About the Program
Optometrists provide primary vision care, including comprehensive eye examinations and the diagnosis, treatment, and management of most eye conditions and diseases. To prepare you as a professional capable of meeting this broad scope of responsibilities, the curriculum at Berkeley Optometry is designed to provide first-rate clinical training as well as instruction in the science of vision.
Our world-class faculty offer comprehensive clinical training enhanced by cutting-edge education in vision science. They will prepare you to meet the challenges of expanding primary eye care. You will acquire knowledge of cell and molecular biology, pharmacology, genetics, epidemiology of eye disorders, and state-of-the-art clinical technology. You will also have training in all clinical areas, including primary care and specialties such as binocular disorders, contact lenses, low vision, ocular disease, geriatrics, pediatrics, and refractive surgery.
The Clinics
Berkeley Optometry operates its teaching clinics on a twelve-month basis. Our students have progressively more clinical training and responsibility as they advance through the four-year degree program. Third-year students spend about half their time in clinic, while fourth-year students spend virtually all their time in clinic.
One key element in the Berkeley Optometry program is the provision of in-depth clinical experience in a variety of settings. Our intensive-training clinics (On-Campus Clinics, Off-Campus Externship Clinics, and Community Outreach Clinics) offer services to populations associated with our Berkeley Optometry clinics or affiliated clinics around the country and the world.
The Meredith Morgan Eye Center provides comprehensive eye care to members of the Berkeley campus and the local community. There are more than 80,000 patient visits each year for which our faculty and students provide a full range of services from primary eye care to the diagnosis and management of vision problems caused by diseases such as glaucoma, cataracts, and diabetes. All students also participate in external clinical rotations. At the end of the four-year OD Program, each student will have, on average, examined 2,500 patients.
The Curriculum
Berkeley Optometry makes a major contribution to the field of health care by training skilled practitioners through a curriculum that is continuously updated to reflect the latest in research and clinical training. We are dedicated to keeping pace with the expanding field of optometry and the profession's move toward a more extensive health science model of primary care.
As you look through the course descriptions in our curriculum, you will see the depth and range of study and training offered by our Optometry program. One exciting and effective approach is introducing our students to clinical education from the first day.
For example, OPTOM 200A (Clinical Examination of the Visual System; fall semester) is taught in the first semester of the program, when you will learn how to take case histories, perform preliminary examinations of the eye, and measure refractive error. By the spring of your first year, OPTOM 200B (Clinical Examination of the Visual System; spring semester) will introduce you to advanced examination techniques. These clinical procedures will be complemented by course work in biology, optics, and pharmacology. We have found that this early introduction to the clinical examination, combined with basic science courses, makes the learning of optometry interesting and relevant. Please look at our curriculum and see for yourself how we integrate clinical and basic science from the beginning.
Admissions
Admission to the Doctor of Optometry (OD) Program
Note: Applicants for optometric study in the United States and Puerto Rico use a common application service, OptomCAS. By utilizing a common application service, prospective students file one application that can be sent to multiple schools and colleges of optometry. The Admissions and Student Affairs Office is thrilled to be a participant OptomCAS school as we strive to make the application process more efficient and convenient for you.
More information can be found here: www.optomcas.org
To be considered for admission to the School of Optometry in full-time regular status, you must meet the Application Requirements. More detailed information can be found on our website.
Doctoral Degree Requirements
Curriculum by Year (OD Program)
First-Year Curriculum (39.5 units)
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Fall | ||
| Clinical Examination of the Visual System [2] | ||
| Clinical Examination of the Visual System [3] | ||
| Health Economics, Law and Policy for Optometrists [2] | ||
VIS SCI 203A | Course Not Available [4] | |
VIS SCI 205 | Course Not Available [4.5] | |
VIS SCI 206A | Course Not Available [2] | |
VIS SCI 206D | Course Not Available [2] | |
| Spring | ||
| Clinical Examination of the Visual System [2] | ||
| Clinical Examination of the Visual System [3] | ||
| Optics of Ophthalmic Lenses [4] | ||
VIS SCI 203B | Course Not Available [4] | |
VIS SCI 206B | Course Not Available [3] | |
VIS SCI 217 | Course Not Available [2] | |
VIS SCI 219 | Course Not Available [2] | |
Second-Year Curriculum (32 units)
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Fall | ||
| Clinical Examination of the Visual System [2] | ||
| Clinical Examination of the Visual System [2] | ||
| Evidence Based Optometry [1] | ||
| Advanced Clinical Optics [2] | ||
| Systemic Pharmacology [2.5] | ||
| Systemic Disease and its Ocular Manifestations [3] | ||
| Visual System Development [2] | ||
| Spring | ||
| Clinical Examination of the Visual System [2] | ||
| Clinical Examination of the Visual System [2] | ||
| Ocular Pharmacology [2.5] | ||
| Systemic Disease and its Ocular Manifestations [3] | ||
| Diagnosis and Treatment of Sensory/Motor Anomalies [3] | ||
| Contact Lenses: Examination Principles and Practice [3] | ||
| Anatomy and Physiology of the Eye and Visual System [2] | ||
Third-Year Curriculum (45.5 units)
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Summer | ||
| Optometry Clinics [8] | ||
| Introduction to Clinical Topics for the New Clinician [2] | ||
| Fall | ||
| Advanced Management and Rehabilitation of Sensory/Motor Anomalies [3] | ||
| Diagnosis and Treatment of Anterior Segment Ocular Disease [4] | ||
| Low Vision [2.5] | ||
| Optometry Clinics [9] | ||
| Advanced Procedures in Ocular Disease Diagnosis [2] | ||
| Spring | ||
| Diagnosis and Treatment of Posterior Segment Ocular Disease [4] | ||
| Eyecare Business and Professional Management II [2] | ||
| Optometry Clinics [9] | ||
Fourth-Year Curriculum (42 units)
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Summer | ||
| Advanced Optometry Clinic [5] | ||
| Specialty Clinics [5] | ||
| Fall | ||
| Advanced Optometry Clinic [9] | ||
| Specialty Clinics [7] | ||
| Spring | ||
| Advanced Optometry Clinic [9] | ||
| Specialty Clinics [7] | ||
Courses
Optometry
Terms offered: Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013
First in a 5-semester series designed to cover the theory and technical skills necessary to conduct a routine clinical exam of the eye and visual system. Topics include case history, entrance testing, refraction, phoropter testing, biomicroscopy techniques, direct ophthalmoscopy, binocular indirect ophthalmoscopy, and the signs and symptoms related to different refractive errors. The course emphasizes case analysis and interpretation of exam findings that leads to an appropriate diagnosis and treatment.
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Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Optometry/Graduate
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Formerly known as: 100A
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 [+]
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 6 hours of laboratory per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Optometry/Graduate
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Terms offered: Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014
Students will learn the diagnostic elements of the optometric examination, including increased proficiency in case history, entrance testing, refraction, phoropter testing, ocular health testing, case presentation, patient consultation, presbyopia testing, advanced biomicroscopy techniques, and the signs and symptoms related to different refractive errors. Classification and epidemiology of refractive errors, evaluation of accommodative and binocular status.
Clinical Examination of the Visual System: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 200A
Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for OPTOM 200B after completing OPTOM 100B.
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Optometry/Graduate
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Formerly known as: 100B
Terms offered: Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2017
Theory and techniques of the various procedures that are part of a routine optometric examination of the visual system. In this course, students will be taught more diagnostic elements of the optometric examination, including increased proficiency in case history, entrance testing, refraction, phoropter testing, ocular health testing, case presentation, patient consultation, presbyopia testing, advanced biomicroscopy techniques, and the signs and symptoms related to different refractive errors.
Clinical Examination of the Visual System: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Opt 200A, Opt 200AL
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit with advisor consent.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 6 hours of laboratory per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Optometry/Graduate
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
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 [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 200B
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Optometry/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
Formerly known as: 100C
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.
Clinical Examination of the Visual System: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Optom 200B
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit with advisor consent.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 4 hours of laboratory per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Optometry/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
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.
Clinical Examination of the Visual System: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 200C, 200CL
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit with advisor consent.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Optometry/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
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 [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Optom 200C, Optom 200CL
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit with advisor consent.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 4 hours of laboratory per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Optometry/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023
Instrumentation, techniques, and principles for examination, diagnosis, and treatment of ocular disease, including advanced laser trabeculoplasy, YAG capsulotomy, injections, suturing, dilation & irrigation, and peri-operative cataract care.
Advanced Procedures in Ocular Disease Diagnosis and Management: Read More [+]
Objectives & Outcomes
Course Objectives: To build on clinical skills and knowledge gained from previous courses that will enable interns to provide full scope contemporary optometric care. Lectures are used to present a context for the procedures and allow students to see how the skills can be applied in the clinic.
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: OPTOM 200A, 200AL, 200B, 200BL, 200C, 200CL, 200D, 200DL
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1 hour of lecture and 2 hours of laboratory per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Optometry/Graduate
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Instructors: Whiteside, Kanai, Shabazian
Advanced Procedures in Ocular Disease Diagnosis and Management: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Not yet offered
Instrumentation, techniques, and principles for examination, diagnosis, and treatment of ocular disease, including ophthalmic laser instrumentation, surgical laser procedures, minor surgical techniques, pre- and post-operative considerations, thresholds for making appropriate surgical referrals, informed consent, and safety considerations.
Advanced Procedures in Ocular Disease Diagnosis and Management: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: OPTOM 200E, OPTOM 200D, OPTOM 200C, OPTOM 200B, OPTOM 200A OPTOM 200DL, OPTOM 200CL, OPTOM 200BL, OPTOM 200AL,
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1 hour of lecture and 2 hours of laboratory per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Optometry/Graduate
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Instructors: Whiteside, Shabazian, Kunai
Advanced Procedures in Ocular Disease Diagnosis and Management: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Not yet offered
Geometrical methods applied to the optics of lenses, mirrors, and prisms. Thin lens eye models, magnification, astigmatism, prism properties of lenses, thick lenses.
Geometric Optics: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture, 1 hour of discussion, and 2 hours of laboratory per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Optometry/Graduate
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Formerly known as: Vision Science 203A
Terms offered: Not yet offered
Principles of optical systems, principles and clinical applications of aperatures and stops, aberrations and optical instruments. Optics of the eye. Selected topics in physical optics, diffraction, interference, polarization.
Optical System and Physical Optics: Read More [+]
Objectives & Outcomes
Course Objectives: to be able to apply basic principles to design systems or solve problems
to understand basic principles underlying optical systems and physical optics
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 203A
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture, 1 hour of discussion, and 2 hours of laboratory per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Optometry/Graduate
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Formerly known as: Vision Science 203B
Terms offered: Not yet offered
This course will provide a fundamental understanding of visual processing, so students will be able to (1) understand the limitations of the clinical procedures in an eye exam;(2) address patients’ complaints and symptoms. Content covered includes psychophysical basis for clinical tests in acuity, perimetry, and color vision. The visual stimulus and photometry. Visual receptors, psychophysical methods and visual threshold, light sensitivity, contrast sensitivity, light and dark adaptation, temporal and spatial properties of visual function, color vision, visual illusion, how visual perception changes with age and disease, and the basis for advanced diagnostic procedures.
Visual Perception Sensitivity: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for OPTOM 205 after completing VIS SCI 104.
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3.5 hours of lecture, 1 hour of discussion, and 2 hours of laboratory per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Optometry/Graduate
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Formerly known as: Vision Science 205
Terms offered: Not yet offered
The course begins with an overview of the gross anatomy and physiology of the eye, followed by a brief introduction of basic cellular biology and genetics. Subsequent lectures mainly focus on anterior parts of the eyeball to explore the anatomy, physiological function and related eye diseases in detail.
Anatomy and Physiology of the Eye: Read More [+]
Objectives & Outcomes
Course Objectives: To teach the fundamental knowledge about Anatomy and Physiology of the Eye with advanced molecular, cellular and genetic information that are related to ocular diseases in clinic diagnosis/treatment.
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 7.5 weeks - 4 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Optometry/Graduate
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Formerly known as: Vision Science 206A
Terms offered: Not yet offered
This course emphasizes learning the terminology, definitions and structural relationships of the bones, muscles, adnexa, vasculature and nervous tissue of the eye and orbit. Relevant clinical case examples will be used to highlight the application of basic anatomy and physiology for diagnosing and managing diseases and disorders of the eye and visual system. Topics covered include structure and function of the tissues of the eye, ocular appendages, vasculature, cranial nerves, and the central visual pathways. Basic concepts of physiological, neurological, embryological, and immunological processes as they relate to the eye and vision will be covered.
Anatomy and Physiology of the Eye and Visual System: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: OPTOM 206A
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture, 0.5 hours of discussion, and 1 hour of laboratory per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Optometry/Graduate
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Formerly known as: Vision Science 206B
Anatomy and Physiology of the Eye and Visual System: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Not yet offered
This course focuses on structure and function of the neurosensory retina, photoreceptors, RPE including blood supply. Current concepts of etiology and management of major retinal conditions. Overview of diagnostic techniques in retinal imaging, electrophysiologic testing and new genetic approaches. Structure and function of the early visual pathway, including retinal ganglion cells, optic nerves, lateral geniculate nucleus and visual cortex. Pupillary responses. Specialization in the visual cortex.
Neuroanatomy and Neurophysiology of the Eye and Visual System: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 206A (must be taken concurrently)
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 7.5 weeks - 4 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Optometry/Graduate
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Formerly known as: Vision Science 206D
Neuroanatomy and Neurophysiology of the Eye and Visual System: Read Less [-]
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.
Evidence Based Optometry: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1 hour of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Optometry/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
Instructor: Liu
Terms offered: Not yet offered
Neuro-anatomical pathways for the control of eye position and movement, gaze holding, image stabilization, and tracking eye movement systems, oculomotor signs of disorders of the central nervous system (palsies, nystagmus, ophthalmoplegia, cog-wheel pursuits, saccadic dysmetria), the near visual-motor response and the synergistic coupling of accommodation and convergence, binocular misalignment (heterophoria and fixation disparity), and presbyopia.
Oculomotor Functions and Neurology: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: OPTOM 203A
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 7.5 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 2 hours of laboratory per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Optometry/Graduate
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Instructor: Otero-Milan
Formerly known as: Vision Science 217
Terms offered: Not yet offered
The goals of this course are to provide mastery of the fundamentals of binocular vision and to introduce the role of binocular vision in optometric primary care. Topics covered include: perception of space, direction and distance, binocular retinal correspondence, horopters, differential magnification effects and anomalies of binocular vision development, sensory vision, local stereopsis, static and dynamic stereopsis, binocular depth cues.
Binocular Vision and Space Perception: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: OPTOM 203A
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit with instructor consent.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 7.5 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 2 hours of laboratory per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Optometry/Graduate
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Instructor: Cooper
Formerly known as: Vision Science 219
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.
Optics of Ophthalmic Lenses: Read More [+]
Objectives & Outcomes
Course Objectives: Develop an understanding of ophthalmic dispensing principles and its proper clinical application.
Facilitate successful completion of Ophthalmic Optics related questions on the clinical and written NBO exam
To facilitate the appreciation for the field of ophthalmic optics pertaining to lens materials properties and the optics and properties of ophthalmic lenses.
To have in concept, an understanding of the overall process by which ophthalmic prescriptions are designed & fabricated.
To understand the proper utilization of ophthalmic materials, ophthalmic lenses and its design; its relationship to meeting the patient’s visual needs in an Optometric practice.
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Vision Science 203A
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 2 hours of laboratory per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Optometry/Graduate
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
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.
Advanced Clinical Optics: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 222A
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Optometry/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
Formerly known as: 122B
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).
Systemic Pharmacology: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Vision Science 206D
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Optometry/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
Instructor: Wildsoet
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 [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 226A
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Optometry/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
Instructor: Wildsoet
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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Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: O.D. degree
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 0 hours of clinic per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Optometry/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
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.
Graduate General Clinical Practice: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: O.D. degree
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 0 hours of clinic per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Optometry/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
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.
Graduate Specialty Clinics: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: O.D. degree
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 0 hours of clinic per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Optometry/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
Terms offered: Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2017
Clinical examination of patients in designated specialty clinics. More than one clinical specialty may be taken simultaneously.
Graduate Specialty Clinics: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: O.D. degree
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 0 hours of clinic per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Optometry/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
Instructor: Orel-Bixler
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 [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 200D. 236A is a prerequisite for 236B
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture and 2 hours of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Optometry/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
Instructor: Harvey
Systemic Disease and its Ocular Manifestations: Read Less [-]
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 [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 236A
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture and 2 hours of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Optometry/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
Instructor: Harvey
Systemic Disease and its Ocular Manifestations: Read Less [-]
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 [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Vision Science 217 and 219
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2.5 hours of lecture and 16 hours of laboratory per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Optometry/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
Formerly known as: 140
Diagnosis and Treatment of Sensory/Motor Anomalies: Read Less [-]
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 [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 240
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2.5 hours of lecture and 16 hours of laboratory per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Optometry/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
Formerly known as: 141
Advanced Management and Rehabilitation of Sensory/Motor Anomalies: Read Less [-]
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 [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 236
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 4 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Optometry/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
Formerly known as: 146
Diagnosis and Treatment of Anterior Segment Ocular Disease: Read Less [-]
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.
Low Vision: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 200D
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2.5 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Optometry/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
Formerly known as: 151
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 [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 246
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 4 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Optometry/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
Formerly known as: 156
Diagnosis and Treatment of Posterior Segment Ocular Disease: Read Less [-]
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 [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture and 2 hours of laboratory per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Optometry/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
Formerly known as: 160A
Contact Lenses: Examination Principles and Practice: Read Less [-]
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 [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 270A
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Optometry/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
Eyecare Business and Professional Management II: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023
Discussion of the numerous opportunities and modes of practice in optometry.
Discussion of business and management principles related to optometry, as well as basic financial literacy. Topics will include personal financial management, budgeting, and investing in order to develop financial stability upon graduation and maintain it in the future. Additional discussion will include the importance of managing personnel and patients, practicing cultural humility, understanding issues related to diversity and equity, as well as the importance of providing sustainable health solutions and promoting a more equitable healthcare environment.
Exploring principles of practice management and modes of optometric practice: Read More [+]
Objectives & Outcomes
Course Objectives: To establish the foundations of financial literacy and financial stability.
To understand the importance and significance of diversity, equity, and inclusion, as well as social determinants in healthcare.
To understand the importance of human resource management in healthcare and how it is critical to success and patient care.
To understand the various modes of practice in optometry and explore the numerous pathways of an optometric career in the healthcare system.
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 0.25 hours of lecture and 0.25 hours of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Optometry/Graduate
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Instructor: Wang
Exploring principles of practice management and modes of optometric practice: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Spring 2024
This course is the second in a two-part series designed to evaluate the numerous opportunities and modes of practice in optometry. Principles of business and management will be introduced, as well as basic financial literacy. Topics covered will include management of personal finances, budgeting, and investing. Students will be introduced to the various opportunities available to optometrists and different modes of practice, as well as the importance of navigating business relationships and patient-provider interactions with an appreciation for cultural differences. Emphasis will be placed on raising the awareness of diversity and equity issues that are key to providing sustainable health solutions and an equitable healthcare environment.
Exploring principles of practice management and modes of optometric practice: Read More [+]
Objectives & Outcomes
Course Objectives: To establish the foundations of financial literacy and financial stability.
To understand the importance and significance of diversity, and inclusion, and social determinants in healthcare.
To understand the importance of human resource management in healthcare and how it is critical to success and patient care.
To understand the various modes of practice in optometry and explore the numerous pathways of an optometric career in the healthcare system.
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 0.25 hours of lecture and 0.25 hours of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Optometry/Graduate
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Instructor: Wang
Exploring principles of practice management and modes of optometric practice: Read Less [-]
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 [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1 hour of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Optometry/Graduate
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Health Economics, Law and Policy for Optometrists: Read Less [-]
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 [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: O.D. degree
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 0 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Optometry/Graduate
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Terms offered: Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2017
Presentation and discussion of the diagnosis, etiology, prognosis, and treatment of selected clinical cases.
Graduate Clinical Rounds: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: O.D. degree
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 0 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Optometry/Graduate
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Terms offered: Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013
Thesis research for optometry students. Presentation of research results.
Optometry Research Project: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 290A-290B
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1 hour of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Optometry/Graduate
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only. This is part one of a year long series course. A provisional grade of IP (in progress) will be applied and later replaced with the final grade after completing part two of the series.
Instructor: Cohn
Formerly known as: 191A-191B
Terms offered: Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2017
Thesis research for optometry students. Presentation of research results.
Optometry Research Project: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 290A-290B
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1 hour of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Optometry/Graduate
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only. This is part two of a year long series course. Upon completion, the final grade will be applied to both parts of the series.
Formerly known as: 190A-190B
Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022
Graduate seminars on selected topics in clinical optometry.
Graduate Optometry Seminar: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: O.D. degree
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 0 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Optometry/Graduate
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Terms offered: Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2017
Graduate seminars on selected topics in clinical optometry.
Graduate Optometry Seminar: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: O.D. degree
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 0 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Optometry/Graduate
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022
Directed studies on a selected topic(s) within optometry.
Independent or Group Studies: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: O.D. degree
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 0 hours of independent study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Optometry/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
Terms offered: Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2021
Directed studies on a selected topic(s) within optometry.
Independent or Group Studies: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: O.D. degree
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 0 hours of independent study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Optometry/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
Terms offered: Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013
Directed research on a selected topic within clinical optometry.
Graduate Optometry Research: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: O.D. Degree
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 0 hours of independent study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Optometry/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
Terms offered: Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2021
Directed research on a selected topic within clinical optometry.
Graduate Optometry Research: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: O.D. Degree
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 0 hours of independent study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Optometry/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
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 [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Opt 200D and Opt 200DL
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Summer: 6 weeks - 24 hours of clinic and 3 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Optometry/Other professional
Grading: Letter grade.
Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022
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 [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 430A
Hours & Format
Summer:
6 weeks - 37 hours of clinic, 1.5 hours of lecture, and 5 hours of seminar per week
8 weeks - 32 hours of clinic, 1 hour of lecture, and 4 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Optometry/Other professional
Grading: Letter grade.
Instructor: Revelli
Terms offered: Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 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 [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 430A
Hours & Format
Summer:
6 weeks - 37 hours of clinic, 1.5 hours of lecture, and 5 hours of seminar per week
8 weeks - 32 hours of clinic, 1 hour of lecture, and 4 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Optometry/Other professional
Grading: Letter grade.
Instructor: Revelli
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 [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Optom 200D Clinical Examination of the Visual System
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit with advisor consent.
Hours & Format
Summer: 10 weeks - 2 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Optometry/Other professional
Grading: Letter grade.
Instructor: Ozawa
Introduction to Clinical Topics for the New Clinician: Read Less [-]
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 [+]
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1 hour of lecture and 2 hours of laboratory per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Optometry/Other professional
Grading: Letter grade.
Advanced Procedures in Ocular Disease Diagnosis: Read Less [-]
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 [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 430C
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit up to a total of 3 times.
Hours & Format
Summer: 6 weeks - 2 hours of seminar and 16 hours of clinic per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Optometry/Other professional
Grading: Letter grade.
Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022
Examination of patients in a primary care setting. Diagnosis, prognosis, treatment, patient management and follow-up.
Advanced Optometry Clinic: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 440A and 441A
Hours & Format
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Optometry/Other professional
Grading: Letter grade.
Instructor: Revelli
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 [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 440A and 441A (offered Summer Session only)
Hours & Format
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Optometry/Other professional
Grading: Letter grade.
Instructor: Revelli
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 [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 430C
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit up to a total of 3 times.
Hours & Format
Summer: 6 weeks - 2 hours of seminar and 16 hours of clinic per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Optometry/Other professional
Grading: Letter grade.
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.
Specialty Clinics: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 440A and 441A (offered Summer Session only)
Hours & Format
Summer:
6 weeks - 2.5 hours of seminar and 18 hours of clinic per week
8 weeks - 2 hours of seminar and 16 hours of clinic per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Optometry/Other professional
Grading: Letter grade.
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.
Specialty Clinics: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 440A and 441A (offered Summer Session only)
Hours & Format
Summer:
6 weeks - 2.5 hours of seminar and 18 hours of clinic per week
8 weeks - 2 hours of seminar and 16 hours of clinic per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Optometry/Other professional
Grading: Letter grade.
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 [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 440A
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Optometry/Other professional
Grading: Letter grade.
Instructors: Bailey, Sheedy
Formerly known as: 450B-450C
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 [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 440A
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Optometry/Other professional
Grading: Letter grade.
Instructor: Revelli
Terms offered: Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019
Recent advances in the detection, diagnosis, and management of ocular disease.
Current Concepts in Ocular Disease: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 440B and 441B
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1 hour of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Optometry/Other professional
Grading: Letter grade.
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 [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1 hour of lecture per week
Summer: 8 weeks - 2 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Optometry/Other professional
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
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 [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1 hour of lecture per week
Summer: 8 weeks - 2 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Optometry/Other professional
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Terms offered: Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023
Independent study under control of Associate Dean for Student Affairs.
Supervised Independent Study: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-12 hours of independent study per week
Summer:
6 weeks - 2.5-18 hours of independent study per week
8 weeks - 1.5-22.5 hours of independent study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Optometry/Other professional
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Vision Science
Terms offered: Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Spring 2020
The Freshman Seminar Program has been designed to provide new students with the opportunity to explore an intellectual topic with a faculty member in a small-seminar setting. Freshman seminars are offered in all campus departments, and topics vary from department to department and semester to semester. Enrollment limited to 15 freshmen.
Freshman Seminars: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1 hour of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Vision Science/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: The grading option will be decided by the instructor when the class is offered. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020
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. Enrollment limits are set by the faculty but the suggested limit is 25.
Freshman and Sophomore Seminar: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1.5-3 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Vision Science/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Final Exam To be decided by the instructor when the class is offered.
Terms offered: Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023
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.
Sophomore Seminar: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: At discretion of instructor
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring:
5 weeks - 3-6 hours of seminar per week
10 weeks - 1.5-3 hours of seminar per week
15 weeks - 1-2 hours of seminar per week
Summer:
6 weeks - 2.5-5 hours of seminar per week
8 weeks - 1.5-3.5 hours of seminar and 2-4 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Vision Science/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: The grading option will be decided by the instructor when the class is offered. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022
Supervised independent study and research. Enrollment restrictions apply; see the Introduction to Courses and Curricula section of this catalog.
Supervised Independent Study and Research: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Upper division status and consent of instructor, the student's major adviser and the departmental chair
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 0 hours of independent study per week
Summer: 8 weeks - 1.5-7.5 hours of independent study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Vision Science/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2021
Graduate seminar in vision science.
Seminar in Vision Science: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Vision Science/Graduate
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Instructor: VS faculty
Terms offered: Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022
Graduate seminar in vision science.
Seminar in Vision Science: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Vision Science/Graduate
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Instructor: Gronert
Terms offered: Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019
Problem-based learning approach using clinical case examples. Continuation of 206A-206B.
Anatomy and Physiology of the Eye and Visual System: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 206A-206B
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 7.5 weeks - 4 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Vision Science/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
Formerly known as: 106C
Anatomy and Physiology of the Eye and Visual System: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013
Development of the eye and visual system. Normal development of the eye, retina, and central visual pathways. Effects of visual deprivation. Assessment of optical and visual function in human infants. Refraction and refractive error in infants and children. Development of visuomotor function, spatial vision, color vision, binocular vision, and depth perception.
Visual System Development: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 206B
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Vision Science/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
Formerly known as: 115
Terms offered: Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022
This seminar will examine a range of ethical issues that arise in the process of doing science. Beginning with the philosophical and social foundations, we will consider the pathogenesis of fraud, statistics and deception, the ethics of authorship and publication, research with human subjects, the use of animals, the definition(s) of misconduct and the difference between misconduct and questionable research practices, the relationship between industry and science, and finally, the responsibilities and obligations of the scientist in society.
Ethics in Scientific Research: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 30 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Vision Science/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022
The course will provide an overview of the early stage limits to human vision, from the eye’s optics to sampling and processing in the retina. Students will learn basic optical properties of the eye as well as objective and subjective techniques on how to measure limits of human vision. The class will comprise a combination of lectures and active learning by the students in the form of a project, to be presented at the end of the semester. This is one of the four courses that form the Vision Science core curriculum.
Optical and Neural Limits to Vision: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit with instructor consent.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Vision Science/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
Instructor: Austin Roorda
Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2020
The course will provide an overview of eye development, anterior eye ocular anatomy and physiology and ocular disease. The course will be a combination of didactic lectures and problem-based learning. This is one of the four courses that form the Vision Science core curriculum.
Introduction to Ocular Biology: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit with instructor consent.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Vision Science/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
Instructor: Suzanne Fleiszig
Terms offered: Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022
The course will provide an overview of the neuroscience of vision, spanning the entire neural pathway from retinal neurobiology to cortical processing of visual signals. The class will comprise a combination of lectures and active learning by the students in the form of a project, to be presented at the end of the semester. This is one of the four courses that form the Vision Science core curriculum.
Introduction to Visual Neuroscience: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit with instructor consent.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Vision Science/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
Instructor: Michael Silver
Terms offered: Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022
The course will provide an overview of how we see in time (temporal signal processing, eye motion, motion detection), space (stereo vision, depth perception), and color as well as the anatomical and physiological factors that facilitate these capabilities. The course will be series of didactic lectures. This is one of the four courses that form the Vision Science core curriculum
Seeing in Time, Space and Color: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit with instructor consent.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Vision Science/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
Instructor: Martin Banks
Terms offered: Fall 2021, Fall 2018, Spring 2016
The course will provide an overview of visual cognitive neuroscience, drawing from neuroanatomy, neurophysiology in humans and animal models, psychophysics, neuroimaging, neuropharmacology, neuropsychology, and computational models of vision and cognition. Topics will include basic anatomy and physiology of the mammalian visual system, motion perception and processing, depth perception and representation of visual space, brightness and color, object and face recognition, visual attention, developmental and adult plasticity, perceptual learning, multisensory integration, and visual awareness.
Visual Cognitive Neuroscience: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Vision Science/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
Instructor: Silver
Terms offered: Fall 2022, Fall 2020, Fall 2018
This course provides an introduction to the theory of neural computation. The goal is to familiarize students with the major theoretical frameworks and models used in neuroscience and psychology, and to provide hands-on experience in using these models. Topics include neural network models, supervised and unsupervised learning rules, associative memory models, probabilistic/graphical models, and models of neural coding in the brain.
Neural Computation: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Calculus, differential equations, basic probability and statistics, linear algebra, and familiarity with high level programming languages such as Matlab
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Vision Science/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
Instructor: Olshausen
Terms offered: Prior to 2007
This course provides an introduction to the theory of neural computation. The goal is to familiarize students with the major theoretical frameworks and models used in neuroscience and psychology, and to provide hands-on experience in using these models. Topics include neural network models, supervised and unsupervised learning rules, associative memory models, probabilistic/graphical models, and models of neural coding in the brain.
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Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Calculus, differential equations, basic probability and statistics, linear algebra, and familiarity with high level programming languages such as Matlab
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Vision Science/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
Instructor: Olshausen
Also listed as: NEUROSC C265
Terms offered: Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022
Paradigms for computational vision. Relation to human visual perception. Mathematical techniques for representing and reasoning, with curves, surfaces and volumes. Illumination and reflectance models. Color perception. Image segmentation and aggregation. Methods for bottom-up three dimensional shape recovery: Line drawing analysis, stereo, shading, motion, texture. Use of object models for prediction and recognition.
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Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: MATH 1A; MATH 1B; MATH 53; and MATH 54 (Knowledge of linear algebra and calculus)
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Vision Science/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
Instructor: Malik
Also listed as: COMPSCI C280
Terms offered: Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023
Group studies of selected topics. Advanced studies in various subjects through special seminars on topics to be selected each year, informal groups studying special problems, group participation in experimental problems and analysis.
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Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2-6 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Vision Science/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
Terms offered: Fall 2024, Summer 2024 Second 6 Week Session, Spring 2024
Research.
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Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 0 hours of independent study per week
Summer:
6 weeks - 1-16 hours of independent study per week
8 weeks - 1-12 hours of independent study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Vision Science/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
Terms offered: Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Fall 2022
Instruction in teaching methods and materials, in vision science and optometry; practice teaching in classrooms and laboratory.
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Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Graduate standing in vision science
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1 hour of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Vision Science/Professional course for teachers or prospective teachers
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Instructor: Silver
Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023
Instruction in teaching methods and materials in vision science and optometry; practice teaching in classroom and laboratory. Lectures, discussion and outside work related to learning effective teaching styles, developing optimal teaching environments, accessing teaching resources, and fostering professional development.
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Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: This course is restricted to student in the Vision Science graduate program
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1 hour of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Vision Science/Professional course for teachers or prospective teachers
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Terms offered: Not yet offered
Instruction in teaching methods and materials in vision science and optometry; practice and reflect on teaching in the classroom and laboratory. Lectures, discussion and outside work related to teaching methods and assessment of student learning, including lecture-based, problem-based, active, and inquiry-based learning. Instruction on student engagement and effective communication.
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Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: This course is restricted to students in the Vision Science graduate program
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1 hour of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Vision Science/Professional course for teachers or prospective teachers
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Terms offered: Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019
Individual study for the comprehensive requirements in consultation with the adviser in vision science.
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Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor
Credit Restrictions: Course does not satisfy unit or residence requirements for master's degree.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 0 hours of independent study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Vision Science/Graduate examination preparation
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022
Individual study in consultation with the adviser in vision science, intended to provide an opportunity for qualified students to prepare themselves for the various examinations required for the Ph. D.
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Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor
Credit Restrictions: Course does not satisfy unit or residence requirements.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 0 hours of independent study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Vision Science/Graduate examination preparation
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Contact Information
Herbert Wertheim School of Optometry and Vision Science
Minor Hall
Phone: 510-643-5968
Admissions and Student Affairs Office
380 Minor Hall
Phone: 510-642-9537
Fax: 510-643-7111