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DEPARTMENT OF VETERINARY SCIENCE

  • This page contains links to course related materials as well as course requirements. It is intended for the use of current students as well as prospective students.

    Courses currently being taught in the Pathobiology Program (Spring, 2002):

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    • Instructor:

    Dr. Harvill

  • Required and Recommended Courses

    The Graduate School requires no specified number of courses for the attainment of the doctorate. However, the department requires that all graduate students complete the course requirements outlined as above for the M.S. degree. A minimum grade-point average of 3.00 for work done at the University is required. There are formal communication requirements for the Ph.D. degree in Pathobiology which are required by the Graduate School. The doctoral committee will assess the technical writing and oral communication skills of the candidate and may require that formal course work or other means to improve these skills be undertaken. The graduate program requires that each graduate student have 3 credits in statistics. However, Ph.D. candidates are expected to have statistical skills equivalent to those learned in STAT 501 and 502. The candidacy examination committee and the doctoral committee will assess the student’s competence in statistics and may require that additional course work be taken.

    A candidacy examination is given to students entering the Ph.D. program and after they complete at least twelve hours of postbaccalaureate course work. After being admitted to candidacy, each doctoral candidate is guided by a doctoral committee consisting of four or more members of the graduate faculty. At least one member and preferably two are from other departments. These committees are appointed through the Office of Graduate Student Programs, upon recommendation of the department head, after the student is admitted to candidacy.

    Currently Accepted Courses

    VETERINARY SCIENCE (V SC)

    402. (ENT) BIOLOGY OF ANIMAL PARASITES (3)
    405. LABORATORY ANIMAL SCIENCE (3)
    407. DAIRY HERD HEALTH PROGRAMS (2)
    420. GENERAL ANIMAL PATHOLOGY (3)
    425. (PTYSC) PRINCIPLES OF AVIAN DISEASES (3)
    435. (M C B/MICRB) MEDICAL VIROLOGY (2)
    489. (M C B) METHODS OF ANIMAL CELL CULTURE (3)
    496. INDEPENDENT STUDIES (1-18)
    497A. PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF LACTATION (2)

    514. (NUTRN) PROSTAGLANDINS AND LEUKOTRIENES (3) Biochemical, physiological, and nutritional aspects of arachidonic acid and related essential fatty acid metabolism. Structure-activity relationships of prostaglandins, prostacyclins, thromboxanes, and leukotrienes. Prerequisite: BIOCH 402 or BIOCH 497.

    520. PATHOBIOLOGY (3) Mechanism of disease processes. Prerequisites: V SC 420; BIOCH 401 or 437.
    590. COLLOQUIUM (1-3) 596. INDIVIDUAL STUDIES (1-9)
    597A. CYTOKINES (1) Overviews the role of cytokines in the pathology, treatment, and prevention of disease.
    598. SPECIAL TOPICS (1-9)