Program Overview

Introduction to the DVM Program

The DVM Program at St. George's University is a comprehensive veterinary medical program designed to be completed in four years on an optimal track.

Program Structure

Students on the optimal track spend three years in Grenada studying pre-clinical, paraclinical, and clinical subjects. The final year is spent in clinical rotations at affiliated schools of veterinary medicine.

Curriculum Details

• The first six terms of the curriculum consist of six courses.
• Each course contains:
  • One Professional Skills (PS) unit
  • One Clinical Skills (CS) unit
  • One Systems (SYS) unit
• The SYS unit consists of modules, with the number of modules per SYS unit differing per term.

Program Requirements

To graduate from the School of Veterinary Medicine (SVM), a student must complete a total of 175 credits. This includes:

• Obtaining 127 credits from pre-clinical terms (covering terms 1 to 6 and passing all units in each course)
• Obtaining 48 credits from the clinical terms (terms 7 to 9; affiliate schools may require additional credits)

Continuity and Progression

The optimal track is a continuum of terms with minimal time off. The terms in the first three years are progressive, each term being a prerequisite for the next. Breaks in this progression are considered disruptive, and leave of absence (LOA) is discouraged.