Advisor: John Slovak, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, 903-886-5378
After completion of the suggested program outlined below, the student should apply to a school offering a degree in optometry. The student should consult the catalog of the optometry school of interest in order to insure that all admission requirements to that school have been met.
| Required courses in the major, minor or specialization | ||
| BSC 1406 | Introductory Biology I | 4 |
| BSC 1407 | Introductory Biology II | 4 |
| BSC 2401 | US-Hum Anatomy/Physiology I | 4 |
| BSC 2402 | Hum Anatomy/Physiology II | 4 |
| BIOL 2420 | General Microbiology | 4 |
| BSC 305 | General Physiology | 4 |
| Required support courses | ||
| CHEM 1312 | General and Quantitative Chemistry II | 3 |
| CHEM 1411 | General and Quantitative Chemistry I | 4 |
| CHEM 2323 | Organic Chemistry I | 3 |
| CHEM 2325 | Organic Chemistry II | 3 |
| PHYS 1401 | College Physics I | 4 |
| PHYS 1402 | College Physics II | 4 |
| PSY 302 | Statistics and Research Design I | 4 |
| Total Hours | 49 | |
| Freshman | Hours |
|---|---|
| US PE Activity | 2 |
| BSC 1411 | 4 |
| BSC 1413 | 4 |
| CHEM 1312 | 3 |
| CHEM 1411 | 4 |
| ENG 1301 | 3 |
| ENG 1302 | 3 |
| HIST 1301 | 3 |
| HIST 1302 | 3 |
| MATH 1314 | 3 |
| MATH 2312 | 3 |
| 35 | |
| Sophomore | Hours |
| CHEM 2323 | 3 |
| CHEM 2325 | 3 |
| PHYS 1401 | 4 |
| PHYS 1402 | 4 |
| BSC 2401 | 4 |
| BSC 2402 | 4 |
| BIOL 2420 | 4 |
| PSY 2301 | 3 |
| PSY 302 | 4 |
| 33 | |
| Junior | Hours |
| CHEM 351 | 4 |
| CHEM 414 | 4 |
| BSC 305 | 4 |
| MATH 2413 | 4 |
| MATH 2414 | 4 |
| ENG 2326 | 3 |
| ENG 202 | 3 |
| PSCI 2301 | 3 |
| 29 | |
| Total Hours: 97 | |
