Exploration of the process of domestication for five different companion animals: the cat, dog, horse, rabbit, and parrot. The student will learn the behavior of the wild ancestors and the current domestic animals and explore various aspects of the human-animal bond and human-animal relationship, as well as the place of animals in various human religions. Introduction to the training techniques and tools used for the training of dogs and horses. Students will use the information they have learned and engage in discussions of the welfare of these five species when under human care, both as general concepts and as specific issues.

Cells organize to form tissues. The body is composed of four basic tissues that together form organs. Organs interact to create organ systems. Introduction to the four basic tissues, identification of these tissues in different organ systems, and gaining an appreciation for how the function of an organ is dependent on its structure.

Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that requires students to gather, analyze, synthesize, and interpret data and to present results in writing and other relevant communication formats.

Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that requires students to gather, analyze, synthesize, and interpret data and to present results in writing and other relevant communication formats.

Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that requires students to gather, analyze, synthesize, and interpret data and to present results in writing and other relevant communication formats.

Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that requires students to gather, analyze, synthesize, and interpret data. Students will write or produce a thesis or other professional capstone product, such as a report or portfolio that describes their systematic and in-depth inquiry.

Topics on cell and tissue structure and function. Histological organization of different body systems will be presented in fourteen online modules. Prepares students for histology courses in the professional program and also satisfies some of the prerequisites for admission to the professional curriculum.

An overview of the physiology of the endocrine system and disorders associated with each endocrine organ. Drugs used to treat these disorders will be presented. We will also learn about metabolic disorders, endocrine disruptors, and animal models of endocrine and metabolic disorders.

Designed to make pre-veterinary students understand the general principles of anatomy and appreciate the species differences in different aspects of anatomy. This course will also prepare them to be ready for the comparative veterinary gross anatomy courses in schools and colleges of veterinary medicine when they join their DVM program.

Provide correlation between gross and normal radiographic anatomy of large and small animals, provide a foundation for radiographic interpretive paradigms and imaging terminology and introduce the basic physics of image formation of different diagnostic imaging modalities with an emphasis on radiography.

This course provides an opportunity for students to review and apply anatomical principles and facts, with a clinical perspective, to the diagnosis of diseases and approaches for surgical intervention. Species studied will be the horse and ox. Review of the topography of normal animals as they relate to physical diagnosis will be studied.

Dissection-based course using the horse and food animals in a comparative manner. The horse, ox, and goat will be dissected in relative detail with comparisons to the pig. Emphasis will be on the anatomy necessary for clinical diagnosis and surgical intervention.