Acceptable U of G Prerequisite Courses - 2026 DVM Application Cycle
In preparing for an application to the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine program, University of Guelph students should consult the list of acceptable prerequisites. Detailed course descriptions can be found within the University of Guelph Undergraduate Calendar.
All prerequisites must be completed by December 31st of the Fall semester prior to the anticipated entry point (e.g. for a Fall 2026 application, all course work must be completed by December 31, 2025. All courses must be completed at the degree level (i.e. not diploma).
Academic Requirements for the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Program
A minimum of four full-time semesters (for DVM purposes, full-time is defined as 2.0 credits) AND
Eight prerequisite courses completed in any semester:
- Biological Sciences – 1.0 credits
- Cell Biology - 0.5 credits
- Genetics – 0.5 credits
- Biochemistry – 0.5 credits
- Statistics – 0.5 credits
- Humanities or Social Sciences – 1.0 credit
Course planning reminders:
- Prerequisites may be presented from any semester.
- Courses (prerequisites or other courses within a semester) will not be acceptable if they are repeats of previously passed courses or if they are taken out of sequence. Students should consult the Undergraduate Calendar to review course sequencing and exclusions/restrictions.
- Prerequisites that require 1.0 credit (e.g. Biological Science, Humanities) can be fulfilled by presenting two 0.5 credit courses, or one 1.0 credit course.
- Courses may not fulfill multiple prerequisites, unless as noted above.
- Field courses with a component completed outside of the regular semester schedule do not count towards the total credit weight of a semester. The following field courses will not be included in the 2.0 credit count of a full-time semester:
BIOL* 4410, 4610, 4700, 4710, 4800, 4810
ENVB*4260 EQN 2000, EQN 2500
CROP*4260
ZOO*4300, 4410, 4600, 4610, 4700, 4710, 4800, 4810
Acceptable U of G Prerequisite Courses
The following are the University of Guelph undergraduate courses that may be presented as prerequisites when applying to the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Program.
Students applying from other institutions can use this list as a resource and select similar courses at their home institution. External applicants are encouraged to submit a course evaluation request to have proposed prerequisites and semesters evaluated. For more details and course evaluation instructions, please see the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) Program Application.
Note: Some courses listed are no longer offered but remain on the list for reference purposes. Please refer to the current Undergraduate Calendar for course offerings. Some graduate courses are also listed in this list.
AGR: Agriculture
1350, 2350
ANSC: Animal Science
2330, 2340, 3040, 3050, 3080, 3090, 3120, 3170, 3180, 3270, 3300, 4050, 4090, 4120, 4130, 4260, 4270, 4280, 4290, 4350, 4470, 4480, 4490, 4550, 4560, 4610, 4650, 4700, 4710
BIOL: Biology
1030, 1040, 1050, 1070, 1080, 1090, 2060, 2400, 3010, 3020, 3060, 3110, 3120, 3130, 3400, 3450, 3650, 3670, 3680, 4010, 4020, 4060, 4070, 4110, 4120, 4150, 4350
BIOM: Biomedical Sciences
All courses listed EXCEPT 2000, 3210, 4210, 4220, 4300
ENVB: Environmental Biology
2040, 3030, 3040, 3090, 3110, 3210, 4040, 4070, 4090, 4100, 4130, 4220, 4240, 4550, 4780, 4800
ENVS: Environmental Science
2040, 2210, 3020, 3040, 3090, 3210, 3320, 4040, 4100, 4130, 4230, 4350
EQN: Equine
2040, 2050, 3050, 3060, 3250, 4020
FOOD: Food Science
3230, 4400
HK: Human Kinetics
All courses listed except HK 2100
IBIO: Integrative Biology
2300, 3300, 4010, 4200
MBG: Molecular Biology and Genetics
All courses listed EXCEPT 1000, 3200
MCB: Molecular and Cell Biology
All courses listed
MICR: Microbiology
All courses listed EXCEPT 1010
NUTR: Nutrition
3040, 3190, 3210, 3330, 3340, 3350, 3360, 4010, 4020, 4040, 4200, 4210, 4320, 4330, 4510
PATH: Pathology
3040, 3610, 4100
POPM: Population Medicine
All courses listed
SOIL: Soil Science
3200
TOX: Toxicology
All courses listed
ZOO: Zoology
All courses listed EXCEPT 1500, 3610, 3630, 4050, 4300, 4410, 4600, 4610, 4700, 4710, 4800, 4810, 4920, 4940, 4950
BIOL: Biology
2210
BIOM: Biomedical Science
3030, 4070
BOT: Botany
4380
MCB: Molecular and Cell Biology
2050, 2210, 3010, 4010
NEUR: Neuroscience
3100
PBIO: Plant Biology
4000, 4030, 4150
ZOO: Zoology
2100, 3000, 3050
ANSC: Animal Science
4020
BIOL: Biology
3020
MBG: Molecular Biology and Genetics
2000, 2020, 2040, 2400, 3040, 3050, 3060, 4020, 4040, 4070, 4080, 4110, 4270
ANSC: Animal Science
4470
BIOC: Biochemistry
2580, 3560, 3570, 4050, 4520, 4540, 4580
MCB: Molecular and Cell Biology
4050
TOX: Toxicology
4590
ANSC: Animal Science
6050
BIOL: Biology
2250
ENVS: Environmental Sciences
3340
POPM: Population Medicine
6520
SOAN: Sociology and Anthropology
3120
STAT: Statistics
2040, 2050, 2060, 2080, 2090, 2100, 2120, 2230, 2250, 3100, 3110, 3210, 3240, 3320, 3510, 4050, 4080, 4340, 4350, 4360, 4510, 6950
ANSC: Animal Science
1210, 2210. 3150, 3210, 4010, 4230
ARAB: Arabic
All courses listed
ARTH: Art History
All courses listed
BIOM: Biomedical Sciences
3210, 4210, 4220, 4300
CHIN: Chinese
All courses listed
CLAS: Classical Studies
All courses listed
DRMA: Drama
All courses listed
ENGL: English
All courses listed
EQN: Equine
4400
EURO: European Studies
All courses listed
FREN: French Studies
All courses listed
GERM: German Studies
All courses listed
GREK: Greek
All courses listed
HISP: Hispanic Studies
All courses listed
HIST: History
All courses listed
HUMN: Humanities
All courses listed
INDG: Indigenous
All courses listed
ITAL: Italian Studies
All courses listed
LARC: Landscape Architecture
1940, 1950, 2950
LING: Linguistics
1000, 3010, 3020
LAT: Latin
All courses listed
MUSC: Music
All courses listed
PHIL: Philosophy
All courses listed
PORT: Portuguese
All courses listed
SPAN: Spanish Studies
All courses listed
SART: Studio Art
All courses listed
THST: Theatre Studies
All courses listed
ACCT: Accounting
All courses listed
AGEC: Agricultural Economics
2700, 4000, 4210
AGR: Agriculture
1110, 1201, 1250, 2400, 2401
ANTH: Anthropology
All courses listed
ASCI: Arts and Sciences
All courses listed
BIOL: Biology
4040
ECON: Economics
All courses listed
EDRD: Environmental Design and Rural Development
All courses listed
ENGG: Engineering
3240
ENVS: Environmental Sciences
1010, 1020, 2010, 2120, 2230, 3240, 3320, 3360, 4011/2, 4220
FARE: Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics
1300, 1400, 2700, 3250, 4000, 4210, 4290 4310
FRHD: Family Relations and Human Development
All courses except 3070, 4061/2, 4070, 4080, 4090, 4810, 4910
GEOG: Geography
All courses listed
HROB: Human Resources and Organizational Behaviour
All courses listed
HTM: Hospitality and Tourism Management
All courses listed
IDEV: International Development
1000, 2000, 2200, 2300, 2400, 2500, 3000, 3010, 4190, 4500
ISS: Interdisciplinary Social Sciences
All courses listed
JLS: Justice and Legal Studies
1000
MBG: Molecular Biology and Genetics
3200
MGMT: Management
All courses listed
MCS: Marketing and Consumer Studies
All courses listed
POLS: Political Studies
All courses listed
PSYC: Psychology
All courses listed
REAL: Real Estate and Housing
All courses listed
REXT: Rural Extension
All courses listed
SOC: Sociology
All courses listed
SOAN: Sociology and Anthropology
All courses listed except 3120
SOIL: Soil Science
2120, 3050, 3100
UNIV: Interdisciplinary University Studies
All courses listed except 3180, 4200, 2800/3800/4800 (unless 2800/3800/4800 was taken in F20, W21, S21 or F21)
WMST: Women’s Studies
All courses listed
ZOO: Zoology
4050