Course Catalog 2017-2018

Curriculum First Year

The scientific foundation for optometric practice is established in the first year. During this year, students are introduced to the profession of optometry, optometric theory and the elements of clinical practice. The program builds from the knowledge base acquired prior to professional school through prerequisites and sets the foundation for advanced didactic and clinical activities during the rest of the curriculum and into optometric practice. Students provide elements of patient care in the UEC. Integrative Seminar helps students tie the basic and clinic sciences together. Total lecture, lab, and clinic hours in a semester are listed below.

Fall Semester Course Title

Dept*

Course#

Lec Lab Clinic Credit Hours

BVS-121FA

Human Bioscience I

BVS BVS BVS BVS

64

0

0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

4.0 2.5 3.0 2.0 3.5 2.0 2.5 2.0

Gross Anatomy Neuroanatomy

BVS-106FA 32 BVS-105FA 40

16 16

BVS-181FA

Ocular Anatomy, Biochemistry & Physiology I

32

0

Integrated Optics I Optometric Theory I Clinical Optometry I Integrative Seminar I

BVS

BVS-131FA 48 CEX-141FB 32

8 0

CE CE CE

CEX-151FA 16 48

CEI-1FA

16 32

Spring Semester Course Title

Dept*

Course#

Lec Lab Clinic Credit Hours

Human Bioscience II

BVS BVS BVS BVS

BVS-122SA 48

10

3.0 3.0

Ocular Anatomy, Biochemistry & Physiology II

BVS-182SA 48 4

Integrated Optics II

BVS-132SA 56 BVS-170SA 60 CEX-142SB 32 CEX-152SA 16

8

4.0 4.5 2.0 2.5 2.0

Visual Function: Sensory Optometric Theory II Clinical Optometry II Integrative Seminar II

24

CE CE CE

0

48 32

CEI-1SA

16

*BVS= Dept. of Biological and Vision Sciences CE= Dept. of Clinical Education

9