{"id":3179,"date":"2025-03-27T14:15:27","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T14:15:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/haysc\/?page_id=3179"},"modified":"2025-09-30T17:52:19","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T17:52:19","slug":"veterinary-professional-associate-program-at-csu","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/haysc\/advising\/pre-veterinary-advising-3\/veterinary-professional-associate-program-at-csu\/","title":{"rendered":"Veterinary Professional Associate Program at CSU"},"content":{"rendered":"

Metropolitan State University of Denver Biology Department Advising Handout<\/b><\/h4>\n

Last updated September 2025<\/p>\n

Requirements \u00a0for admission to the five-semester VPA Veterinary Professional Associate Program -Master of Science in Veterinary Clinical Care (MSB-VCC) at Colorado State University<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. A Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited institution is required.<\/li>\n
  2. A minimum of 150 veterinary experience hours are required.<\/li>\n
  3. Application deadline for Spring 2026 start is October 15, 2025.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  4. 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).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    PREREQUISITES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
    Written Communication<\/strong><\/td>\nENG 1010<\/td>\nComposing Arguments<\/td>\n3 credits<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Mathematics<\/strong><\/td>\nMTH 1210<\/td>\nIntro to Statistics<\/td>\n4 credits<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Biology<\/strong><\/td>\nOne of these choices:<\/p>\n

    1-BIO 2310* AND<\/u> BIO 2320; OR<\/u><\/p>\n

    2-BIO 3220*AND<\/u>\u00a0 BIO 3320*OR<\/u> BIO 3360*<\/td>\n

    		1- Human Anatomy and Physiology I AND II; OR<\/u><\/p>\n

    2-Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy AND<\/u> Advanced Human Physiology OR<\/u> Animal Physiology<\/td>\n

    		8-9 credits<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Biology<\/strong><\/td>\nBIO 3600* or 3610*<\/td>\nGenetics<\/td>\n4 credits<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Chemistry<\/strong><\/td>\nOne of these choices: CHE 1100 OR<\/u> CHE 1800<\/td>\nPrinciples of Chemistry OR<\/u> General Chemistry I<\/td>\n4 credits<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Chemistry<\/strong><\/td>\nOne of these choices: CHE 2100 OR<\/u> CHE 3100*<\/td>\nIntroduction to Organic and Biological Chemistry OR<\/u> Organic Chemistry I<\/td>\n4 credits<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Physics<\/strong><\/td>\nOne\u00a0 of these choices:<\/p>\n

    1-PHY 1000;<\/p>\n

    OR<\/u><\/p>\n

    2- PHY 2010*<\/td>\n

    		1-Physics of Nature; OR<\/u><\/p>\n

    2-College Physics 1<\/td>\n

    		4-5 credits<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

    *Note:\u00a0 These courses have additional prerequisites beyond this list.\u00a0 Check the <\/strong>University Catalog<\/strong><\/a> for all prerequisites.<\/strong><\/p>\n

    For additional information, see the Colorado State University Master of Science in Veterinary Clinical Care website.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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