Distance Education Veterinary Technology Program (DEVTP)
Current student enrollment
Things to check before you register:
- Make sure your account is clear for registration
- Tuition arrangements are ready to secure course registration.
- OCCI paperwork completed (if required)
- Financial Aid is ready for the semester you plan on registering for classes.
Click a button below to register for basic, intermediate, or advanced courses. You will be redirected to Google Forms.
INTERMEDIATE course Registration
Admissions forms
Complete the four admissions application forms below to the Veterinary Technology Program
Send all four completed forms to the DCCCD Veterinary Technology Department via email or fax (972-698-3051).
FAQ's
Tuition/financial aid/VA benefits
Tuition information
Visit Dallas College website
Financial aid
Financial aid may be available for those who qualify. Please call Dallas Community College Financial Aid Department at 972-587-2599, visit their website, or email them ([email protected]) for more information.
fafsa.ed.gov – Financial Aid Application
Cedar Valley Title IV Financial Aid School Code: 014035
Veterans Services Benefits
The appropriate paperwork will need to be completed and submitted to the Dallas Community College’s Veterans Service Office.
Course overview
Course formats
Assignments will take a variety of forms, such as:
- Reading selected chapters in a text and taking a written test
- Viewing a video and completing a video-based assignment
- Practicing skills while being observed by a preceptor
- Writing assignments
- Online assignments
- Making and submitting a video of yourself performing a skill or task
- Submitting work products, such as radiographs, for evaluation
Large-animal lab at Dallas Community College
Students are never required to travel to Dallas Community College to attend classes or complete lab practical exams. The laboratory portion of Large-Animal Assisting Techniques (VTHT 2325)* is offered on the Dallas Community College campus for students who do not have access to a large-animal training location. The lab is offered in the fall and spring semesters and is held over a two-day period on a Thursday and Friday. This lab covers all of the AVMA-required, hands-on large-animal tasks and gives students a chance to visit the campus, meet the instructors, and interact with other DEVTP students from all over the country. Students in DEVTP also have the option of submitting videos of the required tasks instead of traveling to campus.
*Travel fees and lodging for this lab are not included in tuition.
Courses
Students are expected to complete work according to the course’s schedule. It is strongly recommended that students take only one or two courses in their first semester. If using Financial Aid, you will need a minimum of 6 credit hours each semester.
Basic courses | Credit Hours |
VTHT 1217 Veterinary Office Management | 2 |
VTHT 1301 Introduction to Veterinary Technology | 3 |
VTHT 1349 Veterinary Pharmacology | 3 |
VTHT 1413 Veterinary Anatomy and Physiology | 4 |
VTHT 2201 Canine and Feline Clinical Management | 2 |
VTHT 2205 Equine Clinical Management | 2 |
VTHT 2209 Food Animal Clinical Management | 2 |
VTHT 2321 Veterinary Parasitology | 3 |
General Education | Credit Hours |
ENGL 1301 Composition II | 3 |
BIOL 1406 Biology for Science Majors | 4 |
Mathematics Elective | 3 |
Humanities/Fine Arts | 3 |
Social/Behavioral Science | 3 |
Intermediate courses | Credit Hours |
**VTHT 1345 Veterinary Radiology | 3 |
**VTHT 2223 Veterinary Clinical Pathology I | 2 |
**VTHT 2331 Veterinary Clinical Pathology II | 3 |
Advanced courses | Credit hours |
**VTHT 1341 Anesthesia & Surgical Assistance | 3 |
**VTHT 2213 Lab Animal Clinical Management | 2 |
**VTHT 2325 Large Animal Assisting Techniques | 3 |
**VTHT 2380 Cooperative Education | 3 |
**VTHT 2439 Veterinary Nursing Care | 4 |
**These courses require students enployment at an approved veterinary facility prior to enrollment.
Required course material
Course |
Book |
ISBN |
Publisher |
VTHT 1301 |
|
9780323751513 9780323765107 9780964151840 |
Elsevier/Mosby |
VTHT 1413 |
|
9780323793414 Lab Manual |
Elsevier HlthSciences Division Elsevier HlthSciences Division |
VTHT 2201 |
|
9780323394611 9780323442749 |
Elsevier/Mosby |
VTHT 1217 |
|
9780323570404 |
Elsevier/Mosby |
VTHT 2321 |
|
9780323389822 |
Elsevier/Mosby |
VTHT 2205 |
|
9780357712009 |
Cengage |
VTHT 2209 |
|
9780323569040 |
Elsevier/Mosby |
VTHT 1349 |
|
9780323086790 |
Elsevier |
VTHT 2223 |
|
9780323595384 9780323595407 9781681354026 9780323316958 |
Elsevier/Mosby |
VTHT 2213 |
|
9781119489597 |
Elsevier/Mosby |
VTHT 1345 |
|
978-0-323-76370-7 |
Elsevier |
VTHT 2331 |
|
9780323595384 9780323595407 |
Elsevier/Mosby |
VTHT 1341 |
|
9780323249713 9780323312271 9780323394611 9780323511322 |
Elsevier/Mosby |
VTHT 2325 |
|
9780323312271 |
Elsevier/Mosby |
VTHT 2439 |
|
9780323394611 9780323442749 9781681354026 9780323316958 |
Elsevier/Mosby |
VTHT 2380 |
|
N/A |
N/A |
Off campus clinical instruction and hands-on experience
Dallas College is given a list of required and recommended tasks by the American Veterinary Medical Association that students must complete in order for Distance Education Veterinary Technology Program to be an accredited program. The task list is non-negotiable and, in order to maintain accreditation, Dallas College requires students to complete the specified required tasks and didactic information. Therefore, there is no testing out of classes or granting credit for on-the-job experience. Even though some of the tasks and information in the lower-level courses may seem simplistic or repetitive, students with work experience often use the information and opportunity to brush up on their existing skills and come away with new ideas.
You must be working with an Off-Campus Clinical Instruction (OCCI)-Dallas College approved hospital to complete all hands-on tasks for the intermediate and advanced courses. Almost any hospital can be approved for use as an OCCI facility as long as they have the required equipment and credentialed staff to serve as your preceptor.
To locate the additional OCCI information and paperwork, students will need to log into Blackboard and search “OCCI” in the Community Tab.
Preceptors
Each hospital with a student performing AVMA-required hands-on tasks is required to provide a designated preceptor who acts as an in-house mentor to assist, tutor, and provide feedback to the student. Preceptors must be veterinarians, graduates of an AVMA-accredited program of veterinary technology, or credentialed technicians designated as RVT, LVT, or CVT. Preceptors spend one to two hours per week, per course, assisting DEVTP students with course work.