Pre-Optometry Pre-Professional Program

The minimum requirement for admission into an optometry school is three years of undergraduate coursework, however, almost all students will have completed a four-year degree program prior to beginning optometry school. The following options exist at Tennessee Tech:

(1) complete three years of undergraduate work including specific optometry school requirements at Tennessee Tech, apply and if admitted, complete the clinical program and receive a degree from the optometry school (no degree from Tennessee Tech),

(2) complete three years of specified courses in the pre optometry concentration of the "Applied Chemistry" Curriculum at Tennessee Tech, apply and if admitted, receive a B.S. degree in chemistry from Tennessee Tech after successfully completing one year of optometry school (an OD is awarded from the optometry school after completion of the 4-year clinical program), or

(3) begin in the pre-optometry curriculum (non degree) at Tennessee Tech and later change into a degree granting curriculum to receive a B.S. degree from Tennessee Tech, then apply for admission into optometry school. Option (3) is the most viable of these options for attaining admission into optometry school.

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