Pre-health professional curricula are offered in pre-dentistry, pre-medicine, pre-optometry, pre-physical therapy, pre-physician assistant, pre-pharmacy and pre-veterinary medicine. Advisors are available to guide the students concerning admissions requirements to the professional schools. The department in which students major will advise them where applicable. Completion of these curricula does not assure admission to a professional school. Competition for admission to professional schools is keen, the number of qualified applicants exceeds the number of places available.<br><br>Students in the Pre-Veterinary Medicine (PVET) curriculum must select a major by the end of their sophomore year. Students in Sciences and Mathematics typically select microbiology (MCMB, PVET) or organismal biology (IBIO, PVET) as majors. Pre-Veterinary options in the College of Agriculture include animal sciences (ANDS, PVET) and poultry science (POUL, PVET), A pre-vet option in wildlife (WILD, PVET) sciences also exists in the School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences. The minimum requirements for admission to the College of Veterinary Medicine at Auburn University are incorporated into the curriculum models for all of these majors.