CourseCatalog

Second Year

The knowledge acquired in the first year sets the foundation for the second year. Basic knowledge acquired during the second year is intended to enhance the clinical skills of students. The Integrative Seminar in second year continues to integrate basic and clinical sciences and includes more direct clinical exposure. Students take on greater patient care responsibilities throughout the year, culminating with their taking on full responsibilities for their first patients by the end of the second year. Total lecture, lab, and clinic hours in a semester are listed below. Fall Semester Course Title Dept* Course # Trac k Lec Lab Clinic Credit Hours Human Bioscience III BVS BVS-223FA SOH 48 0 0 3.0 Microbiology BVS BVS-204FB SOH 32 0 0 2.0 Pharmacology I BVS BVS-205FB SOH 48 0 0 3.0 Integrated Optics III BVS BVS-233FB REF 44 16 0 3.25 Visual Function: Sensorimotor BVS BVS-270FA VPS 48 9 0 3.5 Clinical Optometry III CE CEX-253FA CEX 24 42 6 3.0 Integrative Seminar III CE CEI-2FA INT 16 16 16 2.0

Spring Semester Course Title

Dept*

Course #

Trac k SOH SOH REF VPS CEX INT PH

Lec Lab Clinic

Credit Hours

Ocular Disease I Pharmacology II 2 Public Health I Contact Lenses I

BVS BVS BVS BVS CE

BVS-251SA BVS-206SB CEP-211SA BVS-261SA BVS-281SB CEX-254SA CEI-2SA CEP-321A

64 40 28 40 30 24 16

16

0 0 0 0

4.5 2.5

0 0

0.0

1.75 3.25

24 20 32 16

Anomalies of Visual Sensorimotor Functions I

2.5 3.0 2.0

Clinical Optometry IV Integrative Seminar IV

CE CE CE

16 16

1 Optometric Practice in a Changing Health Care Environment – Part C

PH

6

0

0

-

*BVS = Dept. of Biological and Vision Sciences • SOH = Systemic and Ocular Health • REF = Refractive Conditions • VPS = Visual Perception and Sensorimotor Control

*CE = Dept. of Clinical Education • CEX = Clinical Examination – Optometric Theory and Clinical Optometry • PH = Public Health and Community Optometry • CLIN = Optometric Clinic • INT = Integrative

**(A) module A runs the first 8 weeks of the semester. (B) module B runs the second 8 weeks of the semester 1 Optometric Practice in a Changing Healthcare Environment will run for all four years for a total of 40 credit hours. A final grade will appear in the third year. 2 Public Health I revised to incldue Epidemiology, starting with Class of 2026

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