Advising Course Plan - Aquatic and Marine Biology Major - Veterinary School Interest
This plan indicates an effective way to earn a Bachelor of Science degree in Aquatic and Marine Biology and to complete the prerequisites for most veterinary programs (although these can differ depending on the vet school).
| First Year | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Units | Spring | Units | ||
| BIOL 100 | 0.0 | BIOL 142P | 1 | ||
| BIOL 141P | 1 | General Education Reqiurement | 1 | ||
| FSEM 100 | 1 | Elective | 1 | ||
| MATH 1511 | 1 | General Education Reqiurement | 1 | ||
| PRHP 101 | 0.0 | ||||
| General Education Reqiurement | 1 | ||||
| 4 | 4 | ||||
| Second Year | |||||
| Fall | Units | Spring | Units | ||
| BIOL 243Q | 1 | BIOL 244 | 1 | ||
| CHEM 141P | 1 | CHEM 142P | 1 | ||
| PHYS 121P2 | 1 | PHYS 122P2 | 1 | ||
| General Education Reqiurement | 1 | General Education Reqiurement | 1 | ||
| 4 | 4 | ||||
| Third Year | |||||
| Fall | Units | Spring | Units | Summer | Units |
| BIOL 301 | 1 | BIOL 300 or 400 level course3 | 1 | During the summer between third year and fourth year, or early in fourth year, the GRE needs to be taken. | |
| CHEM 201 | 1 | CHEM 301 | 1 | ||
| BIOL 397 | 0.5 to 1 | BIOL 497 | 0.5 | ||
| Junior Seminar4 | 1 | CHEM 2045 | 1 | ||
| PRHP 102 | 0.0 | ||||
| Elective6 | 1 | ||||
| 3.5-4 | 4.5 | 0 | |||
| Fourth Year | |||||
| Fall | Units | Spring | Units | ||
| BIOL 300 or 400 level course3 | 1 | BIOL 300 or 400 level course3 | 1 | ||
| BIOL 498 | 1 | BIOL 499 | 1 | ||
| Elective | 1 | Elective | 1 | ||
| Elective | 1 | Elective | 1 | ||
| 4 | 4 | ||||
| Total Units 32-32.5 | |||||
Some veterinary schools (including UF) require other courses like Animal Science and Animal Nutrition that must be taken during a summer and/or online before matriculation into that program.
- 1
Most veterinary programs require two semesters of Math, typically a statistics and a calculus course. BIOL 243Q may count as the statistics course but the veterinary programs should be consulted. The timing of the Math course is not critical; it can be taken at a later time. Some students may place into, and wish to take, MATH 130 or MATH 141Q.
- 2
The Physics sequence can be taken later.
- 3
4 upper division Biology courses must be taken during years 3 and 4. BIOL 301 must be one and the other 3 must be BIOL 306, BIOL 312, BIOL 313, BIOL 317, or BIOL 333.
- 4
The Junior Seminar can be taken in the spring instead of fall.
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CHEM 204 can be taken in year 4.
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During the spring of this year or next year, you will need to take another 0.5 or 1 unit course to average 4 units per semester.