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| Although a baccalaureate degree is highly recommended for application to ICO, it is not a requirement. Candidates admitted to ICO without a degree must be extremely well-prepared. Please refer to the Entering Class Profile for the percentage of students admitted without a degree.
If you will earn at least 90 semester credit hours (or 135 quarter hours) including the Required Pre-Optometry Curriculum before August of the year you would like to enter optometry school (usually after your junior year at the university level), you may still apply. Deciding to apply to ICO before earning your bachelor’s degree could allow you to begin the Doctor of Optometry program a year earlier, and join the profession of optometry a year sooner!
Students accepted to ICO without a degree, are eligible to be awarded a Bachelor of Science in Visual Science (BSVS) from ICO in addition to the Doctor of Optometry degree.
Most entering students will have completed at least four years of college-level coursework and, in addition to completing the Required Pre-Optometry Curriculum, they will have completed additional upper-level biology courses. The criteria for evaluating applications with or without a bachelor’s degree are the same. |
