2004-2005 COLLEGE CATALOG - Luzerne County Community ...

PRE-OPTOMERY
Program of Studies Leading to the A.S. Degree
This is a two-year program designed to provide students with the appropriate liberal arts
and science background to apply for admission to a professional school of optometry after
completion of a baccalaureate degree program.
First Year
First Semester Sem.-Hrs. Second Semester Sem.-Hrs.
* ENG 101 - English Composition 3 * ENG 102 - Advanced Composition 3
* BIO 121 - General Biology I 4 * BIO 122 - General Biology II 4
CHE 151 - General Chemistry I 4 CHE 152 - General Chemistry II 4
*MAT 125 - College Algebra & MAT 151 - Analytic Geometry Calculus I 4
Trigonometry 5 * Physical Education 1
16 16
Summer Session Sem.-Hrs.
CHE 251 - Organic Chemistry I 4
CHE 252 - Organic Chemistry II 4
8
Second Year
First Semester Sem.-Hrs. Second Semester Sem.-Hrs.
* SPE 125 - Fundamentals of Speech 3 * History Elective 3
MAT 107 - Basic Statistics 3 PHY 132 - General Physics II 4
PHY 131 - General Physics I 4 BIO 251 - General Microbiology 4
* Social Science Elective 3 Elective** 3-4
Health & Physical Education 1
14
14-15
* Required General Education Course.
** Elective must be taken from either the Social Science/History, Mathematics, or Computer
Information Systems areas.
PRE-OPTOMETRY CURRICULUM
Humanities ................................................. 9 credits (ENG 101, ENG 102 and SPE 125)
Social Science/History .............................. 6 credits (3 credits must be in History and 3 credits in
another Social Science area)
Science ....................................................... 36 credits
Mathematics ............................................. 12 credits
Electives .............................................. 3 or 4 credits (must be taken from either the Social Science,
Mathematics or Computer Information Systems
Health and Physical Education or areas)
EMS 207 ............................................... 2 credits
.................................................. Total 68-69 credits
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