VETERINARY TECHNOLOGY

 

VET 110                  SMALL ANIMAL NURSING I     Fall

This course provides skill development in handling, restraint, and nursing techniques in dogs and cats.  Emphasis is on obtaining medical history, record keeping, bathing, administering medicine, obtaining blood, urine, and fecal specimens, providing client information and preventive health.

Credit:  2 hours – One lecture and three lab hours per week.

Prerequisite(s):  Admission to program

 

VET 111                  SMALL ANIMAL NURSING II    Spring

This course is a continuation of VET 110 – Small Animal Nursing I with emphasis on bandaging, venipunture, dentistry and urinary disease.

Credit:  2 hours – One lecture and three lab hours per week.

Prerequisite(s):  Small Animal Nursing I-VET 110

 

VET 116                  LARGE ANIMAL NURSING  Fall

This course teaches handling, restraint, and nursing techniques in horses, cows, and sheep and includes fundamentals of selection, genetics, nutrition, and physiology of farm animals.

Credit:  4 hours – Three lecture and three lab hours per week.

Prerequisite(s):  Admission to program.

 

VET 117                  ANIMAL RADIOGRAPHY  Spring

This course teaches utilization of radiographic equipment on animal and positioning for various anatomical exposure with an emphasis on radiation safety and methods of obtaining high quality diagnostic pictures.

Credit:  2 hours – One lecture and two lab hours per week.

Prerequisite(s):  Admission to program.

 

VET 118                  VETERINARY PRACTICE MANAGEMENT  Fall

This course teaches office practices used in a veterinary hospital, including OSHA regulation, grief management, and customer relations.

Credit:  3 hours – Three lecture hours per week.

Prerequisite(s):  Admission to program

 

VET 119                  ANIMAL CLINICAL LAB I  Spring

This course teaches routine laboratory tests with an emphasis on hematology, urinalysis, and fecal examinations.

Credit:  2 hours – One lecture and three lab hours per week.

Prerequisite(s):  Admission to program

 

VET 133                  ANIMAL SURGERY TECHNOLOGY I

This course teaches methods of surgery preparation with emphasis on surgery packs, instruments, autoclaves, sterile technique, surgical preps, and suture material with an introduction to intubation and anesthesia.

Credit:  2 hours – One lecture and three lab hours per week.

Prerequisite(s):  Admission to program

 

VET 138                  ANIMAL PHARMACOLOGY I  Spring

This course presents a discussion of dosage and solution problems, dispensing procedures, client education, and administration of drugs.

Credit:  2 hours – Two lab hours per week.

Prerequisite(s):  Admission to program

 

VET 219                  ANIMAL CLINICAL LAB II  Fall

This course is a continuation of VET 119 – Animal Clinical Lab I with emphasis on blood chemistry, internal parasites, and CBC’s.

Credit:  2 hours – One lecture and three lab hours per week.

Prerequisite(s):  Animal Clinical Lab I-VET 119

 

VET 231                  ANIMAL CLINICAL ROTATION I  Summer

This course teaches skill and proficiency development through participation in clinical rotations at Humane Societies, clinical practices, animal disease lab or other clinical sites.  Rotations include equine, food animal, surgery, small animal radiology, necropsy, clinical pathology, wildlife, and exotic animals.

Credit:  6 hours – Forty lab hours per week.

Prerequisite(s):  Completion of the first year in the program

 

 

VET 232                  ANIMAL CLINICAL ROTATION II  Spring

This course teaches skill and proficiency development through participation in clinical rotations at humane societies, clinical practices, animal disease lab or other clinical sites.  Rotations include equine, food animal, surgery, small animal radiology, necropsy, clinical pathology, wildlife, and exotic animals.

Credit:  6 hours – Forty lab hours per week.

Prerequisite(s):  Completion of the first year of the program

 

VET 233                  ANIMAL SURGICAL TECHNOLOGY II  Fall

This course is a continuation of VET 133 – Animal Surgical Technology I with emphasis on anesthesia and surgical assisting.

Credit:  2 hours – One lecture and three lab hours per week.

Prerequisite(s):  Animal Surgical Technology I-VET133

 

VET 235                  LABORATORY ANIMALS  Fall

Introduction to care and use of laboratory animals with discussion of sanitary procedure, clinical pathology and common lab animal diseases.

Credit:  2 hour – Two lecture and two lab hours per week.

Prerequisite(s):  Admission to program.

 

VET 236                  ANIMAL MANAGEMENT  Spring

This course teaches principles of animal and business management to include nutrition, reproduction, pharmacology vaccinations, diseases, and laboratory tests.

Credit:  3 hours – Two lecture and three lab hours per week.

Prerequisite(s):  Admission to program

 

VET 237                  ZOOLOGICAL ANIMAL NURSING  Spring

This course teaches handling, restraint, and nursing techniques of zoological animals.

Credit:  3 hours – Two lecture and three lab hours per week.

Prerequisite(s):  Admission to program

 

VET 238                  ANIMAL PHARMACOLOGY II  Fall

This course is a continuation of VET 138 – Animal Pharmacology I, with emphasis on drugs currently used in veterinary practice.

Credit:  2 hours – Two lecture hours per week.

Prerequisite(s):  Animal Pharmacology I-VET 138

 

VET 239                  ANIMAL DISEASES  Fall

This course is a continuation of VET 133 – Animal Surgical Technology I, with emphasis on anesthesia and surgical assisting.

Credit:  2 hours – Two lecture hours per week.

Prerequisite(s):  Admission to program