Veterinary Medicine

Applicants wishing to enter the four-year veterinary medicine program are required to have completed two years (60 credit units) of full-time pre-veterinary medicine studies. These studies may be undertaken in the Colleges of Arts and Science or Agriculture. To complete the courses required in the pre-veterinary medicine years, applicants will normally need to have credit for the following high school subjects: Mathematics B30 and C30 (or, under the old mathematics curriculum, Algebra 30 and Geometry-Trigonometry 30), Biology 30, Chemistry 30 and Physics 30. The pre-veterinary medicine program consists of the following university courses in the following subject areas or their equivalents:

(1) English or Literature (6 credit units)

(2) Chemistry (6 credit units)

(3) Organic Chemistry (3 credit units)

(4) Biochemistry (6 credit units)

(5) Physics (6 credit units)

(6) Mathematics or Statistics (6 credit units)

(7) Biology (6 credit units)

(8) Genetics (3 credit units)

(9) Introductory Microbiology (3 credit units)

(10) Electives (15 credit units, sufficient to complete two full years).

At the University of Saskatchewan, pre-veterinary medicine course requirements may be met by the following courses.

(1) ENG 110.6 or any two of ENG 111.3, 112.3, 113.3, 114.3

(2) CHEM 112.3, 115.3 (or BIOCH 212.3) and CHEM 250.3

(3) MATH 101.3 and STATS 103.3 or 110.3 and 3 additional credit units in mathematics or statistics

(4) PHYS 111.6

(5) BIOL 110.6 and 211.3

(6) BIOCH 200.3 and 211.3

(7) AP MC 212.3 or MICRO 214.3

(8) Sufficient electives to meet the additional 15 credit unit requirement

It is the applicant's responsibility to ensure that the pre-veterinary medicine courses are acceptable as prerequisite courses for admission to the D.V.M. program. Ordinarily, pre-veterinary medicine advisors at other universities in western Canada know the appropriate pre-veterinary medicine courses which can be taken in their institutions.

For further information regarding admission requirements and application procedures, see the Western College of Veterinary Medicine section of the Calendar .

Aboriginal Applicants

With the approval of the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission, the Western College of Veterinary Medicine recently introduced an Educational Equity Program for Aboriginal Students. In this program, a defined number of seats have been allocated for self-identified applicants of Aboriginal descent. These applicants will be ranked among themselves and not against the general applicant pool.

Proof of Aboriginal ancestry will be required and must be provided at the time of application. For the purpose of admission, the documents that are accepted as proof of Aboriginal ancestry are listed in the General Information section of the Calendar .

If you wish to be considered under this program, please enclose a letter of intent with your completed application form as well as proof of ancestry.