{"id":738,"date":"2014-07-05T17:13:15","date_gmt":"2014-07-05T21:13:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/advising\/?p=738"},"modified":"2026-04-01T11:23:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T15:23:54","slug":"animal-and-veterinary-science-b-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/advising\/animal-and-veterinary-science-b-s\/","title":{"rendered":"Animal and Veterinary Science,\u00a0B.S."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Major to Career<\/h2>

Explore career outcomes, jobs, internships and more for this major.<\/p><\/div><\/div>

CCEE Virtual Career Center<\/div><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n

Academic Advising Resources<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Choose from two options for this major:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Animal Science<\/strong> option includes coursework in animal nutrition, anatomy and physiology, behavior, and disease in both large and small animals. Graduates find employment in zoos, aquariums, pharmaceutical companies, pet food companies, federal, state, and local opportunities dealing with disease control and public health, and in teaching and research or as veterinary technicians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Pre-Veterinary Option<\/strong> is designed to prepare students for admission to veterinary schools, or to pursue graduate programs in animal physiology and health. Veterinarians work in private, in federal, state, and local assignments dealing with disease control and public health, and in teaching and research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FISS Advisors<\/h2>\n\n\n
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The first champions on your academic journey are professional academic advisors in Roosevelt Hall. Academic advisors provide insight on courses to keep you on track within your major. To make an appointment with your academic advisor, log on to Starfish.<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<\/p>\n

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College of the Environment and Life Sciences<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t

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Faculty Advisors<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Faculty advisors are content matter and course option experts within each major. Meet with a faculty advisor to discuss research opportunities, career pathways, and preparation for graduate\u00a0school.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<\/p>\n

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College of the Environment and Life Sciences Advisors<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Once you have met the requirements of your degree program, the next milestone on your Academic Rhode trip is the transition from FISS to your Degree College. Here you will meet a new team of champions to support your journey. These advisors are experts within your major and will also help you stay on track to meet your graduation requirements.<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<\/p>\n

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Attention CELS Students:<\/h1>\n\n

If you are a Sophomore, Junior or Senior and have been notified that you have completed the requirements for transfer to the College of the Environment and Life Sciences (CELS), please log into Starfish<\/a> for information on how to make an appointment with your CELS Faculty Advisor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 4 Year Blank Fillable Worksheet<\/a> is for planning purposes only and does not equate or replace your major specific curriculum sheet. This is NOT your Curriculum Sheet. This tool can be used to map out your individual 4-year plan while at URI. This form is not to be turned in as part of your Graduation Application. Please scroll down further to download your curriculum sheet.<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n

Curriculum Sheets<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

BS: Animal Science Option<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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BS: Pre-Veterinary Option<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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BS: Pre-Veterinary Option (UofG FEEPASS Year)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Major Entry Requirements<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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    Choose from three tracks: Animal Management, Animal Science or Pre-Veterinary<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":706,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[156],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-college-of-the-environment-and-life-sciences"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/advising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/advising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/advising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/advising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/706"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/advising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=738"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/advising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/738\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32532,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/advising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/738\/revisions\/32532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/advising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/advising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/advising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}