Veterinary Medicine, AA

Program Requirements:

The following advisement plan is a recommended course of study. Academic programs offered at Jones College are designed to meet the educational needs and advancement of students who plan to transfer course credit to a university and complete a bachelor’s degree. As part of each academic program, students will take courses to meet the Jones College’s general education core requirements and electives as determined by the student and his/her faculty advisor. All academic programs are designed to lead to an Associate of Arts degree.

To streamline the transfer of credit from Jones College to any university in the State of Mississippi, Jones College participates in the articulation agreement between the Mississippi Community College Board and the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning. For the purpose of ensuring transfer-ability within Mississippi, the Mississippi Articulation Transfer Tool (MATT) shall be used to advise and guide students in choosing the best courses to take as part of the requirements to graduate from Jones College with an Associate of Arts degree.

If there are questions, current students should contact their faculty adviser and potential students should contact Enrollment Services  .

Freshman Year

Fall Semester

• LLS 1153 - College Life Semester Credit Hours: 3
• ENG 1113 - English Composition I Semester Credit Hours: 3
• BIO 1134 - General Biology I Semester Credit Hours: 4
• AGR 1214 - Animal Science Semester Credit Hours: 4
• MAT 1313 - College Algebra Semester Credit Hours: 3 ¹

Total Hours: 17

Spring Semester

• ENG 1123 - English Composition II Semester Credit Hours: 3
• BIO 1144 - General Biology II Semester Credit Hours: 4
• CHE 1214 - General Chemistry I Semester Credit Hours: 4
• MAT 1323 - Trigonometry Semester Credit Hours: 3 ¹
• Humanities and/or Social Science and/or Fine Arts Semester Credit Hours: 3

Total Hours: 17

Summer Semester

• CHE 1224 - General Chemistry II Semester Credit Hours: 4 ²

Sophomore Year

Fall Semester

• SPT 1113 - Public Speaking I Semester Credit Hours: 3 ^3,4
• CHE 2424 - Organic Chemistry I Semester Credit Hours: 4 ⁴
• PHY 2414 - General Physics I Semester Credit Hours: 4
• Humanities or Social Science or Fine Arts Elective Semester Credit Hours: 3
• Elective Semester Credit Hours: 1

Total Hours: 15

Spring Semester

• CHE 2434 - Organic Chemistry II Semester Credit Hours: 4
• PHY 2424 - General Physics II Semester Credit Hours: 4
• Humanities and/or Social Science and/or Fine Arts Semester Credit Hours: 9

Total Hours: 17

Note(s):

¹Certain undergraduate majors may require additional math beyond trigonometry, including one or two semesters of calculus. MSU vet school requirements are a minimum of 6 hours in math, with college algebra being the lowest level accepted.

²General Chemistry I and II are required for vet school and as prerequisites for Organic Chemistry I and II. Students may elect to take both General Chemistry I and II over the summer to avoid a heavy class load during the spring semester.

³MSU vet school will accept an undergraduate major-specific junior or senior level technical writing course in place of the formal speech course. Certain undergraduate majors may also have alternate requirements/options for speech.

⁴BIO 2924 - Microbiology is an application requirement for MSU vet school. Students may elect to take it at JC or at their senior college. Students that wish to take it at JC may elect to do so by delaying the sequence of organic chemistry or physics, taking it in place of the formal speech course (if there are alternatives for satisfying this requirement), or taking it during a summer semester.