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Pre-Optometry - A.A. Degree (Transfer)

An Arts and Sciences Area of Study

Application Code 54

For curriculum information, contact the Science, Engineering, and Technology Division—Room ST-248—443-518-1600.

Optometrists play a significant role in providing eye care in private offices as well as in group practices and government or industrial facilities. This area of study is designed to prepare students who plan to apply for admission to a school of optometry. Some optometric colleges admit students after two years of college, but successful admission often requires a bachelor’s degree or higher. For their bachelor’s degree, many students select a major which will provide an alternative career route should they change their occupational plans. The pre-optometry curriculum provides a foundation for optometric studies as well as for a future major in the life sciences, chemistry, or related fields. Students interested in this curriculum are advised to check the requirements of the institution to which they intend to transfer.

General Education Core

Students enrolled in transfer patterns must take a minimum of 30 credits in General Education. Each student’s total of general education and required courses must equal at least 60 semester hours of credit.

Composition

Course NumberTitleCredits
ENGL-121College Composition

3

Humanities, Arts and Literature

Course NumberTitleCredits
-Humanities Core Course

-Arts Core Course

-Literature Core Course

9-11

One Humanities Core Course (3 credits), plus one Arts Core Course (3 credits), plus one Literature Core Course (3 credits) satisfies the Humanities, Arts and Literature Core requirement, OR a World Language Sequence (8 credits), plus another Humanities, Arts, and Literature Core (3 credits) in a second discipline other than a world language satisfies the Humanities, Arts and Literature Core requirement.

Social Sciences

Course NumberTitleCredits
-Social and Behavioral Sciences Core Courses

6

One History Core Course is required and may be taken as either a Social and Behavioral Sciences Core or a Humanities Core. No more than 6 credits may be taken in History to meet Humanities Core and Social and Behavioral Sciences Core requirements.

Science

Course NumberTitleCredits
BIOL-101General Biology I

4

BIOL-102General Biology II

4

Mathematics

Course NumberTitleCredits
MATH-153Precalculus II

3

-or

-higher

Interdisciplinary

Course NumberTitleCredits
-Interdisciplinary and Emerging Issues Core Course

1-3

Required Courses Related to Major

Course NumberTitleCredits
BIOL-200Microbiology

4

CHEM-101General Inorganic Chemistry I

4

CHEM-102General Inorganic Chemistry II

4

CHEM-201Organic Chemistry I

4

CHEM-202Organic Chemistry II

4

PHYS-103Fundamentals of Physics I

4

PHYS-104Fundamentals of Physics II

4

Course NumberTitleCredits
MATH-181Calculus I

4

-or

-higher

Total Credit Hours: 62-68