VCSN at University of Pennsylvania

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 VCSN coursework.

• VCSN 7155Diagnostic Ultrasound in Large Animals - NBCopens 1 course (1 directly)
• VCSN 7165Ultrasonography in Large Animals - NBCopens 1 course (1 directly)
• VCSN 7755Diagnostic Ultrasound in Large Animals - NBCopens 1 course (1 directly)
• VCSN 7765Ultrasonography in Large Animals - NBCopens 1 course (1 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 VCSN 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 18 VCSN and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 96 more VCSN courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Tracks

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

The longest ladders

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

• 3 courses deep, ending at VCSN 7155

  1. VCSN 7755Diagnostic Ultrasound in Large Animals - NBC
  2. VCSN 7155Diagnostic Ultrasound in Large Animals - NBC

• 3 courses deep, ending at VCSN 7165

  1. VCSN 7765Ultrasonography in Large Animals - NBC
  2. VCSN 7165Ultrasonography in Large Animals - NBC

• 2 courses deep, ending at VCSN 6310

  1. VCSN 6390Animal Welfare Science
  2. VCSN 6310Natural Horse Behavior

• 2 courses deep, ending at VCSN 6451

  1. VCSN 6450Introduction to Large Animal Surgery & Anesthesia
  2. VCSN 6451Advanced Equine Surgery & Anesthesia

A suggested order for the 18 courses on the map, built from prerequisite chains and how often each course has run in fall and spring across the last 12 regular terms. It is not the department’s plan, and it is not a promise a course will run. Confirm against the department’s own advising material.

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for VCSN yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under VCSN yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

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