Arizona College of Optometry
Degree: Doctor of Optometry (O.D.)
Location:
19555 North 59th Avenue
Glendale, Arizona 85308
Phone: 623.572.3200
Email: admissaz@midwestern.edu
Website: https://www.midwestern.edu/programs-and-admission/az-optometry.html
Financial Aid
Phone: 623.572.3321
Email: az_fin_aid@midwestern.edu
Director of Financial Aid: Gina Wesolowski
Average Yearly Tuition: $35,122
Additional Fee: $600
Technology Fee (one time): $1,500
Equipment & Diagnostic Kit Fee (one time): $4,358
Length of Course: 4 years, full time
Admission Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree from accredited institution
- Completion of course prerequisites with a grade of C or higher
- GPA of 2.75
- OAT scores must be presented
- Two letters of recommendation, one from a practicing optometrist
- Pass criminal background check
Prerequisite courses:
- Biology w/ lab
- Anatomy
- Physiology
- General/Inorganic Chemistry w/ lab
- Organic Chemistry w/ lab
- Biochemistry w/ lab
- Physics
- Calculus
- Microbiology
- Statistics
- Psychology
- English
Curriculum:
- Basic Science Integrated Sequence I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX
- Interdisciplinary Healthcare I, II, III
- Clinical Services, Theory, & Methods I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VIII, IX, X
- Contemporary Issues in Health Care & Ethics
- Optometry Business Management I, II, III
- Geometrical & Physical Optics I, II,
- Ocular Anatomy
- Ocular Physiology
- Visual Science: Monocular Sensory Processing
- Ophthalmic Optics I, II
- Ocular Disease I, II, III
- Research Design & Biostatistics
- Visual Neurophysiology
- General Pharmacology I, II
- Visual Science: Ocular Motility
- Contact Lens I, II, III
- Capstone Project: Literature Search & Study Design
- Visual Science: Binocular Vision
- Visual Optics
- Clinical Services Proficiency
- Ocular Pharmacology
- Clinical Medicine/Physical Assessment Laboratory
- Diagnosis & Management of Non-Strabismus Disorders of Accommodation, Binocular Vision, and Eye Movements
- Capstone Project: Data Collection & Analysis
- Visual Rehabilitation
- Neuro-ophthalmic Disease
- Clinical Case Analysis/Evidence Based Medicine I, II
- Treatment & Management of Strabismus & Amblyopia
- Pediatric Optometry
- Board Review: Applied Basic Science
- Visual Information Processing & Vision Related Learning Problems
- Epidemiology, Public Health, and Optometric Profession
- Clinical Services XI, XII, XIII, XIV (fourth year)