We finally get to pick classes!

After 2 years of having our schedules completely out of our hands, we finally have some freedom to choose. (Granted, there are 19 hours of required class in the Fall and 16 hours of required class in the Spring.)

Honestly, it's a little overwhelming! There are 63 options, and we have to narrow that done to a minimum of 14 and a maximum of 20 or so.

Then there's fact that we aren't guranteed to get any of the classes that we want. They assign us to classes based on request and then lottery.

So, my current plans are:

Emergency Response and Management (which has 130 slots, so I'll definitely get it)

Primate Medicine (25 slots, but I assume not a lot of interest)

Animal Models of Human Disease (10 slots, but probably not a lot of interest)

Interactive Emergency and Critical Care Small Animal Cases (30 slots)
OR
Contemporary Issues in Animal Welfare (second choice in that time slot, also 30 slots)

Small Animal Endocrinology: Problem Solving (8 slots)
OR
Diagnostic Cytology Topics (second choice, 40 slots)

Small Animal Dentistry (30 slots, who knows if I'll get it! I'm signing up for this one in 2 slots, in hopes one will come through)

Small Animal Cardiology (130 slots)

Food Animal Advanced Elective (130 slots- good for boards)

Clinical Lab Animal Medicine (5 slots, I assume not a lot of other interest)

Resolving Small Animal Behavior Problems (130 slots)

Common Complaints (8 slots, everyone wants it... so, we'll see!)
OR
Physical Medicine, Rehab, Pain Management, Alternative/Complementary Medicine (16 slots)

Small Animal Oncology (100 slots)
OR
Diagnostic Lab (6 slots)
OR
Physical Medicine, etc (16 slots)

Feline Medicine (80 slots, but it fills up every year!)

Regulatory Issues: Update for the Practitioner (80 slots. I'm not excited about this one, but it's important for being accredited/licensed as a vet. It's more important for large animal people for health certificate stuff, but it's important for rabies vaccine administration in some states and I don't know where I'm going to end up.)

Small Animal Gastroenterology (130 slots)

Small Animal Nutrition (65 slots)

Emergency Medicine (130 slots. Everyone can take this one. Dr. Bailey teaches it 6 times a year.)