The Optometry Admission Test (OAT) is the standard entrance exam for optometry programs. Content tested on the OAT includes: Survey of the Natural Sciences, Physics, Reading Comprehension, and Quantitative Reasoning. It is recommended that students take the OAT in the spring (March/April) of their third year. Below, we have a course list for preparing for the OAT and test registration.
Course content tested on the OAT:
- BIO 311C, BIO 311D, BIO 205L or 206L (Biology)
- BIO 325 (Genetics)
- CH 301, CH 302, CH 204 (General Chemistry)
- CH 320M, CH 320N, CH 220C (Organic Chemistry)
- E316L or E316M or E316N, or E316P (Literature)
- Any of the physics sequences below:
- PHY317K + PHY 105M and PHY 317L + PHY 105N OR
- PHY302K + PHY 105M and PHY 302L + PHY 105N OR
- PHY 303K + 105M and PHY 303L + 105N OR
- PHY 301 + PHY 101L and PHY 316 + 116L