Department of Biology

Preveterinary Medicine

IUPUI offers an organized four-semester preveterinary curriculum for students who want to meet the requirements for admission to the Purdue University School of Veterinary Medicine. This curriculum also provides for a rigorous program in the biological and physical sciences that may be used as a basis for continued training in the Purdue University School of Agriculture should the degree of Bachelor of Science be desired.

Students who have successfully completed two or more years of preveterinary instruction at IUPUI are eligible to apply for admission to the School of Veterinary Medicine at Purdue University, West Lafayette. Admission to the School of Veterinary Medicine is highly competitive. Students are selected on the basis of college course work and grades, Graduate Record Exam (GRE) scores (General Aptitude Test only), and the extent and nature of the applicant’s experience with animals and practicing veterinarians. The selection committee is also concerned with the individual’s level of motivation, degree of maturity, and general character.

The requirements for admission to the preveterinary curriculum are the same as those for other programs in the School of Agriculture.

Preveterinary Sample Program
Freshman Year
First Semester
BIOL K101 Concepts of Biology I - 5 cr.
CHEM C105 Principles of Chemistry I - 5 cr.
ENG W131 Elementary Composition I - 3 cr.
MATH 221 Calculus for Technology I - 3 cr.
Total: 16 cr.

Second Semester
BIOL K103 Concepts of Biology II - 5 cr.
CHEM C106 Principles of Chemistry II - 5 cr.
ENG W132 Elementary Composition II - 3 cr.
MATH 222 Calculus for Technology II - 3 cr.
Total: 16

Summer Sessions
Humanities and Social Science Electives 6 cr.

Sophomore Year
Third Semester
BIOL K322 Genetics 3 cr.
BIOL K323 Genetics Laboratory 2 cr.
CHEM C341 Organic Chemistry I 3 cr.
CHEM C343 Organic Chemistry Laboratory I 2 cr.
PHYS P201 General Physics I 5 cr.
Total: 15 cr.

Fourth Semester
CHEM C3421 Organic Chemistry II 3 cr.
CHEM C344 Organic Chemistry Laboratory II 2 cr.
COMM R110 Fundamentals of Speech Communication 3 cr.
PHYS P202 General Physics II 5 cr.
STAT 301 Elementary Statistical Methods I 3 cr.
Total: 6 cr.

Summer Sessions
Humanities, Social Science Electives 6 cr.
BIOC B500 Biochemistry 3 cr.
Total: 9 cr.

Junior and Senior Years

Transfer to School of Veterinary Science and Medicine, Purdue University, West Lafayette.