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1. Population Health

Required Electives (select 2 or more)

PHR 266

Applied Analytic Epidemiology (3 units, spring)

EPI 222

Epidemiological Modeling (3 units, Winter, alternate (odd) years)
EPI 223 Spatial Epidemiology (3 units, Winter, alternate (even) years)
EPI 224 Health and Ecological Risk Analysis (3 units, Spring)
VME 217 Evaluation of Diagnostic Tests (2 units, Spring, alternate (even) years)
PHR 220 Advanced Avian Medicine (3 units, Spring)
VME 427 Introduction to Food Animal Herd Health Medicine (1.9 units, Fall)
PHR 225 Preventive Avian Medical Practice (2 units, Spring)
ANS 124 Lactation (4 units, Winter)
Electives (above and beyond the 2 required)

PHR 209

Animal Health Policy (1 unit, Fall)
VME 429A Sheep Herd Health (1 unit, Winter)
VME 429B Beef Herd Health (1 unit, Winter)
VME 429C Swine Herd Health (1 unit, Winter)
PHR 429D Dairy Herd Health Management (4 units, Spring)
PHR 429E Dairy Goat Herd Health (1 unit, Spring)
VME 424 Shelter Medicine (1 unit, Spring)
PHR 216A Immunodiagnostic Techniques (2 units, Winter)
PHR 216B Research Methods in Avian Immunology (2 units, Spring)
PHR 222 Avian Immunology (3 units, Spring)
PHR 290B Current Topics in Avian Medicine (1 unit, Fall, Winter, Spring)
PHR 440 Ruminant Clinical Nutrition (1.9 units, Winter or Spring)
PHR 445 Food Animal Theriogenology and Reproductive Performance (2 units, Winter)
PHR 446A Food Animal Reproduction (1 unit, Spring)
PHR 450 HACCP and Risk Assessment in Pre- and Post Harverst Food Safety (3 units, Winter)
PHR 452 On-farm Food Safety/Veterinary Public Health (2 units, Spring)
PMI 283 Comparative Avian Anatomy and Pathology (1-3 units, Fall)
PMI 287 Comparative Pathology of Laboratory Animals (3 units, Spring)
PMI 293A Seminar in Infectious Disease (1 unit, Fall/Spring/Winter)
ANS 118 Fish Production (4 units, Winter)
ANS 144 Beef cattle and Sheep Production (4 units, Spring)
ANS 143 Pig and Poultry Care and Management (4 units, Fall)
ANS 146 Dairy Cattle Production (4 units, Spring)
ANS 148 Enterprise Analysis in Animal Industries (4 units, Spring)
VME 410 Husbandry, Feeding & Management of Captive Animals (2 units, Spring)
VME 412 Laboratory Animal Medicine (2units, Spring)
VME413 Medical Primatology (2 units, Spring)





2. Food safety

Required Electives (select 2 or more)

PHR 266

Applied Analytic Epidemiology (3 units, spring)
PHR 450 HACCP and Risk Assessment in Pre- and Postharvest Food Safety (3 units, Winter)
PHR 150 Foodborne Infections and Intoxications (4 units, Spring)
PHR 452 On-Farm Food Safety/Veterinary Public Health (2 units, Spring)
FST 104 Food Microbiology (3 units, Winter)
FST 104L Food Microbiology Laboratory (4 units, Spring)
FST 50 Introduction to Food Preservation (3 units, Spring)
FST 108 Food Processing Plant Sanitation (2 units, Fall)
Electives (above and beyond the required 2)

PHR 209

Animal Health Policy (1 unit, Fall)
ANS 118 Fish Production (4 units, Winter)
ANS 120 Principles of Meat Science (3 units, Spring)
ANS 120L Meat Science Laboratory (2 units, Spring)
ANS 143 Pig and Poultry Care and Management (4 units, Fall)
ANS 144 Beef Cattle and Sheep Production (4 units, Spring)
ANS 145 Meat Processing and Marketing (4 units, Winter)
ANS 146 Dairy Cattle Production (4 units, Spring)
ANS 147 Dairy Processing and Marketing (3 units, Winter)





3. Public Health and Zoonoses

Required Electives (select 2 or more)

PHR 266

Applied Analytic Epidemiology (3 units, spring)
EPP 190C Research Conference in Community and International Health (1 unit, Fall/Winter/Summer)
IDI 211 Epidemiology and Prevention of Infectious Diseases (3 units, Spring)
PHR 212 Epidemiology of Zoonoses (4 units, Winter)
PHR 214 Vector-Bourne Infectious Diseases (2 units, Fall)
PHR 420 Zoonoses of Non-Human Primates (2 units, Winter)
PHR 452 On-Farm Food Safety/Veterinary Public Health (2 units, Spring)
Electives (above and beyond the required 2)

PHR 209

Animal Health Policy (1 unit, Fall)
PHR 111 Food Animals and the Public's Health (3 units, Winter)




4. Wildlife and Disease Ecology

Required Electives (select 2 or more)

PHR 266

Applied Analytic Epidemiology (3 units, spring)
EPI 222 Epidemiology Modeling (3 units, Winter, alternate (odd) years)
EPI 223 Spatial Epidemiology (3 units, Winter, alternate (even) years)
EPI 224 Health and Ecological Risk Analysis (3 units, Spring)
PHR 212 Epidemiology of the Zoonoses (4 units, Winter)
PMI 418 Health and Diseases in Terrestial Wildlife (2 units, Winter, alternate years)
PMI 419 Field Techniques for Assessment of Wildlife & Ecosystem Health (2 units, Spring)
PMI 476 Comparative Pathology of Nonmammalian Vertebrates (2 units, Spring)
VME 415 Management and Diseases of Captive Wildlife (2 units, Fall)
VME 416 Diseases of Fish (2.1 units, Spring)
Electives (above and beyond the required 2)

PHR 209

Animal Health Policy (1 unit, Fall)

VME294B

Conservation Biology and Veterinary Medicine (1 unit, Winter)




5. Ecosystem health

Required Electives (select 2 or more)

PHR 266

Applied Analytic Epidemiology (3 units, spring)
Special Problems in Ecotoxicology (Special Summer Session (period between end of Summer II and Fall) - short course
EPI 222 Epidemiologic Modeling (3 units, Winter, alternate (odd) years)
EPI 223 Spatial Epidemiology (3 units, Winter, alternate (even) years)
EPI 224 Health and Ecological Risks Analysis (3 units, Spring)
ECL 201 Ecosystems and Landscape Ecology (4 units, Spring, alternate years)
ARE 147 Resource and Environmental Policy (3 units, Spring)
ARE 175 Natural Resource Economics (4 units, Fall)
ARE 176 Environmental Economics (4 units, Winter)
PMI 418 Health and Diseases in Terrestial Wildlife (2 units, Winter)
PMI 419 Field Techniques for Assessment of Wildlife & Ecosystem Health (2 units, Spring)
Electives (above and beyond the required 2)

PHR 209

Animal Health Policy (1 unit, Fall)

VME294B

Conservation Biology and Veterinary Medicine (1 unit, Winter)




6. International health (Peace Corps Masters International Program)

Required Electives (Variable - 12 units from courses below)

PHR 266

Applied Analytic Epidemiology (3 units, spring)

PHR 209

Animal Health Policy (1 unit, Fall)
ANS 118 Fish Production (4 units, Winter)
ANS 120 Principles of Meat Science (3 units, Spring)
ANS 120L Meat Science Laboratory (2 units, Spring)
ANS 124 Lactation (4 units, Winter)
ANS 143 Pig and Poultry Care and Management (4 units, Fall)
ANS 144 Beef Cattle and Sheep Production (4 units, Spring)
ANS 145 Meat Processing and Marketing (4 units, Winter)
ANS 146 Dairy Cattle Production (4 units, Spring)
ANS 147 Dairy Processing and Marketing (3 units, Winter)
ANS 148 Enterprise Analysis in Animal Industries (4 units, Spring)
ANS 200 Strategies in Animal Production (4 units, Fall)
EPI 222 Epidemiological Modeling (3 units, Winter, alternate (odd) years)
EPI 223 Spatial Epidemiolgy (3 units, Winter, alternate (odd) years)
EPI 224 Health and Ecological Risk Analysis (3 units, Spring)
VME 217 Evaluation of Diagnostic Tests (2 units, Spring, alternate (even) years)
VME 429A Sheep Herd Health (1 unit, Winter)
VME 429B Beef Herd Health (1 unit, Winter)
VME 429C Swine Herd Health (1 unit, Winter)
PHR 220 Advanced Avian Medicine (3 units, Spring)
PHR 225 Preventive Avian Medical Practice (2 units, Spring)
PHR 429D Dairy Cattle Herd Health Management (4 units, Spring)
PHR 429E Dairy Goat Herd Health (1 unit, Spring)
PHR 216A Immunodiagnostic Techniques (2 units, Winter)
PHR 216B Research Methods in Avian Immunology (2 units, Spring)
PHR 222 Avian Immunology (3 units, Spring)
PHR 290B Current Topics in Avian Medicine (1 unit, Fall , Winter, Spring)
PHR 440 Ruminant Clinical Nutrition (1.9 unit, Winter or Spring)
PHR 445 Food Animal Theriogenology and Reproductive Performance (2 units, Winter)
PHR 446A Food Animal Reproduction (1 unit, Spring)
PHR 450 HACCP and Risk Assessment in Pre- and Post Harvest Food Safety (3 units, Winter)
PHR 452 On-Farm Food Safety/Veterinary Public Health (2 units, Spring)
PMI 283 Comparative Avian Anatomy and Pathology (1-3 units, Fall)
PMI 287 Comparative Pathology of Laboratory Animals (3 units, Spring)
PMI 293A Seminar in Infectious Disease (1 unit, Fall/Winter/Spring)
  Various International Agricultrual Develpoment Courses




7. Independent

With the approval of the Director of the MPVM Program, students with special interests may confect their own suite of elective course, as an independent option in the MPVM program.





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