CourseCatalog

Curriculum The core curriculum for PhD students consists of the following courses, Introduction to Vision Science: Proseminar Part I, Introduction to Vision Science: Proseminar Part II, Introduction to Statistics, Scientific Integrity and Ethics in Research and five elective graduate seminars or tutorials. In addition, all full-time students are required to attend research colloquia, journal club, to pass a qualifying exam, as well as submit a dissertation proposal and complete and defend a PhD dissertation. Students in the OD/MS Program take four regularly scheduled optometry program courses (Integrated Optics I; Visual Function: Sensory; Ocular Anatomy, Biochemistry and Physiology I and II) in place of Introduction to Vision Science: Proseminar Part I and Part II. In addition, students take Introduction to Statistics, Research Survival Skills, Vision Science Journal Club and Scientific Integrity and Ethics in Research. OD/MS students are also required to take four GM200 level seminars. At least three of these seminars must be Advanced Topic seminars which are offered in these four topic areas: Oculomotor Systems; Sensory Physiology and Perception; Optics, Refractive Error, and Maturation of the Optical System; and Ocular Bioscience.

G100 Level Courses

Course #

Lecture Lab Credit Hours

Fall Fall

Ocular Anatomy, Biochemistry & Physiology I

GVS-181FC GVS-131FB GVS-182SD GVS-170SC

56 40 24 36

0

3.5 3.0 1.5 2.5

Integrated Optics I

10

Spring Spring

Ocular Anatomy, Biochemistry & Physiology II

8

Visual Function: Sensory

3.5

G200 Level Courses

Course # GM215 GM201B GM219B GM204B GM210E GM222B GM230A GM207B GM208C GM221B GM231A GM240A GM241A GM255A GD261A GM245A GM251A GM252A GM253A

Lecture Lab Credit Hours

All

Research (for all MS students)

Variable

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Variable

Summer Summer

Introduction to Statistics

2 1 2 2 2 6 2 2 2 6 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

2.0 1.0 2.0 0.0 2.0 6.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 6.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0

Scientific Integrity and Ethics in Research

Fall Fall Fall Fall

Color Perception

Visual Perception: 3D Shape Perception

Retinal Circuitry

Proseminar: Introduction to Vision Science: Part I LGN and Cortex: Early Visual Processing of the Brain Ocular Motility: Visuo-Motor Selection and Decision Processes Computational Modeling in Early Visual Processing

Spring Spring Spring Spring Spring Spring Spring Spring

Proseminar: Introduction to Vision Science: Part II

Research Survival Skills

Vision Science Journal Club for MS Students Advanced Topics in Molecular Biology

Visual Attention: Psychophysics, Physiology, and Modeling Tutorial

Fall/Spring Vision Science Journal Club for PhD Students Fall/Spring Advanced Topics in Oculomotor Systems Fall/Spring Advanced Topics in Sensory Physiology & Perception Fall/Spring Advanced Topics in Optics, Refractive Error, and Maturation of the Optic System

Fall/Spring Advanced Topics in Ocular Bioscience

GM254A

2

0

2.0

G300 Level Courses

Course #

Credit Hours

All Fall Fall

Independent Study

GE307

variable

Data Science methods for Vision Science Applications

GE321A GE322A

2.0 2.0

Intro to Scientific Writing

G400 Level Courses

Course #

Credit Hours

All

Research (for all PhD students)

GD401

variable

33