All students must complete the following Core requirements:

• VETM 5201 - International Veterinary Medicine (1 credit)

  Elective course for second and third year students (when curriculum change occurs, will be for first and second year students); combination lecture/discussion course

   

• Externship in a foreign country (minimum of 4 credits)

  Minimum 3-week experience in a foreign country involving some aspect of veterinary medicine; can occur at any time during the four year period (4 credit hours; grade to be determined by host evaluation (3 credits), and development of a page describing the experience (to be placed on the CVM International Activities web site (1 credit)). For externships exceeding 3 weeks, 1 credit will be added for each additional week and will be evaluated as above.
  

   

  Students are free to participate in a second externship for credit (see International Experience - Senior Elective below).

   

• Proficiency in a foreign language

  Elementary conversational ability in a foreign language – proficiency determined by passing two semesters of a foreign language or completing proficiency test (oral or written, administered by the university; can be completed as a prerequisite or a corequisite). (No credit conferred.)

Plus 3 credits from a department outside of the veterinary school*:

This 3 credit course will be a 4960 course - this is the designated number for Directed Reading or Special Projects that every department offers. Students should think about what area outside of veterinary medicine they would most like to explore and then devise a topic that could be studied, in a fairly independent manner, that would link veterinary medicine with that area. Then, contact professors in that department to oversee the Special Projects course and enroll. You may need to work with faculty in the veterinary school (Dr. Brown) to help you get this organized with campus faculty. But before talking to Dr. Brown, think about an area or subject that would be interesting to you and would help to complete a “portfolio” of international veterinary medicine to further your career.This 3 credit course will be a 4960 course - this is the designated number for Directed Reading or Special Projects that every department offers. Students should think about what area outside of veterinary medicine they would most like to explore and then devise a topic that could be studied, in a fairly independent manner, that would link veterinary medicine with that area. Then, contact professors in that department to oversee the Special Projects course and enroll. You may need to work with faculty in the veterinary school (Dr. Brown) to help you get this organized with campus faculty. But before talking to Dr. Brown, think about an area or subject that would be interesting to you and would help to complete a “portfolio” of international veterinary medicine to further your career.

Any electives that involves large animal medicine, avian medicine, wildlife, food safety, diagnostics, or public health. *to be approved by International Activities Coordinators.

*to be approved by International Activities Coordinators

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