Salus University Optometry
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Contacts
Website: http://www.salus.edu/optometry/index.html
Phone: 800-824-6262
Admissions e-mail: admissions@salus.edu
Program Information
- Doctor of Optometry (O.D.)
- 4 years in length
Admission Requirements
Course and Degree Requirements
- Degree: Minimum 3 years of undergraduate study (90 semester hours)
- Required Courses
- Biology/Zoology (6 credits)
- General Chemistry (6 credits)
- Organic Chemistry (6 credits) OR Organic Chemistry (3 credits), Biochemistry (3 credits)
- English (6 credits)
- Mathematics (6 credits)
- Microbiology OR Bacteriology (3 credits)
- Physics (6 credits)
- Psychology (3 credits)
- Statistics (3 credits)
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GPA
- Minimum: 2.5 (applicants below 2.5 average should consult Office of Admissions)
- A minimum of 2.0 in all prerequisite courses is required
Supporting Documents
- Letters of evaluation from three natural science teaching faculty
- Optometry Admissions Test (OAT) score
- Transcripts from universities attended
- Immunization records for Hepatitis B
- TOEFL scores (where applicable)
Timeline
- July 15, 2011: Application by OptomCAS opens
- Sept. 1, 2011: Student application reviews begin
- Oct. 1, 2011: Interviews are scheduled and initiated
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Tuition 2010-2011
- First year tuition (Canadian student) - $ 31 700
- Total first year fees (Canadian student) - $ 35 890
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