Undergraduate Programmes

Undergraduate Programmes

BVSc

5 Year Curriculum

The BVSc degree programme spreads over 10 semesters (five calendar years) and consists of 58 courses worth 157 credits. Lecture-based learning is limited to the first eight semesters and the last two semesters (5th year) are dedicated to lecture-free clinical learning activities. Students will be evaluated using a Grade Point Average (GPA)-based assessment system. Students will receive a 'semester' GPA at the end of each end-semester examination and a 'cumulative' GPA upon successful completion of the end-semester 10 examinations.


Externship Rosters include Compulsory Externship Rosters in (i) dairy cattle and (ii) poultry (commercial layer and broiler management) and two Elective Externships Rosters selected from following list; (i) small animal private practice, (ii) zoo/wildlife, (iii) aquaculture, (iv) equine health and management, (v) swine health and production, (vi) smallholder farming systems, (vii) poultry (diagnostics/breeder/hatchery management) and (viii) poultry processing and quality assurance. The Externship Compulsory and Elective rosters will be conducted in outside locations other than FVMAS