Pre-Optometry

Suggested Program of Study

These are general admission requirements. Students should refer to specific admissions guidelines for each optometry school and consult with their academic advisor and the Coordinator.

Required Courses

BIOL 120	Biological Principles I (NS)	4
BIOL 121	Biological Principles II	4
BIOL 150	Human Anatomy	4
BIOL 366	Advanced Human Physiology	4
	OR
BIOL 225	Human Physiology	4
BIOL 344	General Microbiology	4
	OR
BIOL 250	Introductory Microbiology	4
BIOL 354	Biological Chemistry (W)	4
CHEM 116	General Chemistry I (NS)	4
	AND
CHEM 117	General Chemistry II	4
	OR
CHEM 120	Accelerated General Chemistry (NS)	4
CHEM 145	Survey of Organic and Biochemistry	4
	OR
CHEM 201	Organic Chemistry I	4
	AND
CHEM 202	Organic Chemistry II	4
PHYS 201	Physics for Life Sciences I (NS)	4
	AND
PHYS 202	Physics for Life Sciences II	4
	OR
PHYS 221	General Physics I (NS)	4
	AND
PHYS 222	General Physics II	4
MATH 151	Calculus I (MT)	4
ENGL 110	First-Year Composition (W)	3
	OR
FYS 110	First Year Seminar I (FS)	4
ENGL 200	The Literary Experience (W) & (LT)	3
PSYC 115	General Psychology (SS)	3
PSYC 270/ECON 270	Statistics	4

Other recommended courses for some schools include work in Business/Accounting, Computer Science, Communication Studies, Sociology, as well as additional Psychology courses.

*NOTE: Organic Chemistry requirement depends on the Optometry School. About half require just one semester (CHEM 145 is sufficient). The other half require two semesters (CHEM 201 AND CHEM 202).