Students: Undergraduate Programs: Majors and Minor

Animal Health
Get hands on with animals - before you start vet school.

Animal Health is a fast-track major for students serious about going to veterinary school. It's a three-year program that lets you, as an Animal Health major, use your first year of vet school as the fourth year of your Animal Health degree. If you aren't accepted into UGA's College of Veterinary Medicine by the end of your third year, that's okay. You haven't lost any time on a traditional four-year degree. You can finish your bachelor's with a degree in animal science, avian biology, poultry science, biological science or dairy science, and then reapply to vet school.

Sound like your kind of pre-vet degree? Check out more info below or go ahead and apply now to study Animal Health.

What Can I Study?

Visit the course plan below for a typical course sequence for an Animal Health major. You will determine the right classes for your interests with the help of your advisor.

• Animal Health (4-Year Course Plan) (pdf)

The UGA Bulletin has more information about required classes and available electives for the animal health major.

Additional Opportunities

Pre-professional opportunities:
Pre-Medicine, Pre-Veterinary Medicine

Study Abroad:
Thailand: Cultural, Social, and Environmental Sustainability, France: French and European Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

Internships:
Congressional Agricultural Fellowship, Cooperative Extension Internship, Emerging Scholars Internship, Georgia Farm Bureau Legislative Internship, Rural Caucus Legislative Internship, Winegrowers of Georgia Internship

Clubs:
Ag Hill Council, AGHON (Honorary), Alpha Gamma Rho Fraternity, Alpha Zeta (Honorary), Block and Bridle, CAES Ambassadors (Honorary), Collegiate 4-H, Collegiate FFA, Collegiate FFA (Tifton campus), Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Related Sciences (MANRRS), Poultry Science Club, Pre-Vet Club, Sigma Alpha Sorority, Student Government Association

High School Programs:
Animal Science in Action, Weekend in the Classic City, Young Scholars Internship Program