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Western University Optometry
Accreditaion Status (from WU web site)
Accreditation Council on Optometric Education (ACOE)Schools and Colleges of Optometry in the United States are accredited by the Accreditation Council on Optometric Education (ACOE). The Accreditation Council on Optometric Education services the public by establishing, maintaining, and applying standards to ensure the academic quality and continuous improvement of optometric education that reflect the evolving practice of optometry. The scope of the ACOE encompasses professional optometric degree (O.D.) programs, post-graduate optometric residencies, and optometric technician programs.
The College of Optometry was granted the pre-accreditation classification of "Preliminary Approval" by the Accreditation Council on Optometric Education on February 15, 2008. "Preliminary Approval" is granted to a professional optometric degree program that has clearly demonstrated it is developing in accordance with Council standards. The program has approval to begin student recruitment, selection and admissions, and to begin offering the program. The pre-accreditation classification of preliminary approval is the only classification available to a new professional optometric degree program, since the ACOE will not grant the accreditation classifications of "Accredited" or "Accredited with Conditions" until the program is fully operational (i.e. nearing the end of its fourth year of implementation.)
