BIOLOGY 3-1 OPTOMETRY
Courses at 

ITHACA COLLEGE

Courses in blue fill requirements for the Biology Major.

Courses in green are additional requirements for optometry school.

Courses in purple are general education requirements for IC. These should include one semester of general psychology and one year of Writing/English.

COURSE	SEM HRS	COURSE	SEM HRS
First Year
General Biology	4	General Biology	4
Principles of Chem 121	4	Organic Chem 221	3
Calc 111	4	Experimental Chem 124	2
Writing	3	General Education	6
TOTAL	15	TOTAL	15
Second Year
Physics 101	4	Physics 102	4
Organic Chem 222	3	Quantitative Chem 222	3
Experimental Chem II 225	2	Genetics	4
Ecology (R)	4	General Education	6
General Ed. Requirement	3
TOTAL	16	TOTAL	17
Third Year
Lit. in Biology (R)	2	Research in Biology (R)	3
Bio. Seminar	.5	Bio. Seminar	.5
Cell Biology (R)	4	Microbiology	4
Math 145 (Statistics)	3-4
Gen. Ed. Requirements	6	Gen. Ed. Requirements	6
TOTAL	16.5	TOTAL	13.5
(R) Biology Department requirement beyond those required for admission to Optometry School. Ithaca College requires each student to complete a number of hours of General Education courses beyond the major requirements. In addition, each student must be certified in writing competence. 27 additional semester hours credit, including 6-8 hours of biological science, will still be needed for a BA from Ithaca College after the above requirements have been completed. These requirements can be filled by taking the credits shown on the web page in the fourth year while at PCO or NYCO. (1 quarter hour = 0.67 semester hours).

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Updated by Nancy Pierce
Last updated 1/12