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Summer 2024 UF Loop Courses and Course Sections

Costa Rica Programs

Costa Rica Pre-Vet Shelter Medicine and Dolphin Research

• ASLA 440 Companion Animal Veterinary Medicine: Costa Rica (1 credit) (PDF)
• ASLA 458 Wildlife Research: Costa Rica Dolphin (1 credit) (PDF)

Costa Rica Pre-Vet Wildlife Medicine

• ASLA 445: Wildlife Conservation and Care: Costa Rica Rescue Center (4 credits) (PDF)

Costa Rica Sea Turtle Conservation and Research

• ASLA 458 Wildlife Research: Costa Rica Turtle (3 credits) (PDF)

Costa Rica Marine Biology and Conservation Diving

• ASLA 448 Tropical Biology, Conservation and Ecology: Costa Rica Marine (4 credits) (PDF)

Thailand Programs

Thailand College Pre-Vet Medicine

• ASLA 440 Companion Animal Veterinary Medicine: Thailand College Pre-Vet Medicine (2 credits) (PDF)
• ASLA 446 Elephant Management and Medicine: Thailand College Pre-Vet Medicine (1 credit) (PDF)

Wild Tropics

• ASLA 448 Tropical Biology, Conservation and Ecology: Thailand Wild Tropics (2 credits) (PDF)
• ASLA 442: Exploring Marine Life Through SCUBA Diving: Open Water (1 credit) (PDF)
  OR
• ASLA 442: Exploring Marine Life Through SCUBA Diving: Advanced Open Water (1 credit) (PDF)

Thailand Vet School Elephant Medicine

• ASLA 446 Elephant Management and Medicine: Thailand Veterinary Semester Abroad (3 credits) (PDF)

Elephant Research

• ASLA 458 Wildlife Research: Thailand Elephant (1 credit) (PDF)

South Africa Programs

Rhino Conservation and Management

• ASLA 445: Wildlife Conservation and Care: South Africa Rhino (1 credit) (PDF)

South Africa Wildlife Research

• ASLA 458 Wildlife Research: African Wildlife (4 credits) (PDF)

South Africa Pre-Vet Big Cats

• ASLA 457 Biology and Conservation of Big Cats: South Africa (3 credits) (PDF)

South Africa Zoo Medicine

• ASLA 455 Zoo Husbandry and Care: South Africa Lory Park (3 credits) (PDF)

Panama Programs

Panama Pre-Vet Clinical Wildlife Medicine

• ASLA 459 Clinical Veterinary Medicine: Panama Wildlife Medicine (3 credits) (PDF)

Australia Programs

Australia Pre-Vet Wildlife Medicine

• ASLA 445: Wildlife Conservation and Care: Australia Walkabout Park (4 credits) (PDF)

Australia Wildlife Hospital

• ASLA 459 Clinical Veterinary Medicine: Australia Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary (3 credits) (PDF)

Australia 4-week Experience

• ASLA 455 Zoo Husbandry and Care: Australia Wildlife Habitat (4 credits) (PDF)

USA Programs

The Toledo Zoo Pre-Vet Med

• ASLA 455 Zoo Husbandry and Care: Toledo Zoo (1 credit) (PDF)

Texas Zoo Management

• ASLA 455 Zoo Husbandry and Care: Texas Zoo (1 credit) (PDF)

Online Courses

Prosthetics Design: Engineering in Veterinary & Human Medicine

• ASLA 437 Biomedical Engineering in Veterinary Medicine: Online (2 credits) (PDF)

Veterinary Spanish 101

• ASLA 238 Veterinary Spanish: Online (1.5 credits) (PDF)

Elephant Positive Reinforcement Training

• ASLA 439 Animal Positive Reinforcement Training: Online Elephant (1 credit) (PDF)

Companion Animal Management

• ASLA 440 Companion Animal Veterinary Medicine: Online (1.5 credits) (PDF)

Australia Wildlife Handling, Conservation and Care

• ASLA 445: Wildlife Conservation and Care: Online Australia (1.5 credits) (PDF)

Elephant Medicine and Management

• ASLA 446 Elephant Management and Medicine: Online (1.5 credits) (PDF)

Global Veterinary Semester Abroad

The following courses graded A-F

Conservation of Rainforest Wildlife (PDF) – Costa Rica

Wildlife Research – 2 credits (PDF)  – Costa Rica

Tropical Shelter Medicine, Management, and Welfare (PDF) – Thailand

Tropical Conservation and SCUBA Diving (PDF) – Thailand

Exploring Shallow Water Marine Life (PDF) – Thailand

Exploring Deep Water Marine Life (PDF) – Thailand *The Advanced SCUBA course is only available for students who have already completed the Open Water certification before they begin the Global Semester.

Anatomy, Behavior, and Conservation of African Big Cats (PDF) – South Africa

Zoo Husbandry and Management (PDF) – South Africa

Veterinary Semester Abroad in Thailand

The semester includes ALL of these courses graded A-F:

Thailand Life and Culture (PDF)

Companion Animal Management (PDF)

Veterinary Surgical Nursing (PDF) 

Veterinary Clinical Practice and Skills (PDF)

Elephant Management and Medicine (PDF)

Marine Animal Anatomy, Biology, and Conservation with Lab (PDF)

Exploring Shallow and Deep Water Marine Life (PDF)

Wildlife Conservation and Care (PDF)

South Africa Wildlife and Conservation Semester Abroad

The semester includes ALL of these courses graded A-F:

Introduction to South African History and Culture (PDF)

Wildlife Conservation and Management (PDF)

Zoo Husbandry and Management (PDF)

One Health Concepts in Action (PDF)

Anatomy, Behavior, and Conservation of African Big Cats (PDF)

Wildlife Research (PDF)