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BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES:
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Minimum Semester Credits
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| Laboratory associated with a biological sciences course |
1
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| Genetics (upper division course preferred) |
3
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PHYSICAL SCIENCES:
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| Laboratory associated with a chemistry class |
1
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| Biochemistry (must require organic chemistry as prerequisite) |
3
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| Physics with laboratory |
4
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MATH:
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| Statistics (upper division course preferred - calculus is not a substitute)
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3
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ARTS & HUMANITIES/BEHAVIORAL & SOCIAL SCIENCES:
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| English Composition |
3
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| Art, dance, English, humanities, foreign language, music, philosophy,
speech, theater, anthropology, economics, geography, history, political
sciences, psychology, sociology |
12
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OTHER:
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| Electives |
30
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| TOTAL |
60
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Additional courses which are not required, but are highly
recommended include: microbiology, cell biology, developmental
biology, computer sciences, anatomy, physiology, histology, nutrition,
and other advanced biomedical sciences. Courses taken at vocational and proprietary
schools will not be accepted.
SAMPLE COURSE
DESCRIPTIONS
AT
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY
GENETICS: ONE OF THE FOLLOWING COURSES:
SOCR330 - 3 semester credits - Principles of Genetics
Prerequisite: BZ110 or BZ120 or LIFE102
Transmission, population, and molecular genetics; practical applications.
MIP450 - 3 semester credits - Microbial Genetics
Prerequisite: MIP300 (General Microbiology); BC351 or BC401 or concurrent
registration.
Principles of genetics at molecular level: mutation, recombination, complementation,
suppression, control of gene expression, & recombinant DNA.
BZ350 - 4 semester credits - Molecular and General Genetics
Prerequisite: LIFE102; one course in statistics. Primarily for students
in biological sciences.
Mendelian, molecular, and population genetics emphasizing the molecular
basis of genetics.
BZ455 - 3 semester credits - Human Heredity and Birth Defects
Prerequisites: BZ111 or LIFE103
Human heredity and its individual and social implications; causes of congenital
defects.
BC463 - 3 semester credits - Molecular Genetics
Prerequisites: BC401 or concurrent registration or BC351; LIFE201B. Credit not allowed for both BC463 and BC563.
Molecular basis of gene structure, replication, repair, recombination,
and expression.
BIOCHEMISTRY: ONE OF THE FOLLOWING COURSES:
BC351 - 4 semester credits - Principles of Biochemistry
Prerequisite: BZ110 or BZ120 or LIFE102; CHEM245 or CHEM346 or
concurrent registration in CHEM343 (Organic Chemistry). For majors in biological
sciences, engineering, and preprofessional students in the health sciences.
Structure and function of biological molecules; biocatalysis; metabolism
and energy transduction; gene expression.
BC401 - 3 semester credits - Comprehensive Biochemistry I
Prerequisite: CHEM245 or CHEM345 or concurrent registration in CHEM345; MATH155
or MATH160.
Macromolecular structure and dynamics; membranes; enzymes; bioenergetics.
PHYSICS: ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:
PH121 - 5 semester credits - General Physics I
Corequisite: MATH125 (Numerical Trigonometry)
Concepts of force, torque, energy, momentum, work used to cover fluids,
waves, sound, temperature, heat; biological, physical examples (noncalculus).
PH122 - 5 semester credits - General Physics II
Prerequisite: PH121. Credit not allowed for both PH122 and PH142.
Electricity including electrostatics and simple circuits; magnetism; optics;
nuclear physics, radiation; biological, physical examples (noncalculus).
PH141 - 5 semester credits - Physics for Scientists and Engineers
I
Prerequisite: MATH126; MATH155 or MATH160. (Calculus). Students who
have had high school physics may enroll in MATH155 or MATH160 concurrently.
Credit not allowed for both PH141 and PH121.
Forces, energy, momentum, angular momentum, oscillations, waves, heat,
thermodynamics (calculus based).
STATISTICS: ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:
STAT301 - 3 semester credits - Introduction to Statistical Methods
Prerequisite: MATH118 (College Algebra).
Techniques in statistical inference; confidence intervals, hypothesis
tests, correlation and regression, analysis of variance, chi-square tests.
STAT307/ERHS307 - 3 semester credits - Introduction to Biostatistics
Prerequisite: MCC118 (College Algebra). Credit allowed for only one
course: STAT301, STAT307, ERHS307, STAT309, STAT311.
Biostatistical methods; confidence intervals, hypothesis tests, simple
correlation and regression, one-way analysis of variance.
If you are within one year of application to PVM or have specific
admissions questions not answered on the web site, email questions to:
DVMAdmissions@colostate.edu
If you have general or preveterinary questions not answered on
the web site, email questions to: PrevetAdviser@colostate.edu
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