Course Requirements
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To be considered as a candidate for admission to the professional O.D. program, a minimum of three years (90 semester credits) of undergraduate study is required, but a Bachelor's degree is recommended. All of the course requirements should be met by enrollment at a four year college or university in those courses specifically offered for departmental majors or pre-professional students and should not be brief or survey courses. Letter grades should be awarded for all required courses, and should be completed successfully with a grade C or better.
Required
- General Biology- one year*
- General Chemistry- one year*#
- General Physics- one year*
- Organic Chemistry- one year*#
- Calculus- one semester or quarter
- English Composition & Literature- one year
- Social Science- one year (History, Humanities, the Arts, Philosophy, Religion, Sociology, additional Psychology, etc.)
- General Psychology- one semester or quarter
- Statistics- one semester or quarter
* A laboratory is required
# Biochemistry may be substituted for one term of General or Organic Chemistry
Strongly Recommended
- Microbiology- one semester or quarter
Recommended
- Biochemistry- one semester or quarter
(Advanced level courses which demonstrate the acquisition of the knowledge base expected from the above listed required courses maybe substituted if approved by the Director of Admissions. For example, Biochemistry may be substituted for one of the courses in General Chemistry or one of the courses in Organic Chemistry).
Please forward any questions or suggestions to:
SUNY State College of Optometry
Office of Student Affairs
Floor 11
33 West 42nd St.
New York, New York 10036
(800) 291-3937
(212) 938-5500
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