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
Humanities, Arts and Literature
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
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
Mathematics
Interdisciplinary
Required Courses Related to Major
Required Courses
| BIOL-200 | Microbiology | 4 credits |
| CHEM-101 | General Inorganic Chemistry I | 4 credits |
| CHEM-102 | General Inorganic Chemistry II | 4 credits |
| CHEM-201 | Organic Chemistry I | 4 credits |
| CHEM-202 | Organic Chemistry II | 4 credits |
| PHYS-103 | Fundamentals of Physics I | 4 credits |
| PHYS-104 | Fundamentals of Physics II | 4 credits |
Mathematics
Total Credit Hours: 62-68