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DVM/Online Professional Master of Science in Food Safety
Combined Degree Program
The contribution of veterinary medicine has never been so crucial in the areas of food safety biosecurity, public health and zoonotic disease control. As our food animal industries consolidate and become vertically integrated, future generations of food safety veterinarians must learn to collaborate more closely with their animal scientist and public health colleagues to fully engage animal health and human health issues across the entire spectrum of the (farm to fork) food chain.
The food safety veterinarians of the future must learn to combine their traditional veterinary training with new competencies in biosecurity, food safety, animal science, quality control, risk management, field epidemiology, disease control, risk communication and animal welfare. Increasingly, food safety veterinarians may be employed by the food industry or perhaps by a governmental agency, in contrast to the private practice paradigm of years past. Multidisciplinary interaction with all aspects of the food production and distribution system will be an essential requirement. To meet this need veterinary students can pursue a Masters of Science in Food Safety in concert with the veterinary medical degree.
Professional veterinary students pursuing the combined degree can utilize 9 credits from the veterinary curriculum towards the Master of Science in Food Safety. We recommend transferring 3 credits of MMG 563 Veterinary Pathogenic Microbiology: Bacteria and Fungi (or equivalent) in exchange for the core course requirement VM 811. The following four courses can also be considered as eligible for application to both degrees: LCS 678 Government and Corporate Veterinary Practice, LCS 690 Public Health Field Experience, LCS 691 Public Health Research Clerkship, and SCS 690 Veterinary Molecular Biology Clerkship. Approval of these courses for transfer will need authorization from the Master of Science program director.
Of critical issue is ensuring that veterinary students pursuing the combined degrees have success in both programs. In an effort to ensure this, currently enrolled DVM students will not be allowed to enroll in the online components of the coursework except during summer sessions as well as being allowed to enroll anytime after receiving the veterinary degree. Students have up to 5 years to complete the Master of Science in Food Safety. The “clock” on the program begins from the earliest class taken (including transfers) so for most students, the MS program will begin with the semester in which they enroll in MMG 563 Veterinary Pathogenic Microbiology: Bacteria and Fungi.
Estimated total tuition costs (2007 tuition rates) for veterinary students enrolled in the Master of Science are $14,655 ($10,185 credit costs; additional fees associated with on-campus course VM 810). We estimate that most students will complete the degree in the Spring semester after completion of the professional veterinary degree. An example schedule is shown on the next page.
Example Course Schedule: Begin during VM I
Example Course Schedule: Begin during VM II
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