Geared toward learners who have already completed an AVMA-accredited associate degree, the online Veterinary Technology Bachelor’s Degree prepares workers to take the next step in their career at your practice. Workers will study advanced knowledge that can enhance their current skills and prepare them for specialization within the field.
Bachelor's Degree
Accredited
Estimated completion time per semester:
The estimated completion times per semester are based on completion times for consumer learners enrolled in this program from November 2020 - October 2021, excluding withdrawals. Enterprise Solution rates may be higher but are highly dependent upon implementation choices.
In this course, your learners will develop the necessary skills to ensure their success in the program. They will learn how to improve their study skills, so they’re able to use a number of tools that will help them be successful.
By the end of this course, your learners will be able to do the following:
In this course, your learners will learn the personal qualities that employers look for in their employees, such as integrity and dependability. They will review the baseline responsibilities common to most jobs and the importance of employee handbooks in a successful work environment. Strategies required to be productive and adapt to change are also covered.
They’ll examine the interpersonal skills needed to ensure positive interactions with diverse populations through various channels of communication and gain strategies for overcoming communication barriers. An understanding of the importance of teamwork, different roles of team members, characteristics of leadership, and strategies for overcoming conflict employed by successful teams are critical elements of interpersonal interactions.
They will gain an understanding of critical workplace skills. These include time management, prioritization, the decision making process, the problem-solving process, and open-mindedness, as well as learning how to interact with customers in a professional manner.
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This course focuses on the bond that’s created between animals and their owners. The primary emphasis will be on pets but also include bonds with many types of animals. Essential components of the bond will be discussed and will include information on how veterinary technicians can work with pet owners to enhance the bond and promote a better quality of life together. Information on pet death, euthanasia, and the grieving process will also be covered.
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In this course, your learners will practice research and writing skills by developing papers that require you to use sources and correctly cite them using APA formatting. They will learn to look at writing with a critical eye—a skill they can apply to their own work, as well as to the reading they do for research or in their daily activities. They will apply these skills to your own writing through editing and revising.
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* Your learners will chose one of the following elective options
Intermediate Algebra
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Business Statistics
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This course gives your learners a greater understanding of the science behind the therapeutics used in veterinary medicine today. Understandable explanations will be discussed of the “how” and “why” behind drugs, their actions, their mechanisms, and their problems. Included in the discussions will be clinical case studies of both proper and improper uses of drugs.
By the end of this course, your learners will be able to do the following:
In the business world, people are sometimes put into management situations when they really don’t understand what management is all about. Although some are able to step into a management position and handle it naturally, others find the responsibilities to be overwhelming. Management courses are a must. For those proficient in managerial positions, management courses can help improve their skills and gain a better understanding of their new responsibilities. For those who are overwhelmed by a new management position, or who strive to secure a management position, management courses help by presenting concepts and ideas to build new skills.
This course is divided into lessons that discuss the foundations and principles of management, planning, organizing, leading, and controlling. As you read the textbook, try to relate the material to your own experiences. If you don’t have any management experience, try to put yourself in the place of your manager and relate the material to those experiences.
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This course will prepare your learners for finding accurate scientific data and will prepare them for writing their capstone project at the end of the program. Critical thinking and evidence-based research will be highlighted using current biological issues of importance to society as the vehicle through which learning will occur. Issues may include, but aren’t limited to, methods of science, ethical issues in science, biological impact of environmental change, genes and genomes, biodiversity and evolution, populations, ecology and conservation of species and natural habitats, sociobiology, reproductive strategies, and the biological basis of cancer, AIDS and other diseases.
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This course will introduce your learners to biochemistry through the study of the essential elements found in living things. They’ll examine the characteristics and properties of lipids, cell membranes, and carbohydrates. They’ll learn about the structure and functions of proteins, enzyme kinetics, and cell metabolism. They’ll also examine metabolic systems and concepts related to DNA, RNA, and protein synthesis.
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This course meets the needs of learners who need to understand accounting language but aren’t planning on becoming accountants. Learners will learn what accounting information is, what it means, and how it’s used. Topics covered include financial statements, return on investment, bookkeeping process, cost accounting, and report systems.
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* Your learners will chose one of the following elective options
Speech
Communication of all kinds is the cornerstone of our society. Communication allows you to form connections with the world around you. It influences your decisions and motivates change. And yet one of the most common forms of communication—public speaking—is one of the most common fears people have. To communicate well in public forums is one of the most important skills you can possess. How you speak and present yourself in public can say a lot about you. This course will help your learners hone these vital speaking skills.
By the end of this course, your learners will be able to do the following:
Personal Financial Management
In this course, your learners will gain a thorough understanding of the financial marketplace, important financial instruments, and a framework for analyzing financial issues and finding solutions to financial needs. By gaining knowledge, they will be able to achieve success in managing their financial affairs and take control of their financial environment.
By the end of this course, your learners will be able to do the following:
Sociology of Diversity
This course is designed to help your learners understand the world around them, including the impact of social influences, common social problems, and social systems in a better way. The resources will encourage them to examine social problems and institutions from different perspectives. They’ll learn about the basics of sociological theories and the ways of exploring them. Various social institutions help in shaping our perspectives and determine the ways of interacting with the world. There are numerous social problems in the physical and natural world, the course provides them with the explanation behind the issues from the various social perspectives.
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Organizational Behavior
This course examines key principles and challenges associated with the evolving arena of business and organizational management. Its particular focus is on how people behave—as individuals and in groups—in organizational settings. Your learners course begins with a review of the ways in which previous generations of researchers, theorists, and business leaders have regarded management, as well as current trends in management theory and practice. A genuine examination of organizational behavior must consider the factors that influence individual behavior and those that shape organizational goals. To strike an optimal balance between individual motivations and the needs and goals of organizations, effective management requires a solid understanding of both of these issues.
By the end of this course, your learners will be able to do the following:
Advanced PC Applications
Database applications; integrating word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation software applications.
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Legal Environment of Business
This course will explore the legal aspects of business today. In addition, this course offers a good overall picture of the American legal system and how it affects business on a daily basis.
By the end of this course, your learners will be able to do the following:
This course provides a sound understanding of proper preventative healthcare and rehabilitation for animals. Emphasis will be on the dog and the cat. Concepts to be covered will include current preventative healthcare standards such as proper nutrition, parasite control, and vaccine protocols. Lifelong wellness will be discussed for all life stages during an animal’s life. Current and future integrative medicine procedures for animals will also be covered.
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In this course, your learners will learn the importance of understanding and implementing laws and requirements in a veterinary practice. They’ll also learn the benefits of developing a professional, efficient, and knowledgeable team that provides exceptional customer service to their clients. Additionally, the course will provide them with instructions and information on how to help their practice grow financially.
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This course will take an in-depth look at many of the common diseases found in companion animal species. One of the major topics in this course is medical and surgical intervention when preventative health strategies didn’t work to prevent an animal disease. Another major topic covered is the role of the veterinary technician in assisting the veterinarian in the medical and surgical management of disease. Discussion of diseases will focus on dogs and cats and be organized according to organ systems.
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In this course, your learners will learn about specific workplace safety and regulatory compliance topics applicable to veterinary technicians and related to the wider veterinary team. Topics include personal safety hazards, patient safety hazards, building or institutional safety hazards, and current Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations.
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The process of leadership involves much more than having a supervisory title or a managerial position. This course will teach your learners that leadership is a complex process involving many facets. Leadership involves methodology, psychology, evaluation, and influence. This process can occur anywhere in the chain of authority, regardless of the position. The most successful organizations integrate these leadership elements throughout the workforce to achieve maximum business goals.
This course will give your learners an understanding of relevant leadership issues, theories, and principles with real-life examples.
This course will also provide them with the latest supervision and leadership research, in addition to illustrating the evolution and development of modern leadership principles. The course is broken down into four lessons, each with individual assignments and examinations to be completed and submitted for grading at the completion of each lesson.
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In this course, your learners will take an in-depth look at emergency cases presented in after-hours emergency practices as well as in daytime practices. Critical care fundamentals and techniques are discussed. Specific types of animal emergencies are also looked at in detail.
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Welcome to your Human Resources Management course, which is designed to introduce you to the field. Your textbook's learning objectives, found at the outset of each chapter, are meant to introduce you to basic concepts, theories, and perspectives related to effective human resource management. Further, your text includes a wealth of case studies and features that will help you understand practical problems and applications of human resource management principles. If you're seriously thinking about a career in human resource management, you should take advantage of these extra features, even when they aren't assigned.
By the end of this course, your learners will be able to do the following:
* Your learners will chose one of the following elective options
Speech
Communication of all kinds is the cornerstone of our society. Communication allows you to form connections with the world around you. It influences your decisions and motivates change. And yet one of the most common forms of communication—public speaking—is one of the most common fears people have. To communicate well in public forums is one of the most important skills you can possess. How you speak and present yourself in public can say a lot about you. This course will help your learners hone these vital speaking skills.
By the end of this course, your learners will be able to do the following:
Personal Financial Management
In this course, your learners will gain a thorough understanding of the financial marketplace, important financial instruments, and a framework for analyzing financial issues and finding solutions to financial needs. By gaining knowledge, they will be able to achieve success in managing their financial affairs and take control of their financial environment.
By the end of this course, your learners will be able to do the following:
Sociology of Diversity
This course is designed to help your learners understand the world around them, including the impact of social influences, common social problems, and social systems in a better way. The resources will encourage them to examine social problems and institutions from different perspectives. They’ll learn about the basics of sociological theories and the ways of exploring them. Various social institutions help in shaping our perspectives and determine the ways of interacting with the world. There are numerous social problems in the physical and natural world, the course provides them with the explanation behind the issues from the various social perspectives.
By the end of this course, your learners will be able to do the following:
Organizational Behavior
This course examines key principles and challenges associated with the evolving arena of business and organizational management. Its particular focus is on how people behave—as individuals and in groups—in organizational settings. Your learners course begins with a review of the ways in which previous generations of researchers, theorists, and business leaders have regarded management, as well as current trends in management theory and practice. A genuine examination of organizational behavior must consider the factors that influence individual behavior and those that shape organizational goals. To strike an optimal balance between individual motivations and the needs and goals of organizations, effective management requires a solid understanding of both of these issues.
By the end of this course, your learners will be able to do the following:
Advanced PC Applications
Database applications; integrating word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation software applications.
By the end of this course, your learners will be able to do the following:
Legal Environment of Business
This course will explore the legal aspects of business today. In addition, this course offers a good overall picture of the American legal system and how it affects business on a daily basis.
By the end of this course, your learners will be able to do the following:
This course covers the principles of marketing. Topics covered include assessing, analyzing, understanding, and targeting the marketplace, as well as the creation, capture, delivery, and communication of value. Students will learn how to develop a marketing plan; use social and mobile marketing effectively; integrate ethics into marketing strategies; influence the consumer decision process; perform market research; perform SWOT and STP analyses; make decisions concerning branding, packaging, and developing new products; price products and services fairly; set advertising objectives; and more.
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This course integrates surgical anesthesia fundamentals and techniques that allow for humane surgery to be performed on all animal species. A major topic to be discussed is the role of veterinary anesthesia and surgical nursing in working closely with a veterinary surgeon. Other topics to be covered include effective anesthesia protocols for a variety of cases, use of advanced medical and surgical nursing skills preoperatively as well as peri- and postoperatively, and advanced monitoring techniques.
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This course will introduce your learners to the types of ethical issues you may encounter in your professional life and provide you with ways of considering what the best response to an issue might be. First, they’ll be introduced to different schools of thought about how to determine the “right” course of action—philosophical approaches such as utilitarianism, Kantian ethics, and character-based philosophies. Second, in addition to these personal ethics perspectives, they will be introduced to various business-related approaches to ethical issues in a professional setting. Third, they will be introduced to a process for decision making to balance the personal, professional, and societal considerations to help them make good decisions in your business life. Finally, they’ll be given an overview of selected areas of business that may require particular attention to ethical and social responsibility issues.
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This course gives your learners the opportunity to explore a Veterinary Technician Specialist (VTS) career pathway or a Certified Veterinary Practice Manager career after graduation from the Program. Information learned throughout this program will assist the student in developing this capstone project.
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