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Theprograms of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) emphasize life sciences, agriculture and food systems, environment, sustainability, and the preservation of healthy rural communities. In cooperation with the Agricultural Experiment Station and the University of Vermont Extension Service, CALS fulfills the four core public functions of the University's land grant mission: teaching, research, outreach, and providing related services.

The college faculty strive for excellence in undergraduate education as evidenced by a sustained and enviable record of university teaching award winners. The college emphasizes the importance of each individual student and promotes significant student-faculty interaction. Students are provided with a firm foundation in the life sciences and social sciences in order to excel and meet the challenges in future professional careers. Faculty and staff provide a broad range of support to help students develop high-quality academic programs that meet individual needs.

Applying knowledge outside the classroom is a signature of all CALS programs. Opportunities abound for on and off-campus experiences such as internships, community service learning, undergraduate research, independent study, and study abroad. Pre-professional tracks prepare students for employment upon graduation or for the successful pursuit of advanced degrees. Career choices are broad, but focus primarily on entrepreneurship, dietetics, international and rural community development, agriculture, veterinary and human medicine, biotechnology, nutrition, research and teaching, horticulture, and the plant sciences.

Academic study is enhanced by university farm and field facilities, the labs, and the research for which the college is renowned. Many CALS faculty, working through the Agricultural Experiment Station, conduct mission-oriented, applied research and encourage undergraduate participation.

The Catamount Core Curriculum is designed to expose students to the intellectual breadth of the liberal arts, develop the skills needed to integrate and apply diverse areas of knowledge, and build the foundations for lifelong learning and active participation in local and global communities.

Students show confidence and efficacy in speaking before a group, expressing themselves in a way that is easily understood at a level that is appropriate for the audience. Competency may be met by satisfactory completion of CALS 1010 or CALS 2830 (or approved equivalent, where the primary focus is public speaking).

Students demonstrate mastery of technology for communication, data gathering and manipulation, and information analysis. Competency may be met by satisfactory completion of CALS 1020 or CALS 1850 (or approved equivalent).

The CALS Academic Awards committee promotes and encourages independent research by recognizing those students who especially excel in their creative, innovative, responsible, and independent pursuit of research. DUR Committee Guidelines for student projects may be obtained on the CALS website or by emailing calsstude...@uvm.edu.

The completed research, in a form appropriate to the discipline, is evaluated first by a review committee. Independent research of the highest quality will be chosen for college Honors by the Academic Awards committee.

The CALS Honors program is a four-year Honors sequence for CALS students who are accepted into the university Honors College. It is designed for highly qualified and motivated students desiring an academically challenging undergraduate experience in the broad areas of the life sciences and agriculture.

In their first two years, Honors scholars will join Honors students from across the university in small, interdisciplinary Honors seminars conducted by renowned scholars from the University of Vermont and other institutions. In their junior and senior years, Honors scholars do Honors work within the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. The program culminates with an Honors thesis: an opportunity to conduct independent scholarly research under the guidance of a faculty advisor.

Entering first-year students with outstanding academic records will be invited to participate in the Honors College. Scholars will be required to maintain a minimum grade-point average, participate in program activities, enroll in Honors classes and successfully complete a Senior Honors thesis.

The AMP allows early admission to graduate studies with up to 6 concurrent credits double-counted toward the bachelor's and master's degrees. Most programs also allow students to take an additional 3 credits of graduate coursework while still an undergraduate, but these credits may not be double counted. AMPs affiliated with the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences include:

The University of Vermont (UVM) and Vermont Law & Graduate School (VLGS) offer unique 3+2 and 3+3 dual-degree programs. The dual-degree programs enable highly-focused students to earn both degrees in less time and at less cost from two distinguished institutions. In addition to the dual-degree programs, VLGS offers a guaranteed admission program for UVM graduates. Learn more about the dual-degree and guaranteed admission programs. Learn more about this program by contacting calsstude...@uvm.edu.

UVM students who aspire to become Registered Dietitian Nutritionists have the opportunity to successfully complete the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics(ACEND)-accredited didactic program while majoring in Nutrition & Food Sciences with a dietetics concentration at UVM. Dietetics is a growing profession as healthcare moves from treatment to prevention. Healthcare reform and policies discussed in Washington DC and across the country all include prevention-related components. Although many health professionals are interested in prevention, Registered Dietitian/Nutritionists are at the cutting edge of prevention, because so many preventable diseases and conditions are tied to food and nutrition. Our UVM dietetics graduates are eligible to apply to an ACEND-accredited supervised practice program to be eligible to become Registered Dietitian Nutritionists.

Tufts University Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine offers undergraduates at UVM an opportunity to apply for admission in the spring of their sophomore year. A limited number of students are admitted; they are guaranteed a space in the veterinary school class once they graduate if they have maintained the required grade-point average upon graduation.

Participants in this program are offered the assurance of veterinary school admission without the substantial investments of time and energy that other pre-veterinary students typically make in the process of preparing, researching, and applying to numerous veterinary schools and preparing for optimal scores on the GRE. Program participants can select any undergraduate major, explore other areas of interest during their junior and senior years or choose to study abroad, thus broadening their undergraduate experience.

The University of Vermont (UVM) and the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, the University of Edinburgh (UoE, R(D)SVS) have entered into an early entrance admission placement program that will make available three guaranteed places for UVM early application students. Application to the UoE, R(D)SVS early admission program can be made at the end of the second year (four semesters) with predetermined science and math courses completed and a minimum GPA of 3.40. If accepted, the 3.40 or above GPA has to be maintained until the time of graduation. Admitted students must receive adequate animal handling experience throughout their residence at UVM. The type of experience required can be coordinated between the student and the UoE, R(D)SVS. Opportunity will exist to credit some components of UVM teaching in animal husbandry and animal handling as accredited prior learning for the Edinburgh degree. Advice will be given by UoE, in consultation with UVM, as to what courses can be credited. If requested, opportunity to undertake a four week vacation clinical placement (companion animal and/or equine) at R(D)SVS will be available to all students in the program.

The University of Glasgow (UoG), Glasgow, UK and the University of Vermont (UVM), Burlington, VT USA have formed an agreement whereby University of Vermont students can complete a joint B.S./BVMS degree attending UoG in their fourth year at UVM. UVM may send students who have successfully completed three years of study in the University of Vermont Animal and Veterinary Sciences Bachelor of Science (B.S.) program to the Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery programme (BVMS) hosted by the School of Veterinary Medicine, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences at Glasgow. Participating students will continue as candidates for degrees from their home institution (UVM) and will not, at the end of the first year at UoG, be eligible candidates for degrees from the host institution (UoG). Credit for subjects taken at UoG will be transferred to UVM to fulfill the requirements for awarding successful students a B.S. degree in Animal and Veterinary Sciences from UVM at the end of their fourth year. University of Vermont students meeting matriculation requirements and successfully completing Year 1 of the BVMS program at the University of Glasgow will be offered a direct entry place in Year 2 of the BVMS program. UVM students must work with the Department of Animal and Veterinary Sciences to apply at the beginning of the fall semester of their junior year.

All undergraduate students are required to have a laptop computer that meets the minimum specifications determined annually by the university. Students are not required to purchase a new laptop if they have an existing laptop that meets the established specifications. If students need to purchase a laptop, they are not required to purchase it through UVM.

Students striving for admission to professional colleges, such as dentistry, medicine (including naturopathic), chiropractic, dietetics, osteopathic, and veterinary medicine, can meet the undergraduate requirements for these programs through enrollment in CALS majors. Competition for admission to professional schools is very keen, and a superior academic record throughout an undergraduate program is necessary to receive consideration for future admission. Due to the intense competition, only a small percentage of those first-year students declaring an interest in professional schools are eventually admitted after completion of the baccalaureate. Consequently, students must select a major, in an area of their choice, to prepare them for a career other than medical sciences. The pre-professional requirements will be met concurrently with the major requirements for the B.S. degree. Students interested in human medical sciences often enroll in biochemistry, biological sciences, nutrition and food sciences, microbiology or molecular genetics. Those interested in veterinary medicine usually enroll in animal science or biological science.

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