Pre-Optometry Option
This option is offered within the following major(s):
The BioHealth Sciences major combined with the Pre-Optometry option is designed to meet most or all of the requirements for admission to optometry programs across the U.S. Satisfactory completion of the pre-optometry option facilitates, but does not guarantee, admission to an optometry program; applicants are selected on a competitive basis. Students are urged to carefully check admission requirements at their schools of interest and work closely with admission representatives in order to make sure they are meeting all current requirements.
Students may not combine the Pre-Optometry option with any other option offered with the BioHealth Sciences major (Pre-Medicine/Pre-Podiatry, Pre-Pharmacy, Pre-Clinical Laboratory Science, Pre-Dentistry, Pre-Physical Therapy, Pre-Physician Assistant). The option includes courses that must be completed on campus to ensure that students fulfill the required and expected courses of Optometry post-baccalaureate programs.
Option Code: 603
- Courses can double-count in the BHS Major Core and Bacc Core.
Code | Title | Credits |
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BHS Major Core | ||
BI 221 & BI 222 & BI 223 | *PRINCIPLES OF BIOLOGY: CELLS and *PRINCIPLES OF BIOLOGY: ORGANISMS and *PRINCIPLES OF BIOLOGY: POPULATIONS | 12 |
CH 231 & CH 261 | GENERAL CHEMISTRY and *LABORATORY FOR CHEMISTRY 231 | 5 |
CH 232 & CH 262 | GENERAL CHEMISTRY and *LABORATORY FOR CHEMISTRY 232 | 5 |
CH 233 & CH 263 | GENERAL CHEMISTRY and *LABORATORY FOR CHEMISTRY 233 | 5 |
MB 303 | GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY LABORATORY | 2 |
MTH 251 | *DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS | 4 |
MTH 252 | INTEGRAL CALCULUS | 4 |
ST 201 | PRINCIPLES OF STATISTICS | 4 |
Option Core | ||
BI 331 & BI 332 & BI 333 | ADVANCED HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY and ADVANCED HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY and ADVANCED HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY | 9 |
BI 341 & BI 342 & BI 343 | ADVANCED HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY LABORATORY and ADVANCED HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY LABORATORY and ADVANCED HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY LABORATORY | 6 |
PH 332 | *LIGHT, VISION, AND COLOR | 3 |
or BB 360 | INTRODUCTION TO NEUROSCIENCE | |
ST 202 | PRINCIPLES OF STATISTICS | 4 |
Total Credits | 63 |
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Baccalaureate Core Course (BCC)
Option Code: 603