Terms offered: Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018
Course covers introduction to the basis of common sight-reducing visual disorders with major public health implications for society--e.g., myopia, cataracts, diabetic hypertensive eye disorders, developmental disorders (e.g., lazy eye), and environmentally induced disease and disorders (solar eye burns, cataracts). Major approaches to the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of common disorders will be addressed in terms of the biological and optical sciences underlying the treatment or prevention. Impact of eye care on society and health and care delivery will be reviewed.
The Eye and Vision in a Changing Environment: Read More [+]

Terms offered: Spring 2010, Spring 2009, Spring 2008
Course covers introduction to the basis of common sight reducing visual disorders with major public health implications for society--e.g., myopia, cataracts, diabetic hypertensive eye disorders, developmental disorders (e.g., lazy eye), and environmentally induced disease and disorders (solar eye burns, cataracts). Major approaches to the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of common disorders will be addressed in terms of the biological and optical sciences underlying the treatment or prevention. Impact of eye care on society and health and care delivery will be reviewed.
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Terms offered: Fall 2010, Fall 2009, Fall 2008
Freshman and sophomore seminars offer lower division students the opportunity to explore an intellectual topic with a faculty member and a group of peers in a small-seminar setting. These seminars are offered in all campus departments; topics vary from department to department and from semester to semester. No prerequisities. Enrollment limits are set by the faculty, but the suggested limit is 25.
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Terms offered: Spring 2011, Spring 2010, Spring 2009
Sophomore seminars are small interactive courses offered by faculty members in departments all across the campus. Sophomore seminars offer opportunity for close, regular intellectual contact between faculty members and students in the crucial second year. The topics vary from department to department and semester to semester. Enrollment limited to 15 sophomores.
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Terms offered: Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021
Directed group study for undergraduates interested in the field of optometry.
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Terms offered: Spring 2011, Spring 2010, Spring 2009
Directed group study for undergraduates interested in the field of Optometry.
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Terms offered: Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013
Fundamentals of the optometric examination. Case history, visual acuities, objective and subjective methods of determining refractive status. Basic examination of anterior ocular structures and the ocular fundus; perimetry.
Clinical Examination of the Visual System: Read More [+]

Terms offered: Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017
Fundamentals of the optometric examination. Case history, visual acuities, objective and subjective methods of determining refractive status. Basic examination of anterior ocular structures and the ocular funds; perimetry.
Clinical Examination of the Visual System: Read More [+]

Terms offered: Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014
Classification and epidemiology of refractive errors, evaluation of accommodative and binocular status. Tonometry, advanced techniques of examining the posterior pole, evaluation of visual pathway function.
Clinical Examination of the Visual System: Read More [+]

Terms offered: Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2017
Classification and epidemiology of refractive errors, evaluation of accommodative and binocular status. Tonometry, advanced techniques of examining the posterior pole, evaluation of visual pathway function.
Clinical Examination of the Visual System: Read More [+]

Terms offered: Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013
Case analysis of refractive, accommodative, and binocular anomalies. Pediatric examination techniques. Advanced methods of examining the peripheral ocular fundus; anterior chamber angle evaluation.
Clinical Examination of the Visual System: Read More [+]

Terms offered: Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017
Case analysis of refractive, accommodative, and binocular anomalies. Pediatric examination techniques. Advanced methods of examining the peripheral ocular funds; anterior angle evaluation.
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Terms offered: Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015
Modification of the exam sequence for specific patient needs. Evaluation and management of tear film disorders; analysis of vision with cataract. Patient management and professional communications; legal and ethical issues; managed care and optometry.
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Terms offered: Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2017
Modification of the exam sequence for specific patient needs. Evaluation and management of tear film disorders; analysis of vision with cataract. Patient management and professional communications; legal and ethical issues; managed care and optometry.
Clinical Examination of the Visual System: Read More [+]

Terms offered: Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014
Basic concepts in evidence based optometry including various clincal study designs, potential sources of bias in each design as well as development of a systematic approach to evaluate strength of evidence from published studies, to identify potential limitations and develop appreciation for the importane of evidence based practice as a practice philosphy.
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Terms offered: Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2016
Optical and physical characteristics of ophthalmic lenses, to include spheric and aspherical surface of single and multifocal lens designs, and ophthalmic prisms. Lens power measurement methods, lens thickness power relationships and considerations in designing prescription eyewear. Characteristics of absorptive lenses, ophthalmic coatings, lens materials, and their role in ocular protection.
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Terms offered: Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014
Ophthalmic lens aberrations and minimization. Ophthalmic lens designs relating to anisometropia, aniseikonia, and high refractive errors. Optics of the eye, contact lens optics, and optical principles of low vision aids. Environmental vision and related ophthalmic standards.
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Terms offered: Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017
Basic pharmacology, terminology, and concepts (both pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic) and pharmacotheraphy of medical conditions commonly encountered in clinical optometric practice (including cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease, diabetes, infection and inflammatory conditions, as well as central nervous system disorders).
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Terms offered: Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015
Basic pharmacology, terminology, and concepts (both pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic) as applied to the eye and ophthalmic drugs, clinical prescribing issues including formulation, dosing and prescribing, and pharmacotherapy of anti-inflammatory, centrally acting, hormonal and other "specialist" systemic drugs.
Ocular Pharmacology: Read More [+]

Terms offered: Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013
General optometric practice for four hours per week per credit hour, including optometric examination, dispensing, consultation, and subsequent vision care of patients, performed independently by graduate student clinicians.
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Terms offered: Spring 2023, Spring 2017, Spring 2016
General optometric practice for four hours per week per credit hour, including optometric examination, dispensing, consultation, and subsequent vision care of patients, performed independently by graduate student clinicians.
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Terms offered: Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013
Clinical examination of patients in designated specialty clinics. More than one clinical specialty may be taken simultaneously.
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Terms offered: Spring 2023, Spring 2017, Spring 2016
Clinical examination of patients in designated specialty clinics. More than one clinical specialty may be taken simultaneously.
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Terms offered: Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017
The pathophysiology, pharmacotherapy, and clinical management of systemic and ocular diseases will be discussed through a combination of lecture and problem-based learning approaches. Disease processes will be emphasized and include cellular injury and repair, inflammation, infection, degeneration, and neoplasia. Neurologic, cardiovascular, endocrine, pulmonary, and congenital disease and their relative ocular manifestations will be presented.
Systemic Disease and its Ocular Manifestations: Read More [+]

Terms offered: Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015
The pathophysiology, pharmacotherapy, and clinical management of systemic and ocular diseases will be discussed through a combination of lecture and problem-based learning approaches. Disease processes will be emphasized and include cellular injury and repair, inflammation, infection, degeneration, and neoplasia. Neurologic, cardiovascular, endocrine, pulmonary, and congenital disease and their relative ocular manifestations will be presented.
Systemic Disease and its Ocular Manifestations: Read More [+]

Terms offered: Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2017
Diagnosis and treatment of heterophoria, accommodative, vergence and oculomotor anomalies including sensory anomalies and amblyopia. Rationale and methods for treatment with lenses, prism, occlusion, and vision training. Design and implementation of treatment programs.
Diagnosis and Treatment of Sensory/Motor Anomalies: Read More [+]

Terms offered: Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017
Advanced diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of strabismus, neurologic oculomotor disorders, amblyopia, and other associated sensory anomalies. Assessment and management of developmental and acquired visual perceptual disorders in relationship to learning disabilities. Design and implementation of treatment programs.
Advanced Management and Rehabilitation of Sensory/Motor Anomalies: Read More [+]

Terms offered: Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013
This course series consists of the pathophysiology, pharmacotherapy, and clinical management of systemic and ocular diseases through a combination of lecture and problem-based learning approaches. Disease processes will be emphasized and include cellular injury and repair, inflammation, infection, degeneration, and neoplasia. Neurologic, cardiovascular, endocrine, pulmonary, and congenital disease, and their relative ocular manifestations will be presented. The basic principles of pharmacology will be followed by overviews of drugs used to treat diseases of each system. The role of the optometrist in the health care system will be emphasized.
Diagnosis and Treatment of Anterior Segment Ocular Disease: Read More [+]

Terms offered: Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013
Epidemiology and etiology of low vision. Optical principles of low vision aids. Optometric examination and treatment of the low vision patient. Interdisciplinary rehabilitation resources, counseling, and referral.
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Terms offered: Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015
This course series consists of the pathophysiology, pharmacotherapy, and clinical management of systemic and ocular diseases through a combination of lecture and problem-based learning approaches. Disease processes will be emphasized and include cellular injury and repair, inflammation, infection, degeneration, and neoplasia. Neurologic, cardiovascular, endocrine, pulmonary, and congenital disease and their relative ocular manifestations will be presented. The basic principles of pharmacology will be followed by overviews of drugs used to treat diseases of each system. The role of the optometrist in the health care system will be emphasized.
Diagnosis and Treatment of Posterior Segment Ocular Disease: Read More [+]

Terms offered: Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019
Examination procedures and instrumentation used in monitoring the ocular response to contact lenses. Contact lens inspection, care, and handling. Physical and optical properties of contact lenses. Fitting contact lenses to the human eye, clinical implications. The Sarver Lecture series in Contact Lenses (12 hours on a Saturday and Sunday.)
Contact Lenses: Examination Principles and Practice: Read More [+]

Terms offered: Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015
Entrepreneurship, financing alternatives, business loans, human resources, marketing, personal finance, business law as it affects optometry.
Eyecare Business and Professional Management II: Read More [+]

Terms offered: Fall 2019
The course will examine the history of US health care, healthcare systems in other countries, key economic issues that drive health care costs, value-based models of care delivery, current laws and policies that impact optometrist and social determinants of health.
Health Economics, Law and Policy for Optometrists: Read More [+]

Terms offered: Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013
Presentation and discussion of the diagnosis, etiology, prognosis, and treatment of selected clinical cases.
Graduate Clinical Rounds: Read More [+]

Terms offered: Spring 2023, Spring 2017, Spring 2016
Presentation and discussion of the diagnosis, etiology, prognosis, and treatment of selected clinical cases.
Graduate Clinical Rounds: Read More [+]

Terms offered: Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013
Thesis research for optometry students. Presentation of research results.
Optometry Research Project: Read More [+]

Terms offered: Spring 2023, Spring 2017, Spring 2016
Thesis research for optometry students. Presentation of research results.
Optometry Research Project: Read More [+]

Terms offered: Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021
Graduate seminars on selected topics in clinical optometry.
Graduate Optometry Seminar: Read More [+]

Terms offered: Spring 2023, Spring 2017, Spring 2016
Graduate seminars on selected topics in clinical optometry.
Graduate Optometry Seminar: Read More [+]

Terms offered: Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021
Directed studies on a selected topic(s) within optometry.
Independent or Group Studies: Read More [+]

Terms offered: Spring 2023, Spring 2021, Spring 2020
Directed studies on a selected topic(s) within optometry.
Independent or Group Studies: Read More [+]

Terms offered: Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013
Directed research on a selected topic within clinical optometry.
Graduate Optometry Research: Read More [+]

Terms offered: Spring 2023, Spring 2021, Spring 2020
Directed research on a selected topic within clinical optometry.
Graduate Optometry Research: Read More [+]

Terms offered: Summer 2017 First 6 Week Session, Summer 2017 Second 6 Week Session, Summer 2016 Second 6 Week Session
Clinical practice in examination techniques and interpretation of clinical data. Primary care optometric exams.
Optometry Clinics: Read More [+]

Terms offered: Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021
Examination of patients in a primary care setting, prescribing of optometric therapy, management of emergency procedures, and vision screenings of children and adults.
Optometry Clinics: Read More [+]

Terms offered: Spring 2023, Spring 2021, Spring 2020
Examination of patients in a primary care setting, prescribing of optometric therapy, management of emergency procedures, and vision screenings of children and adults.
Optometry Clinics: Read More [+]

Terms offered: Summer 2017 10 Week Session
This course emphasizes ocular conditions and diseases that are commonly encountered during patient care. The goal is to improve observational skills for new clinicians by presenting clinical information in a Grand Rounds format and to increase efficiency for comprehensive eye examinations by outlining alternative strategies for examining patients and analyzing clinical data.
Introduction to Clinical Topics for the New Clinician: Read More [+]

Terms offered: Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017
Instrumentation, techniques, and principles for examination, diagnosis, and treatment of ocular disease. Introduction to optometric informatics related to ocular disease.
Advanced Procedures in Ocular Disease Diagnosis: Read More [+]

Terms offered: Summer 2017 First 6 Week Session, Summer 2017 Second 6 Week Session, Summer 2016 Second 6 Week Session
Optometric examination of patients in the primary care clinic performed independently by student clinicians under supervision of the clinical staff.
Advanced Optometry Clinic: Read More [+]

Terms offered: Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021
Examination of patients in a primary care setting. Diagnosis, prognosis, treatment, patient management and follow-up.
Advanced Optometry Clinic: Read More [+]

Terms offered: Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019
Examination of patients in a primary care setting. Diagnosis, prognosis, treatment, patient management and follow-up.
Advanced Optometry Clinic: Read More [+]

Terms offered: Summer 2017 First 6 Week Session, Summer 2017 Second 6 Week Session, Summer 2016 Second 6 Week Session
Examination, diagnosis, prognosis, treatment, and management of patients in the specialty clinics.
Specialty Clinics: Read More [+]

Terms offered: Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013
Examination, diagnosis, prognosis, treatment, and/or management of patients in specialty clinics; ocular disease, contact lenses, binocular vision, ophthalmic optics, and environmental and occupational vision.
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Terms offered: Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019
Examination, diagnosis, prognosis, treatment, and/or management of patients in specialty clinics; ocular disease, contact lenses, binocular vision, ophthalmic optics, and environmental and occupational vision.
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Terms offered: Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013
Presentation of clinical cases demonstrating basic and advanced optometric care, including diagnosis, treatment, and patient management.
Grand Rounds and Seminar: Read More [+]

Terms offered: Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019
Presentation of clinical cases demonstrating basic and advanced optometric care, including diagnosis, treatment, and patient management.
Grand Rounds and Seminar: Read More [+]

Terms offered: Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019
Recent advances in the detection, diagnosis, and management of ocular disease.
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Terms offered: Prior to 2007
This course provides an introduction to Spanish in its uses in a clinical optometry setting with the Spanish-speaking patient. Basic vocabulary and grammar acquisition and skill building exercises will help the practitioner perform conversations and procedures in simple but accurate and clear communications. The sounds and structures of Spanish, including the present tense and some other verbs will be covered. All materials will be taught and practiced in relation to their practical application in a clinical setting.
Optometric Spanish - Beginner Level I: Read More [+]

Terms offered: Summer 2008 10 Week Session
This course provides vocabulary and grammar acquisition and skill building for the intermediate to advanced Spanish student who works with Spanish-speaking patients in the field of optometry. Emphasis is on practical, hands-on application of the materials: patient interviewing, doing various aspects of the eye exam, taking a history, and giving diagnostic, treatment, and follow-through information to the patient, with appropriate cultural sensitivity, taking into consideration the socio-cultural background of the patient. The goal is accurate and sophisticated communication.
Optometric Spanish - Intermediate Level II: Read More [+]

Terms offered: Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021
Independent study under control of Associate Dean for Student Affairs.
Supervised Independent Study: Read More [+]