(Offered through a Cooperative Agreement with St. Petersburg College)
Associate in Science Degree
The Veterinary Technology A.S. degree program is a selective admission program at St. Petersburg College. Through a cooperative agreement with St. Petersburg College, Valencia offers the general education core and support courses required in the program. Students meeting the admission requirements of this program at St. Petersburg College can access all of the remaining specialized courses through online distance learning. Required clinical and work experiences can be obtained within the Central Florida area. The degree is awarded by St. Petersburg College.
Note: Since this degree is offered and awarded by St. Petersburg College it is not a financial aid eligible degree program at Valencia. If you are concurrently seeking the Associate in Arts (A.A.) degree, the Veterinary Technology program prerequisites may be eligible for financial aid at Valencia if they are a part of your A.A. requirements.
The A.S. Degree in Veterinary Technology program prepares students to be veterinary technicians and once students complete the program, they may take the FVMA and FVTA Certification examinations. For more information about the requirements and selection process, contact St. Petersburg College at 727-341-3653 and visit the college Web site at https://go.spcollege.edu/vt.
Start Right
Degree-seeking students enrolling at Valencia for the first time will have a limited range of courses from which to choose for their first 18 college-level credits. Within the first 18 college credit hours, you will be required to take ENC1101 (3 credits), and if applicable, SLS 1122 (3 credits) and a mathematics course appropriate to your selected meta-major (3 credits). The remaining courses will be chosen from the General Education Core Courses in humanities (3 credits), science (3 credits), or social science (3 credits), and/or the introductory courses within the A.S. degree programs. For specific courses see the Foundation Courses on the “Program Requirements” tab. For course sequencing recommendations, see your Career Program Advisor or create an education plan by logging into Atlas, clicking on the LifeMap tab and clicking My Education Plan.
Potential Careers
- Veterinary Technologist
- Veterinary Technician
Salary & Earnings Information
For career information related to this program, please visit O*Net OnLine.
Contacts
For more information regarding St. Petersburg College's Veterinary Technology program, please visit https://go.spcollege.edu/vt or call 727-302-6721.
For academic advising at Valencia, please visit https://valenciacollege.edu/advising/.
| FRESHMAN COMPOSITION I +* | |
| FUNDAMENTALS OF SPEECH ~ | |
| INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION |
| INTRODUCTION TO HUMANITIES ~ | |
| ETHICS AND CRITICAL THINKING +*~ (GR) | |
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| COLLEGE ALGEBRA +* | |
| LIBERAL ARTS MATHEMATICS I +* | |
| LIBERAL ARTS MATHEMATICS II +* | |
| STATISTICAL METHODS +* | |
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| ASTRONOMY ~ | |
| BOTANY ~ | |
| BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE ~ | |
| GENERAL BIOLOGY I *~ | |
| GENERAL BIOLOGY II *~ | |
| HUMAN BIOLOGY ~ | |
| BIOLOGY OF HUMAN SEXUALITY ~ | |
| HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY I *~ | |
| HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY II *~ | |
| CHEMISTRY IN EVERYDAY LIFE ~ | |
| INTRODUCTION TO GENERAL CHEMISTRY *~ | |
| GENERAL CHEMISTRY WITH QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS I *~ | |
| GENERAL CHEMISTRY WITH QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS II *~ | |
| EARTH SCIENCES ~ | |
| INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE ~ | |
| PHYSICAL GEOLOGY ~ | |
| GEOLOGY OF NATIONAL PARKS ~ | |
| MICROBIOLOGY *~ | |
| INTRODUCTION TO MARINE BIOLOGY | |
| INTRODUCTION TO OCEANOGRAPHY | |
| CONCEPTUAL PHYSICS ~ | |
| GENERAL PHYSICS WITH CALCULUS I *~ | |
| GENERAL PHYSICS WITH CALCULUS II *~ | |
| COLLEGE PHYSICS I WITH ALGEBRA *~ | |
| COLLEGE PHYSICS II WITH ALGEBRA AND TRIGONOMETRY *~ | |
| U.S. HISTORY 1877 TO PRESENT ~ | |
| INTRODUCTORY ANTHROPOLOGY ~ | |
| PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS-MACRO ~ | |
| U.S. GOVERNMENT ~ | |
| GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY ~ | |
| INTRODUCTORY SOCIOLOGY ~ | |
| INTERNATIONAL POLITICS +*~ (GR) | |
| COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS AND APPLICATIONS | |
| INTRODUCTION TO TECHNOLOGY FOR EDUCATORS |
| Total Credit Hours | 27 |
Notes:
Specialized courses may not be offered every session or on every campus.
Students can take the Honors versions of these courses.
