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Science Academic Plans

Optometry

Course Requirements

Academic Course Requirements

In the Doctor of Optometry (OD) academic plan, an overall 60% average as well as a grade of at least 60% in each course of the major subject must be obtained each term.

In OPTOM 348A/OPTOM 348B and OPTOM 458/OPTOM 468/OPTOM 478 a grade of at least 70% will be considered a passing grade. A student who fails to demonstrate clinical competence as evidenced by a failing grade in a clinical course will not be allowed to continue in the Doctor of Optometry academic plan. All courses must be successfully completed to proceed into the next academic year.

Notes

  1. Students enrolled in the Optometry program are required to make a self-declaration regarding any criminal convictions, cautions, or disciplinary proceedings for each subsequent year of their program (by August 31 of academic years two and three, and by April 1 of academic year four). This includes minor summary of offences, but not road traffic offences dealt with by the way of a fixed penalty notice. Note that other external clinics may require separate CRC reports. Failure to disclose any relevant information that is revealed subsequently may result in an investigation by the associate dean of science, undergraduate studies, and the revocation of the student's registration in the Doctor of Optometry Program.
  2. The final year will involve three terms, starting with the spring term following the third year winter term. The terms are a minimum of 15 weeks with the start date corresponding to the beginning of each co-op term.

Year One


Fall

OPTOM 104 Anatomy of the Eye 1
OPTOM 105 Medical Microbiology
OPTOM 106 Geometrical, Physical and Visual Optics
OPTOM 108 Histology of Tissues and Organs
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 Advances in Immunology
OPTOM 143 Physiology of the Eye
OPTOM 152/OPTOM 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/OPTOM 245L Diseases of the Eye 1/Laboratory
OPTOM 252/OPTOM 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/OPTOM 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 346 Ophthalmic Optics 3
OPTOM 347/OPTOM 347L Contact Lenses 1/Laboratory
OPTOM 348A Optometry Clinics
OPTOM 375/OPTOM 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 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 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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