The State University of New York, State College of Optometry one of the premier optometric teaching and clinical institutions in the nation, offers an alternative to the traditional route of entry into its professional program.

Joint Degree, Affiliation Program
The State University of New York, State College of Optometry and 35 colleges and universities throughout the region offer an affiliation program to highly qualified students where they can receive an undergraduate degree and a Doctor of Optometry degree in just seven years instead of the usual eight.

How Does it Work?
The student attends one of the 35 affiliated colleges for three years and then attends the professional program at SUNY College of Optometry for four years. After the first or second year at SUNY College of Optometry, the student receives his or her baccalaureate degree, from the undergraduate college. The O.D. degree is awarded after completing the four years at SUNY-Optometry.

Benefits
A student saves one year in tuition, travel and books. In addition, students who are accepted into the program simultaneously establish a candidacy for admission to the professional program. The student also receives continuous guidance from both institutions throughout the seven-year program.

College Major
Most of the students in the Affiliation Program are biology, chemistry or psychology majors. However, many different majors may be accepted as long as the prerequisites for the optometry program are met.

Prerequisite
Prerequisites, to be met during the 3 years of undergraduate college, for the professional optometry program are:

• General Biology - one year*
• General Chemistry - one year*
• General Physics - one year*
• Organic Chemistry - one year*
• Calculus I - one semester
• English Composition & Literature - one year
• Social Science - one year
• General Psychology - one semester
• Statistics - one semester
• Optometry Admission Test (OAT)

* A laboratory course is required.

More Information?
The 35 colleges and universities involved in the Affiliation Program are listed below (additional colleges are under consideration). More details are available from the Admission Offices and advisors of these colleges or you may call the Office of Student Affairs at SUNY State College of Optometry at (212) 938-5500 or (800) 291-3937 for more details.

• Adelphi University
• Canisius College
• CUNY Brooklyn College
• CUNY City College of New York
• CUNY College of Staten Island
• Fairleigh Dickinson University
• Felician College
• Gettysburg College, (PA)
• Ithaca College
• Lehigh University, (PA)
• Manhattan and Mount St. Vincent Colleges
• Marymount College
• Mount Saint Mary College
• Muhlenberg College, (PA)
• New Jersey Institute of Technology
• Pace University
• Ramapo College of New Jersey
• Sacred Heart University (CT)
• St. John's University
• Siena College
• SUNY - University Center at Albany
• SUNY - University Center at Binghamton
• SUNY at Fredonia
• SUNY at Geneseo
• SUNY at New Paltz
• SUNY at Oneonta
• SUNY at Oswego
• SUNY at Plattsburgh
• SUNY at Potsdam
• The College of New Jersey
• The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey
• Utica College of Syracuse University
• Wagner College
• Wilkes University (PA)
• Yeshiva University & Stern College

SUNY College of Optometry supports affirmative action & equal opportunity and does not discriminate in education programs or employment in any policies, practices or procedures.