Parasitology (5760)*** 4 Cr
    \nCreative Component Research (5990) 3 Cr
    \nPathogenesis of Persistent Infections (6600) 2 Cr<\/p>\n

    *Requirements for VPTH 5700 and VPTH 5710 may be waived by the department chairperson for students with residency training or ACVP certification; test-out is also available on request.
    \n**Credits are additional to those listed under general requirements.
    \n***Not available for graduate credit to students who are dually enrolled in DVM and graduate programs.<\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":192,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-202","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nMaster\u2019s Degree - Veterinary Pathology<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/vpath\/academics\/graduate-programs\/masters-degree\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Master\u2019s Degree - Veterinary Pathology\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/vpath\/academics\/graduate-programs\/masters-degree\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Veterinary Pathology\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-23T20:52:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vetmed.iastate.edu\\\/vpath\\\/academics\\\/graduate-programs\\\/masters-degree\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vetmed.iastate.edu\\\/vpath\\\/academics\\\/graduate-programs\\\/masters-degree\\\/\",\"name\":\"Master\u2019s Degree - 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