Plan of Study – Pre-Optometry

Note: A Semester Hour (s.h.) is a unit of academic credit representing an hour of class (such as lecture class) or three hours of laboratory work each week for an academic semester. Most courses are two, three or four semester hours.

Pre-Optometry: Cert Achieve

Pre-Optometry: Certificate of Achievement

Certificate Courses (Minimum of 51 semester hours required.)

BIO 1030 General Biology I (3 s.h.)

Fundamental biological principles and problems as they apply to molecular, cellular, and organismic levels of the biosphere. Lecture meets 3 hours per week. Prerequisite or corequisite: CHM 1110 or equivalent, one year each of high school biology and chemistry highly recommended. Corequisite: BIO 1030.LB.

BIO1030L General Biology I Lab (1 s.h.)

Laboratory investigating fundamental biological principles and problems as they apply to molecular, cellular, and organismic levels of the biosphere. Prerequisite or corequisite: CHEM 1110 or equivalent, one year each of high school biology and chemistry highly recommended. Lab will meet 3 hours per week. Corequisite: BIO 1030.

BIO 1040 General Biology II (3 s.h.)

Fundamental biological principles and problems as they apply to evolutionary theory, biosystematics, plant structure and function, animal behavior, and ecological concepts. Lecture meets 3 hours per week. Prerequisite: one year each of high school biology and chemistry highly recommended; BIO 1030 and BIO 1030.LB recommended but not required. Corequisite: BIO 1040.LB.

BIO1040L General Biology II Lab (1 s.h.)

Laboratory course investigating fundamental biological principles and problems as they apply to evolutionary theory, biosystematics, plant structure and function, animal behavior, and ecological concepts. Prerequisite: one year each of high school biology and chemistry highly recommended; BIO 1030 and BIO 1030.LB recommended but not required. Lab will meet 3 hours per week. Corequisite: BIO 1040.

BIO 2260 Microbiology (3 s.h.)

Fundamental principles of microbiology with emphasis on the biology of bacteria and other microbes (metabolism, genetics, growth, and death), their ecological relationships in natural and controlled environments, and the interactions of pathogenic microorganisms and their human and animal hosts. Lecture meets 3 hours per week. Corequisite: BIO 2260.LB.

BIO2260L Microbiology Lab (1 s.h.)

Laboratory course investigating the fundamental principles of microbiology through hands-on exploration of techniques such as smear and stain preparation, safe handling of microorganisms and care and maintenance of cultures. Lab will meet 3 hours per week. Prerequisites: CHM 1110 or CHM 1610; and BIO 1030 or BIO 2250 or BIO 2450. Corequisite: BIO 2260.

CHM 1110 General Chemistry I (3 s.h.)

Principles of chemistry, including atomic structure and periodicity, chemical bonding, stoichiometry, gas laws, solution concepts, acid-base theory, redox processes, and equilibrium. Lecture meets 3 hours per week. Prerequisites: one year of high school chemistry or CHM 1010 with grade of C (2.0) or better; one year of high school algebra or MTH 1040 with grade of C (2.0) or better. Two years of high school algebra highly recommended, or MTH 1040 and 1050 with grades of C (2.0) or better. Corequisite: CHM 1110.LB.

CHM1110L General Chemistry I Lab (1 s.h.)

Principles of chemistry, including atomic structure and periodicity, chemical bonding, stoichiometry, gas laws, solution concepts, acid- base theory, redox processes, and equilibrium. Lab will meet 3 hours per week. Prerequisites: one year of high school chemistry or CHM 1010 with grade of C (2.0) or better; one year of high school algebra or MTH 1040 with grade of C (2.0) or better. Two years of high school algebra highly recommended, or MTH 1040 and 1050 with grades of C (2.0) or better. Corequisite: CHM 1110.

CHM 1120 General Chemistry II (3 s.h.)

Principles of thermodynamics/Thermochemistry, kinetics, equilibrium systems, Acid-Base Chemistry, Buffers, Solutions, electrochemistry, and nuclear chemistry. Lecture will meet 3 hours per week. Prerequisite: minimum grade of C in CHM 1110 or equivalent; prerequisite or corequisite minimum grade of C in MTH 1060 or 1210 or equivalent. Corequisite: CHM 1120.LB.

CHM1120L General Chemistry II Lab (1 s.h.)

Principles of thermodynamics, kinetics, equilibrium systems, proton transfer, electrochemistry, and nuclear chemistry. Laboratory projects related to each major subject area. Lab will meet 3 hours per week. Prerequisite: minimum grade of C in CHM 1110 or equivalent; prerequisite or corequisite minimum grade of C in MTH 1060 or 1210 or equivalent. Corequisite: CHM 1120.

CHM 2210 Organic Chemistry I (3 s.h.)

Structure and classification of compounds of carbon, with stress on the aliphatics; IUPAC nomenclature; properties, characteristic reactions of the common functional groups, especially of the oxygen functions; concepts of stereochemistry; introduction to mechanisms; stress on Bronsted and Lewis acid/base processes. Lecture will meet 3 hours per week. Prerequisite: CHM 1110 or equivalent. CHM 1120 highly recommended. Corequisite CHM 2210.LB.

CHM2210L Organic Chemistry I Lab (1 s.h.)

Structure and classification of compounds of carbon with stress on the aliphatics; IUPAC nomenclature; properties, characteristic reactions of the common functional groups, especially of the oxygen functions; concepts of stereochemistry; introduction to mechanisms; stress on Bronsted and Lewis acid/base processes. Laboratory exercises directed to demonstration of mechanistic processes. Lab will meet 3 hours per week. Prerequisite: CHM 1110 or equivalent. Corequisite: CHM 2210.

CHM 2220 Organic Chemistry II (3 s.h.)

More extensive study of reaction mechanisms; aromatics; spectroscopy; organometallics. Laboratory exercises directed to the systematic identification of organic functional groups, spectroscopy and chromatography. Lecture will meet 3 hours per week. Prerequisites: CHM 1110 and 2210; CHM 1120 highly recommended. Corequisite: CHM 2220.LB.

CHM2220L Organic Chemistry II Lab (1 s.h.)

More extensive study of reaction mechanism, aromatics, spectroscopy, and polymerization. Laboratory exercises directed to aromatic substitution reactions, chromatography, and systematic identification of organic functional groups. Lab will meet 3 hours per week. Prerequisites: CHM 1110 and CHM 2210; CHM 1120 highly recommended. Corequisite: CHM 2220.

COM 2350 Public Speaking: Theory and Practice (3 s.h.)

Focus on the building of public speaking skills needed in education, personal life, and careers in order to effectively communicate thoughts and feelings. Students evaluate the communication efforts of others and increase their critical listening skills.

MTH 2350 Probability and Statistics (4 s.h.)

Topics include data collection and graphic presentation; measures of central tendency; measures of dispersion; normal and binomial distributions; regression and correlation; sampling methods; design of experiments; probability and simulation; sampling distributions; statistical inference including confidence intervals and hypothesis testing for one-sample and two-sample problems; chi-square distribution and test of significance; ANOVA. Prerequisite: MTH 1040 or placement based on the mathematics sub-score of the SAT/ACT standardized test or departmental placement exam.

MTH 2510 Calculus with Analytic Geometry I (5 s.h.)

Topics include a study of limits, continuity, derivatives of algebraic and transcendental functions, applications of derivatives, integrals, and the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus. Prerequisite: MTH 1210 or departmental approval. Computer Science majors must complete this course with a grade of C (2.0) or better within the first 20 semester hours of their major.

PHY 2530/2630 Option (Choose from: PHY 2530 and PHY 2530 LB, or PHY 2630 and PHY 22630 LB.)

PHY 2530 General Physics I (3 s.h.)

Fundamental methods of mechanics, molecular physics, heat, and sound. Lecture will meet 3 hours per week. Prerequisites: MTH 1050 and 1060, or 1210, or the equivalent; or departmental approval. Corequisite: PHY 2530.LB.

PHY2530L General Physics I Lab (1 s.h.)

Experiments in the fundamental methods of mechanics, molecular physics, heat, and sound. Lab will meet for 3 hours per week. Prerequisites: MTH 1050 and 1060, or 1210, or the equivalent; or departmental approval. Corequisite: PHY 2530.

PHY 2630 Physics for Scientists and Engineers I (3 s.h.)

This is the first of two calculus-based physics sequence for students planning to major in engineering, pre-med, chemistry, Mathematics and computer science. This course covers motion and Newton’s laws, energy, momentum, rigid body mechanics, gravitation, simple harmonic motion, waves and sound and thermal physics. Lecture will meet 3 hours per week. Corequisites: MTH 2510, PHY 2630.LB.

PHY2630L Physics for Scientists and Engineers I Lab (1 s.h.)

This is the first of two calculus-based physics sequence for students planning to major in engineering, pre-med, chemistry, Mathematics and computer science. This course covers motion and Newton’s laws, energy, momentum, rigid body mechanics, gravitation, simple harmonic motion, waves and sound and thermal physics. Lab will meet for 3 hours per week. Corequisite: MTH 2510; PHY 2630.

PHY 2540/2640 Option (Choose from: PHY 2540 and PHY 2540 LB, or PHY 2640 and PHY 2640 LB.)

PHY 2540 General Physics II (3 s.h.)

Fundamental methods and principles of magnetism, electricity, optics, light, and atomic physics. Lecture will meet 3 hours per week. Prerequisites: MTH 1050 and MTH 1060, or MTH 1210, or the equivalent; or departmental approval. Co-requisite: PHY 2540.LB.

PHY2540L General Physics II Lab (1 s.h.)

Carry out experiments that would strengthen the fundamental methods and principles of magnetism, electricity, optics, light, and atomic physics. Lab will meet 3 hours per wek. Prerequisites: MTH 1050 and MTH 1060, or MTH 1210, or the equivalent; or departmental approval. Corequisite: PHY 2540.

PHY 2640 Physics for Scientists and Engineers II (3 s.h.)

Fundamentals of electricity, magnetism and Nature of electric charges, electric field, magnetic field and concept of electromagnetic waves. Understanding wave interference, reflection and refraction of light waves. Fundamentals of mirrors and lenses and optical instruments. Lecture will meet for 3 hours per week. Prerequisites: MTH 2510 and PHY 2630. Corequisite: PHY 2640.LB.

PHY2640L Physics for Scientists and Engineers II Lab (1 s.h.)

Experiments in electricity, magnetism, and optics. Nature of electric charges, electric field, magnetic field and concept of electromagnetic waves. Understanding wave interference, reflection and refraction of light waves. Fundamentals of mirrors and lenses and optical instruments. These would all be explored through experiments. Lab will meet 3 hours per week. Prerequisites: MTH 2510 and PHY 2630. Corequisite: PHY 2640.

WRT 1010 College Composition I (3 s.h.)

Study and practice of strategies for academic writing, with a focus on writing and reading descriptive, narrative, and expository essays. Emphasis on writing as a process. Introduction to information literacy.

Suggested Support Courses

Suggested Support (Minimum of 22 semester hours suggested. Pre-Optometry students also should consider taking advanced Cell Biology and Embryology.)

ACC 2000 Survey of Accounting (3 s.h.)

Survey for students in non-business majors and non-business minors. Introduction to both financial and managerial accounting concepts and topics: reading and interpreting a complete set of financial statements for an organization, the conceptual foundation and terminology of financial accounting, understanding the nature and role of an internal control system, and analyzing financial and non-financial data to assist managers in making operating decisions.

BIO 2450 Human Anatomy and Physiology I (3 s.h.)

Study of anatomical terminology, the cell, the sense organs, and the structure and function of the integumentary, skeletal, muscular, nervous, and endocrine systems. Lecture meets 3 hours per week. Prerequisite: one year each of high school biology and chemistry. Corequisite: BIO 2450.LB.

BIO2450L Human Anatomy and Physiology I Lab (1 s.h.)

Lab course studying the structure and function of the integumentary, skeletal, muscular, nervous, and endocrine systems. Lab will meet 3 hours per week. Corequisite: BIO 2450.

BIO 2460 Human Anatomy and Physiology II (3 s.h.)

Study of circulation, respiration, digestion, excretion, reproduction and development, fluids and electrolytes, and acid-base balance. Lecture meets 3 hours per week. Prerequisite: BIO 2450. Corequisite: BIO 2460.LB.

BIO2460L Human Anatomy and Physiology II Lab (1 s.h.)

Lab course studying the structure and function of the circulatory, respiratory, lymphatic, digestive, urinary, and male and female reproductive systems. Lab will meet 3 hours per week. Corequisite: BIO 2460.

BIO 3010 Genetics (3 s.h.)

Principles of genetic theory that provide a working knowledge of the three divisions of genetics: transmission genetics, molecular genetics, and population genetics. Topics include cell division, principles of heredity, statistical analysis, microbial genetics, cancer genetics, genetics in metabolism, development and behavior, and genetic engineering. Lecture meets 3 hours per week. Prerequisites: BIO 1030 or BIO 2260; MTH 2350. Corequisite: BIO 3010.LB.

BIO3010L Genetics Lab (1 s.h.)

Lab course utilizing both classical and modern genetics experiments to give students hands-on exposure to scientific techniques and equipment. Lab will meet 3 hours per week. Corequisite: BIO 3010.

CHM 3610 Biochemistry I (BIO/CHM*) (3 s.h.)

Principles of biochemistry; major metabolic and biosynthetic pathways; structure and conformation of biological molecules and their molecular biology. Laboratory exercises in enzyme kinetics, electrophoresis, chromatography, and DNA isolation and manipulation. Lecture will meet 3 hours, laboratory 3 hours. Prerequisites: CHM 1110, CHM 1110.LB; and CHM 2210, CHM 2210.LB or CHM 1610 and CHM 1610.LB. Corequisite CHM 3610.LB.

CHM3610L Biochemistry I Lab (BIO/CHM*) (1 s.h.)

Laboratory exercises in enzyme kinetics, electrophoresis, chromatography, and DNA isolation and manipulation. Lab will meet 3 hours per week. Corequisite: CHM 3610.

MGT 2360 Principles of Management (3 s.h.)

An introduction to the nature and principles of management; history, theories, practices, problems, and techniques; characteristics and qualities of managers; contemporary trends in management thought and practice.