Baylor offers prerequisite coursework that prepares students for application to Optometry school. Students should incorporate the prerequisite classes into whatever major they choose to pursue. Optometry schools do not have a preference for a certain major.
Admission requirements are a bachelor's degree (or a minimum of 90 semester hours), satisfactory (C or better) completion of the following preprofessional course work, an acceptable Optometry Admission Test (OAT) score, and a preprofessional evaluation.
**The student should determine any specific course requirements and recommendations of the professional schools where they plan to apply.
Course |
Semester hours |
Biology |
8 |
General Chemistry |
8 |
English Composition |
8 |
English Literature |
6 |
Human Anatomy, Biology |
4 |
Mathematics |
6 |
Microbiology & Advanced Physiology |
8 |
Organic Chemistry & Biochemistry |
8 |
Physics |
8 |
Psychology |
3 |
Statistics |
3 |
Recommended Courses for Preoptometry:
Biology |
Chemistry |
English |
Mathematics |
Physics |
Psychology |
Statistics |
| 1305-1105 1306-1106 1402 or 4401; 2401 or 3429; 3422 | 1301-1101 1302-1102 3331 3332* 3238 4341 | 1302 or 1304 or 3300; 2301; 2304 or 2306 | 1321 1304 or 1322 | 1420 and 1430 or 1408 and 1409 |
1305 |
Statistics 1380 2381 3381; or Psychology 2402; or Sociology 3402. |

