Most students complete the veterinary medical program at SGU SVM on an optimal track of four (4) years. Students on this optimal track spend three (3) years in Grenada studying pre-clinical, paraclinical, and clinical subjects before moving to affiliated schools of veterinary medicine to spend a final year in clinical rotations.
The first six (6) terms of the curriculum consist of six (6) courses. Each course contains one (1) Professional Skills (PS) unit, one (1) Clinical Skills (CS) unit, and one (1) Systems (SYS) unit. The SYS unit consists of modules, and the number of modules per SYS unit differs per term.
The optimal track is a continuum of terms with time off kept to a minimum. The terms in the first three (3) years are progressive, each term being a prerequisite ("building block") for the next. Breaks in this progression are disruptive; therefore, leave of absence (LOA) is discouraged.
To graduate from the SVM, a student needs to complete a total of 175 credits. This includes obtaining 127 credits from pre-clinical terms (covering terms 1 to 6 and passing all units in each course) and 48 credits from the clinical terms (terms 7 to 9; affiliate schools may require additional credits).