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2011-2012

The Undergraduate Calendar

 

 

Academic Plans - Departmental

Optometry

Course Requirements

Year One


Fall
OPTOM 104 Anatomy of the Eye 1
OPTOM 105 Medical Microbiology
OPTOM 106 Geometrical, Physical and Visual Optics
OPTOM 108 Histology
OPTOM 109 Visual Perception 1: Perception of Light
OPTOM 124 Human Gross Anatomy


Winter
OPTOM 103 Pathophysiology
OPTOM 114 Anatomy of the Eye 2
OPTOM 126 Fundamentals of Visual Optics
OPTOM 134 Immunology or BIOL 441 Immunology
OPTOM 143 Physiology of the Eye
OPTOM 152/152L Clinical Techniques 1/Laboratory


Year Two


Fall
OPTOM 215 Systemic Disease
OPTOM 216 Ophthalmic Optics 1
OPTOM 231 Introductory Clinical Pharmacology
OPTOM 243 Neurophysiology of Vision
OPTOM 245/245L Diseases of the Eye 1/Laboratory
OPTOM 252/252L Clinical Techniques 2/Laboratory


Winter
OPTOM 219 Visual Perception 2: Monocular & Binocular Visual Processes
OPTOM 246 Ophthalmic Optics 2
OPTOM 250 Optometric Jurisprudence
OPTOM 255/255L Diseases of the Eye 2/Laboratory
OPTOM 261 Clinical Ocular Pharmacology
OPTOM 262 Clinical Techniques 3
OPTOM 270 Public Health Optometry
OPTOM 272 Strabismus and Aniseikonia


Year Three


Fall
OPTOM 339 Visual Perception 3:  Colour Vision
OPTOM 342A Case Analysis and Optometric Therapies 1
OPTOM 346A Ophthalmic Optics 3
OPTOM 347/347L Contact Lenses 1/Laboratory
OPTOM 348A Optometry Clinics
OPTOM 375/375L Diseases of the Eye 3/Laboratory
OPTOM 387 Gerontology and Low Vision 


Winter
OPTOM 342B Case Analysis and Optometric Therapies 2
OPTOM 348B Optometry Clinics
OPTOM 360 Professional Ethics & Optometric Communication
OPTOM 365 Ophthalmic Lasers & Refractive Surgery
OPTOM 367 Contact Lenses 2
OPTOM 377 Pediatric Optometry and Learning Disabilities
OPTOM 380 Practice Management
OPTOM 385 Clinical Medicine for Optometric Practice


Year Four


Spring
OPTOM 412 Case Analysis 3
OPTOM 458 Optometry Clinics & Primary Care Externship
OPTOM 468 Ocular Disease & Therapeutics Externship
OPTOM 477 Clinical Techniques 4
OPTOM 478 Optometry Clinics


Fall
OPTOM 412 Case Analysis 3
OPTOM 458 Optometry Clinics & Primary Care Externship
OPTOM 468 Ocular Disease & Therapeutics Externship
OPTOM 477 Clinical Techniques 4
OPTOM 478 Optometry Clinics


Winter
OPTOM 412 Case Analysis 3 
OPTOM 458 Primary Care Externship 
OPTOM 468 Ocular Disease and Therapeutics Externship
OPTOM 477 Clinical Techniques 4
OPTOM 478 Optometry Clinics


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