Advising Course Plan - Health Sciences Major - Optometry Interest
Those interested in pursuing a career in Optometry should plan on also pursuing a minor in Chemistry and completing a common core of prerequisite coursework (*). Some requirements may differ from the ones below, depending on the Optometry program in which you may be interested, so please make sure to look at various graduate program requirements for different universities. Therefore, you will want to begin looking at universities’ requirements during your 1st year as an undergraduate to better prepare you for graduate programs. Of course, make sure you satisfy all the Health Sciences (HLSC) major requirements listed in the course catalog (the plan below should allow you to do this).
Students will need to take the standardized OAT exam for admission to Optometry programs. More information on optometry programs, requirements, etc. can be found at:
https://optometriceducation.org/students-future-students/resources/
The average GPA of admitted students is 3.4 and the average OAT score is 325.
| First Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | Units | |
| BIOL 141P1,* | Introductory Biology: Biochemistry, Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics | 1 |
| HLSC 119V | Health and Wellness | 1 |
| FSEM 1001 | First Year Seminar (unless transfer student) | 1 |
| General Education requirement1 | 1 | |
| Term Units | 4 | |
| Spring | ||
| BIOL 142P1,* | Introductory Biology: Animal and Plant Physiology | 1 |
| PSYC 101S1,* | Introduction to Psychology | 1 |
| MATH 141Q1,* | Calculus I with Analytic Geometry | 1 |
| General Education requirement (A, B, H, L course)1 | 1 | |
| Term Units | 4 | |
| Second Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| HLSC 2011,* | Anatomy Physiology I | 1 |
| CHEM 141P* | General Chemistry I | 1 |
| BIOL 3011,* | Microbiology | 1 |
| General Education requirement (A, B, H, L coure)1 | 1 | |
| Term Units | 4 | |
| Spring | ||
| HLSC 2021,* | Anatomy and Physiology II | 1 |
| CHEM 142P* | General Chemistry II | 1 |
| SOCI 101S* | Understanding Society: An Introduction to Sociology | 1 |
| General Education requirement (A, B, H, L coure)1 | 1 | |
| Term Units | 4 | |
| Summer | ||
| Take the OAT exam in preparation for Optometry program applications - by the end of summer before Fourth Year. | ||
| Term Units | 0 | |
| Third Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| Junior Seminar must be taken during this year. | ||
| CHEM 201* | Organic Chemistry I | 1 |
| PHYS 121P or 141P* | College Physics I University Physics I | 1 |
| Junior Seminar | 1 | |
| Elective | 1 | |
| Term Units | 4 | |
| Spring | ||
| HLSC 4981 | Senior Research Proposal | 1 |
| PHYS 122P or 142P* | College Physics II University Physics II | 1 |
| CHEM 301* | Organic Chemistry II | 1 |
| MATH 125Q | Introduction to Mathematical and Statistical Modeling | 1 |
| Term Units | 4 | |
| Fourth Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| HLSC 4991 | Senior Research Project | 1 |
| HLSC 4111 | Exercise Physiology | 1 |
| CHEM 204* | Biochemistry I | 1 |
| PHIL 316V | Bio-Medical Ethics (or equivalent; IHSC elective; or other Personal & Social Responsibility course (R, E, W, D, J course)) | 1 |
| Term Units | 4 | |
| Spring | ||
| HLSC elective1 | 1 | |
| Additional 200+ level Chemistry class to satisfy Chemistry minor | 1 | |
| COMM 108 | Public Speaking | 1 |
| Elective | 1 | |
| Term Units | 4 | |
| Total Unit: 32 | ||
- 1
Required for HLSC major.
- *
Common core of prerequisite course work.