Given below is a sample schedule for the courses that a student would need to complete during the first three years at:

• Ithaca College, as well as plans for the first year at either the
• Pennsylvania College of Optometry or the
• New York College of Optometry.

BIOLOGY 3-1 OPTOMETRY AT ITHACA COLLEGE

 Courses listed in Blue are required for the major in Biology

 Courses listed in Purple are General Education Requirements

 Course listed in Green is an optometry prerequisite

 IC Courses for BA degree from IC

First Year
 

COURSE	SEM HRS	COURSE	SEM HRS
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
 

COURSE	SEM HRS	COURSE	SEM HRS
Physics 101	4	Physics 102	4
Organic Chem 222	3	Quantiative 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
 

COURSE	SEM HRS	COURSE	SEM HRS
Lit. of Biology (R)	2	Research in Biology (R)	3
Bio. Seminar	.5	Bio. Seminar	.5
Cell Biology (R)	4	Microbiology	4
Statistics 243 or 244	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 an number of hours of General Education courses beyond the major requirements. In addition, each student must be certified in writing competence.

24 additional semester hours credit, including 6-8 hours of biological science, will still be need for a BA from Ithaca College after the above requirements have been completed. These requirements can be filled by taking the credits shown below in the fourth year while at PCO or NYCO.

(1 quarter hour = 0.67 semester hours).

PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY

 Courses in Blue will transfer to Ithaca College and fill requirements for the Biology Major

 Courses in Green will transfer to Ithaca College to fill the 120 credits required for graduation.

 Courses in Purple are professional courses which will not count toward the Bachelor=s degree at IC.

Fourth year
 

FALL QUARTER	SEM CR	SPRING QUARTER	SEM CR
Gross Anatomy	2.34	Ocular Micro and Imm.	1.67
Micro Anatomy	2.34	Ocular Biology I	3.01
General Biochemistry	1.67	Ocular Diagn. Proc.	3.35
General Physiology	2.68	Professional Practice	0.16
Theoretical Optics	3.35	Intro. Community Health	1.67
		Pharmacol and Theraput.	2.01
TOTAL	16	TOTAL	11.87

 

WINTER QUARTER	SEM CR
Neuroscience	2.68
Endocrinology	1.00
Theoretical Optics II	3.68
Optics of the Eye	2.34
Gen. Path.	1.67
TOTAL	11.37

A total of 32.11 semester credits (courses in blue and green) are transferable to IC for the degree in Biology.

STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY

  Courses in Blue will transfer to Ithaca College and fill requirements for the Biology Major

 Courses in Green will transfer to Ithaca College to fill the 120 credits required for graduation.

 Courses in Purple are professional courses which will not count toward the Bachelor=s degree at IC.

 Fourth Year
 
 

FALL QUARTER	SEM CR	SPRING QUARTER	SEM CR
General Histology	2.68	Gross Anatomy	2.01
Physiology and Biochem	3.65	Physio. And Biochem. III	1.57
Optometry I	3.01	Neuroscience II	1.67
Opt. Orientation	0.67	Ocular Anat. And Physio. I	2.34
Geometric Optics	4.02	Optometry III	3.01
Public Health	1.00	Physical Optics	2.01
		Physiol. Optics I	2.68
TOTAL	15.03	TOTAL	15.29

 

WINTER QUARTER	SEM CR
Gross Anatomy II	2.01
Physiol. And Biochem II	3.21
Neuroscience	1.67
Optometry II	3.01
Geometric Optics	3.35
TOTAL	13.25

 A total of 33.87 semester credits (courses in blue and green) are transferable to IC for the degree in Biology.