Program details and sample curriculum
Veterinary Business Management Major Flyer.pdf
The Veterinary Business Management major requires students to complete the scientific coursework necessary to apply to veterinary school.
If your dream is to run a veterinary practice, this degree offers business-oriented classes to assist in running a veterinary practice like small business management and entrepreneurship, financial management, agricultural law business, and marketing agricultural products.
Examples of common core and major requirement classes
- Small Business Management and Entrepreneurship: Development and operation of a small business, including concepts and principles such as franchising, business plans, capital acquisition, and more.
- Marketing Agricultural Products: Structure of the agricultural marketing system with emphasis on factors determining farm-level prices.
- Principles of Biology Laboratory: Emphasizes biological principles through investigative exercises and collaborative learning.
- Medical Terminology: Structure, pronunciation, and use of medical terms; anatomical structures and body systems; terms used in pathology, testing, diagnosis, surgery, pharmacology, and treatment.
Sample curriculum
TOTAL Credits = 122 credits
Undergraduate Catalog Course Descriptions
Individual programs depend on transfer credits, if applicable
- Fall Semester: AAEC 1005, ENGL 1105, BIOL 1105, BIOL 1115 (1 credit), CHEM 1035, CHEM 1045 (1 credit) = 17 credits
- Spring Semester: AAEC 1006, ENGL 1106, Pathways 5F class, BIOL 1106, BIOL 1116 (1 credit), CHEM 1036, CHEM 1046 (1 credit) = 17 credits
- Fall Semester: AAEC 2434, PHYS 2205, PHYS 2215 (1 credit), CHEM 2535, CHEM 2545 (1 credit), Pathways 2 class, Pathways 6-Design class = 17 credits
- Spring Semester: AAEC 3454, CHEM 2536, CHEM 2546 (1 credit), PHYS 2206, PHYS 2216 (1 credit), BCHM 2024 = 14 credits
- Fall Semester: STAT 3615, AAEC 3504, AAEC 3604, ACIS 2115, Pathways 2 class = 15 credits
- Spring Semester: AAEC 3014, AAEC 3424, AAEC 3024, COMM 2004, Pathways 7 class = 15 credits
- Fall Semester: AAEC 4424, ENGL 3774, Pathways 6-Arts class, Free elective, Free elective = 15 credits
- Spring Semester: AAEC Restricted Elective, Free elective, Free elective, Free elective = 12 credits
You will learn the following key skill sets from this major
- Small business management
- Marketing
- Financial analysis
- Critical thinking
Potential careers
- Veterinarian
- Veterinarian technician
- Entrepreneur
A highlight of companies who hire our graduates
- American Farm Bureau Federation
- CropLife America
- Delta Air Lines
- Department of Labor
- Harvard University
- Georgetown University
- IBM
- John Deere Company
- Johnson & Johnson
- KPMG
- National Corn Growers Association
- Norfolk Southern
- Northrop Grumman
- Syngenta
- U.S. Government, and more...