Course Schedule

Non-Thesis Option
(Unless otherwise noted, all courses are assigned a letter grade.)

Note: All non-thesis master's students are required to complete and pass a written and oral final exam in their last semester in order to graduate.

Veterinary Forensics Courses		Credits	Spring	Summer	Fall
Core
VME 6052	Animal Crime Scene Processing	3		x
VME 6054	Scientific and Legal Principles of Forensic Evidence	3	x
VME 6051	Cruelty to Animals and Interpersonal Violence	3	x
VME 6575	Veterinary Forensic Medicine	3			x
ENY 6706	Forensic Entomology	3			x
Electives
VME 6053	Skeletal Trauma Analysis in Animals	3		x
VME 6056	Animal Law	3	x
VME 6578	Forensic Veterinary Osteology	3			x
VME 6577	Veterinary Pathology in Practice (course limited to DVM or equivalent degree holders or current students)	3			x
VME 6579	Veterinary Forensic Radiology and Imaging	3	x
VME 6570	Wildlife Conservation and Forensic Science	3		x
VME 6571	Forensic Applied Animal Behavior	3			x
VME 6572	Forensic Aspects of Agricultural Animal Welfare	3	x
VME 6576	Veterinary Forensic Pathology	3		x
VME 6573	Wildlife Forensic Genetics	3	x
VME 6615	Veterinary Forensic Toxicology	3		x
VME 6616	Critical Thinking and Environmental Monitoring of Veterinary Agents	3			x
VME 6617	Risk Assessment and Mitigation for the Use and Management of Veterinary Agents	3	x
VME 6934	Seminar in Veterinary Pathology	1 (8 max)	TBD	TBD	TBD
VME 6905	Problems in Veterinary Medical Sciences	1-4	x	x	x
WIS 5562	Conservation Medicine	3	x
WIS 6557	Wildlife Conservation Laws and Legislation	3			x
WIS 6559	Contemporary Issues in Wildlife Protection and Conservation	3		x
WIS 6561	Wildlife Crime Scene Processing	3	x

Thesis Option: Includes all of the Non-Thesis courses in addition to the following.
(Unless otherwise noted, all courses are assigned a letter grade.)

Veterinary Forensics Courses		Credits	Spring	Summer	Fall
VME 6934	Special Topics in Veterinary Forensic Sciences	1-4	x	x	x
VME 6910	Supervised Research	1-5 (S/U)	x	x	x
VME 6971	Masters Research	1-6 (6 max) (S/U)	x	x	x