Pre-Health Programs

Pre-Optometry Concentration

Each concentration must be paired with an academic major—any academic major offered at Muskingum University 

One year Introductory Biology & One year Anatomy/Physiology 

  • BIOL 111-Organismal Biology I & BIOL 107-Biology Laboratory I 
  • BIOL 112-Organismal Biology II & BIOL 108-Biology Laboratory II
  • BIOL 121-Anatomy & Physiology I & BIOL 122-Anatomy & Physiology II

One year General Chemistry 

  • CHEM 111-General Chemistry I & CHEM 112-General Chemistry II 

One year General Physics 

  • PHEN 115-Introductory Physics I & PHEN 116-Introductory Physics II OR PHEN 121-Classical Physics I & PHEN 122-Classical Physics II

Biology Courses 

  • BIOL 226-Introduction to Cell and Molecular Biology 
  • BIOL 312-Microbiology 

Chemistry Courses 

  • CHEM 213-Organic Chemistry I 
  • CHEM 418-Biochemistry I (and CHEM 419-Biochemistry II for OSU) 

Math Courses 

  • MATH 190-Calculus I 

Statistics

  • MATH 140-Practical Statistics OR PSYC 232-Behavioral Statistics

English 

  • ENGL 121-Composition 

Psychology

  • PSYC 101-Introduction to Psychology 

Sociology 

  • SOCI 101-The Sociological Perspective 

Additional Courses to Consider 

  • BIOL 213-Functional Histology 
  • BIOL 306-Genetics 
  • BIOL 468-Fundamental Neuroscience 
  • BIOL 486-Neuropharmacology 
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