Department of Biology and Chemistry

In order to serve students from the state of South Carolina and beyond who have ambitions to be a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Newberry College is pleased to announce a transition from its Veterinary Technology program to a concentration in Pre-Veterinary Studies. The intent is to enable more students to successfully enter a Veterinary Medical School. Taking currently existing courses in the sciences, this new concentration in Pre-Veterinary Studies will now be offered, beginning in the fall of 2006. It will be offered under the umbrella of the Bachelor of Science program in Biology. Even though the B.S. program in Biology has ably prepared many students in the past for entry into Veterinary School, Newberry College will now offer this new concentration as a means to attract and prepare students through a more formally structured curriculum. It is hoped the new program will rival the excitement that has been generated through another recently approved concentration in the sciences: Forensic Science within the Chemistry major.

For many years students have entered veterinary school upon their graduation from Newberry College. In fact, in the past five years students have been accepted into veterinary medical school programs at Auburn University, Louisiana State University, Tuskegee University, the University of Georgia, and the University of Tennessee Knoxville. The new concentration in Pre-Veterinary Studies will build upon this success and better specifically prepare students intent upon a career in Veterinary Medicine.

More information will be posted as it becomes available.