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Academic Prerequisites for Veterinary School
A program in Pre-Veterinary Medicine is offered through the Departments of Biological Sciences and Animal Science. Although the Pre-Veterinary programs offered through both departments meet all the requirements for admission to the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine, a student is typically best suited for one program or the other. It is important that a student discuss with an advisor which program is best suited to his or her interests, skills, and goals.
The specific course requirements for entry in Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine with Tarleton's equivalents are listed below.
| Credit hrs | Equivalent Tarleton Courses | ||
| Life Sciences | |||
| General Biology with lab | 4 | BIOL 120/121 | |
| General Microbiology | 4 | BIOL 307 | |
| Genetics | 3 | BIOL 303 | |
| Animal Sciences | |||
| General Animal Science |
3 | ANSC 107 | |
| Animal Nutrition or Feeds & Feeding | 3 | ANSC 406 or 309 | |
| Chemical Sciences | |||
| Inorganic Chemistry with lab | 8 | CHEM 105 & 108 | |
| Organic Chemistry with lab | 6 | CHEM 201 & 202 | |
| Biochemistry | 5 | BIOL 474/475 or CHEM 474/475 | |
| Mathematics/Physics | |||
| Calculus or Statistics | 3 | MATH 120 or 350 | |
| Physics | 8 | PHYS 104 & 105 | |
| English/Communications | |||
| Composition and Rhetoric | 3 | ENGL 111 | |
| Literature | 3 | ENGL 220 or 250 | |
| Technical Writing | 3 | ENGL 309 | |
| Speech Communications | 3 | COMS 102 or 301 |
Veterinary Schools in Texas
There is one veterinary school in Texas: