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Preparation for admission to schools of optometry includes the successful completion of prescribed coursework and an acceptable score on the nationally administered Optometry Admissions Test (OAT). Enrollment is limited and admission is competitive at optometry schools, which require a bachelor's degree from an accredited institution before acceptance or at some point early in the course of professional study. The preoptometry program at Southern Oregon University is designed to prepare students for admission to the School of Optometry at Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon. Because requirements for other schools of optometry are similar, students may prepare for the school of their choice by slightly modifying the courses taken. Contact the Department of Biology as soon as possible for an appointment with the preoptometry advisor.Pacific University admits qualified students to their professional optometry program after they complete a minimum of 135 quarter credits, with the understanding that the bachelor's degree must be completed within two years of admission to the professional program. SOU offers a three-year course of study that prepares students for admission to the professional program at Pacific University and allows students to complete the fourth year of the bachelor's degree in biology by successfully completing the first year of the professional optometry program at Pacific University. The requirements of this joint program are:
1. Complete all requirements for the biology major except 8 credits of upper division electives and the capstone. Upper division electives must include Microbiology and Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy.
2. Complete all baccalaureate degree requirements (with the exception of #5 in the Baccalaureate Degree Requirements on printed catalog page 31).
3. Complete additional requirements for acceptance into the professional optometry program at Pacific University (e.g., psychology, math, and writing).
4. Upon successful completion of the first year of the professional optometry program at Pacific University and demonstration of this to the SOU Registrar, students are awarded the Bachelor of Science degree in biology.
First Year
- Principles of Biology (Bi 211, 212, 213) 12
- General Chemistry (Ch 201-206) 15
- Colloquium (Core 101, 102, 103) 12
- Mathematics (to include 243 and 158 or 251) 8
- General Psychology (Psy 201) 3
Total 50
Second Year
- Genetics (Bi 341) 4
- Cell Biology (Bi 342) 4
- Developmental Biology (Bi 343) or Introductory Ecology (Bi 340) 4
- Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy (Bi 427) (depends on year offered) 0-4
- Organic Chemistry (Ch 331, 332, 337, 338) 9
- Mathematics 0-8
- General Psychology (Psy 202) 3
- Technical Research Writing (Wr 227) 4
- Lower division general education 12
- Approved electives 0-12
Total 52
Third Year
- Comparative Animal Physiology (Bi 314) 4
- Evolution (Bi 446) 3
- Introductory Ecology (Bi 340 or Developmental Biology (Bi 343) 4
- Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy (Bi 427) (depends on year offered) 0-4
- Microbiology (Bi 351) 4
- Biology upper division elective 4
- General Physics (Ph 201, 202, 203 and 224, 225, 226) 12
- Lower division general education 4
- Upper division general education 9-12
- Approved electives 0-7
Total 51
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