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Science Concentration 2024-2025 Printable Degree Sheet Students interested in pursuing a career in Veterinary Medicine are rencouraged to major in Animal Science with a Science Concentration. This concentration is designed to best prepare students for graduate school and serves as the core concentration for all the pre-professional options students can choose within the department. Prerequisite requirements for Texas Tech University and Texas A&M University are listed below. Click HERE to establish a pre-veterinary connection.
	Texas Tech University Courses That Meet Texas Tech University School of Veterinary Medicine Requirements		Texas Tech University Courses That Meet Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine Requirements
Subject	Credit Hours	Courses	Credit Hours	Courses
Required Prerequisites
General Biology with lab	4	BIOL 1403	4	BIOL 1403
General Microbiology with lab	4	MBIO 3400 or MBIO 3401	4	MBIO 3401
Genetics	4	ANSC 3402 or BIOL 3416 or PSS 3421	3	BIOL 3416 or PSS 3421
Animal Nutrition	3	ANSC 3301 or ANSC 3307	3	ANSC 3301 or ANSC 3305 or ANSC 3307
Inorganic Chemistry with lab	8	CHEM 1307/CHEM 1107 and CHEM 1308/CHEM 1108	8	CHEM 1307/CHEM 1107 and CHEM 1308/CHEM 1108
Organic Chemistry with lab	4	CHEM 3305/CHEM 3105	8	CHEM 3305/CHEM 3105 and CHEM 3306/CHEM 3106
Biochemistry (must be lecture hours only)	3	CHEM 3310 or CHEM 3311	3	CHEM 3310 or CHEM 3311
Statistics	3	MATH 2300 or MATH 2345 or AAEC 2301	3	MATH 2345 or AAEC 2301
Physics with lab	4	PHYS 1403	8	PHYS 1403 and PHYS 1404
English	3	ENGL 1301	6	Any 2 English courses
Communications/Public Speaking	0	(not required)	3	COMS 2300 or COMS 2358
Additional Information
Texas Tech University Applicants must be residents of Texas or New Mexico. Up to 10% of the student body may be New Mexico residents. All prerequisite courses must be completed with a grade of “C” or better. Texas A&M University All prerequisite courses must be completed with a grade of “C” or better. Genetics, Animal Nutrition, Biochemistry and Statistics must be completed at a four-year institution only. For Entry Year 2026, only 4 hours of Physics will be required, rather than 8 hours.

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Texas Tech University, Department of Animal and Food Sciences, Box 42141, Lubbock, TX 79409
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moriah.beyers@ttu.edu

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