Information Preoptometry at Luther Luther offers preprofessional training for the study of optometry. Typically, preoptometry students are biology majors and follow a course plan similar to that of the premedical student. Emphasis is placed on courses in mathematics, physics, chemistry, and biology. Preoptometry students may apply to optometry school after three years of undergraduate study, but most students accepted by a school or college of optometry have completed their undergraduate degree.
Students spend four years of professional study at an accredited optometry school or college.
Most Luther students attend the Illinois College of Optometry or Indiana University, but students are prepared to enter any of the 19 professional schools in North America. Facilities and Faculty Luther has an enviable reputation in the sciences and in preprofessional and professional health programs. These NSF grants have enabled Luther to construct additional laboratory space, purchase new equipment, and fund selected student and faculty research. A molecular genetics laboratory, electron microscopes, and an undergraduate facility have been added to the science facilities at Luther in recent years with the help of grants. A number of Luther faculty members are engaged in health-related research in addition to their teaching responsibilities.