病理生物学和诊断研究系为兽医专业课程的学生提供课程。该系提供理学硕士和哲学博士学位课程。该学位所需的最低学分数量主要取决于学生的教育背景和学术水平。那些训练有素的学生或在病理学上有丰富的专业经验并可以提供真正的奖学金和成就证明的学生，可能不需要修毕硕士学位课程中通常最多的40个学分。
The Department of Pathobiology and Diagnostic Investigation offers courses for students in the professional program in Veterinary Medicine. The department offers Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degree programs. Residency training in diagnostic veterinary anatomic or clinical pathology is also available. Graduate education and research may be directed to either human or animal pathology. Major areas of research in pathology provide the basis for advanced degree programs. These areas include toxicologic pathology, oncology, neuropathology, hematology in a broad sense, immunopathology, pathology of infectious diseases, reproductive and cardiovascular pathology, and pathology of animal models for human disease. Comparative aspects of disease processes may encompass a variety of species, including humans and domestic or wild mammals and birds, and may emphasize anthropozoonoses dealing with diseases transmissible across species lines. An interdisciplinary approach to problem solving will be applied in all instances where indicated.