Every optometry school has a specific list of pre-requisite courses. It is important that you identify the schools in which you are interested and determine the coureses required by each of them. The common set of required courses typically includes:
- 2 semesters of General Biology (Biol 141 & Biol 334)
- 2 semesters of General Chemistry (Chem 261 & Chem 262)
- 2 semesters of Organic Chemistry (Chem 353 & Chem 354)
- 2 semesters of General Physics(Phys 175 & Phys 176 OR Phys 205 & Phys 206)
- Microbiology (375/376)
- Psychology (Psy 201)
- English (Eng 101)
- Statistics (Stat 241)
- Calculus (Math 230)
We offer many other courses that will be helpful to your pre-optometry training and you should consider taking, including: Immunology, Histology, Comparative Chordate Anatomy, etc.