Metropolitan State University of Denver Biology Department Advising Handout
Last updated March 2025
Requirements for admission to the VPA Veterinary Professional Associate Program -Master of Science in Veterinary Clinical Care (MSB-VCC) at Colorado State University
- A Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited institution is required.
- A minimum of 150 veterinary experience hours are required.
- The following prerequisites are required with a grade of C- or above and preference is given to those students who choose the more difficult courses (e.g. CHE 1800 rather than CHE 1100).
PREREQUISITES
| Written Communication | ENG 1010 | Composing Arguments | 3 credits |
| Mathematics | One of these choices: MTH 1109 OR MTH 1110 OR MTH 1111 OR MTH 1112 OR MTH 1115 | College Algebra for Calculus or Thru Modeling | 4 credits |
| MTH 1210 | Intro to Statistics | 4 credits | |
| Biology | BIO 1080 AND BIO 1090 | General Biology I with Lab | 4 credits |
| One of these choices:
1-BIO 2310 AND BIO 2320; OR 2-BIO 3220*AND BIO 3320*OR BIO 3360* |
1- Human Anatomy and Physiology I AND II; OR
2-Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy AND Advanced Human Physiology OR Animal Physiology |
8-9 credits | |
| BIO 2400* | General Microbiology | 5 credits | |
| BIO 3600* or 3610* | Genetics | 4 credits | |
| Chemistry | One of these choices: CHE 1100 OR CHE 1800 | Principles of Chemistry OR General Chemistry I | 4 credits |
| One of these choices: CHE 2100 OR CHE 3100* | Introduction to Organic and Biological Chemistry OR Organic Chemistry I | 4 credits | |
| Physics | One of these choices:
1-PHY 1000; OR 2- PHY 2010* |
1-Physics of Nature; OR
2-College Physics 1 |
4-5 credits |
*Note: These courses have additional prerequisites beyond this list. Check the University Catalog for all prerequisites.
For additional information, see the Colorado State University Master of Science in Veterinary Clinical Care website.