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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: OPTH 100 - Ophthalmic Materials I and OPTH 101 - Ophthalmic Materials II. Corequisite: OPTH 111 - OphthalmicDispensing I Lecture. This course includes the study of the concepts of geometric optics, and the principles and nature of light. These principles are applied in the study of how light behaves in practical optical systems including lenses, spherical and plane mirrors, Galilean and astronomical telescopes, prisms and the human eye.
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3.00 Credits
Study of the anatomy of the eye and its related structures, refractive errors, eye diseases, and eye muscle imbalances. Class time includes a dissection of a cow's eye and the study of eye emergencies, first aid and ocular prosthetics.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: OPTH 100 - Ophthalmic Materials I Lecture, OPTH 101 - Ophthalmic Material II Lecture and OPTH 121 - Anatomy & Physiology of the Eye. Includes a historical review as well as theory; design and optical principles of contact lenses; indications and contraindications for contact lens wear; patient evaluation; discussion of lens types and RVCC 2008-2009 Catalog ? For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu 189 availability; fundamental techniques and fitting procedures including the biomicroscope and keratometer; evaluation of fit; and patient education on care, cleaning, insertion and removal of contact lenses.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: OPTH 200 - Contact Lenses I. This course includes clinical application of corneal measurements; lens/cornea evaluation criteria; lens selection parameters; theory of over-refraction; lens verification techniques and tolerances; patient education and principles of practice management.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Permission and placement by the Program Coordinator and completion of OPTH 111 - Ophthalmic Dispensing I Lecture and OPTH 115 - Ophthalmic Dispensing I Lab. A clinical experience in which the student is placed in an optician's practice. Specific evaluations of student objectives are conducted in a weekly consultation with the Program coordinator. In addition, biweekly lecture topics will include refraction, business concepts and current technology.
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3.00 Credits
This course is an historical and thematic introduction to Philosophy emphasizing the historical development of the discipline and related issues in logic, ethics, metaphysics, theory of knowledge, and philosophy of religion. It addresses such questions as, What is the difference between good and evil? What are the limits of intellectual knowledge? Does God exist? Am I essentially a free agent or a machine? Where am I ultimately headed?
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3.00 Credits
This course will be devoted to the thought of the pre-Socratic Greeks, the Sophists, Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle, and later schools of thought, such as the Stoics and Epicureans, and to that of such medieval figures as Anselm and Thomas Aquinas.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the structure of deductive reasoning, and the rules of valid inference that underlie our thinking in both practical and theoretical activity. It provides an introduction to contemporary formal logic, with attention to two principal systems. Emphasis will be given to both proof construction and translation from natural language to symbolic form. Time permitting, some attention may be given to "meta-logic" and the properties of formal systems.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides a historical and conceptual survey of the world's major religious traditions, with attention typically given to Vedic, Buddhist, Zen Buddhist, Taoist, Judaic, Christian, and Islamic religious beliefs. Time permitting, certain other forms of religion such as those of primal cultures and new and emerging faith communities, will be noted.
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3.00 Credits
This course is an examination of both practical and theoretical issues in the area of moral philosophy: Reading will include histori-cal sources and recent and contemporary material on such topics as euthanasia, assisted suicide, abortion, reproductive technology, warfare and terrorism, wealth distribution, capital punishment, and matters concerning the environment.
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