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 | 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 1311 | General and Quantitative Chemistry I | 3 |
| CHEM 1312 | General and Quantitative Chemistry II | 3 |
| 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 | 48 | |
| Freshman | Hours | |
|---|---|---|
| US PE Activity | 2 | |
| CHEM 1312 | General and Quantitative Chemistry II | 3 |
| ENG 1301 | College Reading & Writing | 3 |
| ENG 1302 | Written Argument/Research | 3 |
| HIST 1301 | History of the United States through Reconstruction | 3 |
| HIST 1302 | History of the United States Since Reconstruction | 3 |
| MATH 1314 | College Algebra | 3 |
| MATH 2312 | Pre-Calculus | 3 |
| Hours | 23 | |
| Sophomore | ||
| CHEM 2323 | Organic Chemistry I | 3 |
| CHEM 2325 | Organic Chemistry II | 3 |
| PHYS 1401 | College Physics I | 4 |
| PHYS 1402 | College Physics II | 4 |
| BSC 2401 | Hum Anatomy/Physiology I | 4 |
| BSC 2402 | Hum Anatomy/Physiology II | 4 |
| BIOL 2420 | General Microbiology | 4 |
| PSY 2301 | Introduction to Psychology | 3 |
| PSY 302 | Statistics and Research Design I | 4 |
| Hours | 33 | |
| Junior | ||
| CHEM 351 | Physical Chemistry | 4 |
| CHEM 414 | Biochemistry | 4 |
| BSC 305 | General Physiology | 4 |
| MATH 2413 | Calculus I | 4 |
| MATH 2414 | Calculus II | 4 |
| ENG 2326 | Intro to Literature | 3 |
| ENG 202 | Multiethnic Literatures | 3 |
| PSCI 2301 | Princ of US and Tex Gov | 3 |
| Hours | 29 | |
| Total Hours | 85 | |
