VS at Colorado State University

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate VS coursework.

• VS 501Animal Behavior and Welfareopens 11 courses (1 directly)
• VS 527Foundations IIopens 10 courses (2 directly)
• VS 503Principles of Radiology and Ultrasoundopens 10 courses (1 directly)
• VS 547Common Diseases of Body Systems Iopens 9 courses (5 directly)
• VS 528Foundations IIIopens 8 courses (7 directly)
• BZ 220Introduction to Evolutionopens 6 courses (5 directly)

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate VS work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 80 VS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 54 more VS courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Concentration routes

The concentrations and majors that build on VS, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in VS. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 6 courses deep, ending at VS 687

  1. VS 506Pathologic Basis of Disease
  2. VS 501Animal Behavior and Welfare
  3. VS 527Foundations II
  4. VS 528Foundations III
  5. VS 601Physical Exam and Routine Care Lab
  6. VS 687Clinical Internship

• 5 courses deep, ending at VS 718

  1. BZ 110Principles of Animal Biology (GT-SC2)
  2. BC 351Principles of Biochemistry
  3. BC 403Comprehensive Biochemistry II

• 4 courses deep, ending at VS 521

  1. VS 502Clinical Anatomy
  2. VS 503Principles of Radiology and Ultrasound
  3. VS 547Common Diseases of Body Systems I

• 4 courses deep, ending at VS 579

  1. BZ 110Principles of Animal Biology (GT-SC2)
  2. BZ 220Introduction to Evolution
  3. BZ 300Animal Behavior

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for VS yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under VS yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

VS does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Colorado State campus feed.