Doctor of Veterinary Medicine
A career in veterinary medicine offers outstanding opportunities to help animals and to advance comparative medical knowledge. The veterinarian diagnoses and looks at the prognosis of disease, prescribes drugs or therapy or performs surgery on animals. Many specialize in certain groups of animals.

Our urbanized society has a great interest in animal life and the agricultural community has a great need for well-trained persons. Usually not only the diseases of animals are studied, but issues related to animals, such as animal welfare, ethical dimensions of veterinary medicine, and roles of animals in urban and rural environments and societies.

The job opportunities include a veterinary practitioner, research scientist, public health officer, industrial or military veterinarian, or veterinary educator.

Veterinary Schooling Requirements
Admission into a veterinary school requires much of the same training as medical school. The applicant may either complete a preveterinary program which usually takes three years or get a bachelors degree (which most schools prefer).

Then they must apply to a school of veterinary medicine. The application process includes recommendations, Veterinary Aptitude Test (VAT) or in a few cases the Graduate Record Exam (GRE) prior to January of the year they are applying. Applicants also need to have a grade point average that is competitive for the school they are planning to attend, and the minimum math and science academic requirements, and some general education classes.

Veterinary training consists of four years. The first year is most often didactic teaching and laboratory instruction which focuses on the basic biomedical sciences. The second year is usually concerned with pathophysiology of specific diseases. The final two years are a variety of clinical rotations.

Math/Science Requirements for Admission to Veterinary School

• Biology - 2 semesters
• General Chemistry - 2 semesters
• Organic Chemistry - 2 semesters
• Physics - 2 semesters
• Math - 2 semesters (or 1 of math and one of statistics)

Highly Recommended:

• Biochemistry - 1 semester
• Genetics - 1 semester
• Microbiology - 1 semester
• Physiology - 1 semester
• Comparative or Developmental anatomy - 1 semester

Most schools also require a number of general education courses that include english, behavioral/social science, and humanities.

The Greenville Advantage
The liberal arts education at Greenville is an excellent preparation for entrance into veterinary school. The liberal arts education prepares students well for admission exams such as the VAT, GRE, or MCAT (Medical College Admittance Test).

The classes from the Division of Mathematics, Natural and Computer Science are rigorous courses that place emphasis on fundamental concepts taught by specialists in the field. The courses are those designed for majors in each respecitive department.

Greenville's emphasis on the whole person and servant leadership helps a students to learn to assist those in the community in which they work.

Accredation
Greenville College is fully accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, as well as several other academic affiliations.