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Course Criteria
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5.00 Credits
Prerequisite: OPTOM 8280. Correlation and analysis of optometric data. Emphasis on diagnosis, prognosis, and therapy of visual problems.
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1.00 Credits
Credit is given for independent literature review of a specific topic in any area of basic or clinical vision science. Readings are to be supervised by a two person faculty committee and at least one member of this committee must be selected from among the full-time regular faculty. Credit is awarded upon approval of a written paper regarding the selected topic. This elective may be repeated once.
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3.00 Credits
Credit is given for independent research. Projects may be laboratory, library, or clinically based research in any area of vision science. All projects must be undertaken under the supervision of a three member faculty committee. This elective may be repeated once.
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2.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Optical principles and clinical techniques in photographing the internal and external eye and its adnexa. Includes laboratory exercises on use of the most common types of clinical cameras.
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2.00 Credits
(elective) Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. A seminar on the use of new discoveries in visual science in clinical optometry. Students will participate in selecting the topics, which will change from year to year, with the guidance of the instructor. The course will also include laboratory demonstrations of seminar topics.
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1.00 Credits
Prerequisites: 8370, Ocular Disease I and 8570, Ocular Disease II. This course will focus on discussion of current clinical topics in eye disease as they relate to student experiences in the clinic. Ocular diagnosis and management will be reviewed as well as advanced diagnostic techniques.
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6.00 Credits
Prerequisite: OPTOM 8380 and successful completion of all first and second year course work. The clinical examination and care of general clinic patients, along with the fitting and dispensing of lenses and frames.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: OPTOM 8380. Historical development of the contact lens and its use. Basic lens terminology, specifications, physiochemical characteristics, optics, fabrication, and verification. Preliminary patient evaluation, indications and contraindications for contact lenses. Basic fitting philosophies for all lens types. Lens care and patient education. Patient and practice management considerations.
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisite: OPTOM 8310 and 8340 or consent of instructor. The etiology, epidemiology, symptoms, signs, and course sequelae of the obstacles to binocular vision - sensory, integrative, and motor. The detection, diagnosis, prognosis, and orthoptic treatment of such anomalies. Clinical care of aniseikonias.
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3.00 Credits
The etiology, epidemiology, symptoms, signs, and course sequelae of low vision problems. Methods of testing, prognosis, selection of therapy, design of environmental and optical aids, problems of rehabilitation. Agencies, laws, public and social assistance for the partially sighted and blind.
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