The School of Optometry and Vision Science of the Faculty of Science offers a four-year professional academic program leading to the degree of Doctor of Optometry (OD).
Notes
- All courses must be successfully completed to proceed to the next academic year. The OD program minimum averages and passing grades are found on the Academic Regulation page.
- 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 Criminal Record Check (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.
- 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.
Curriculum
Year One
Fall
OPTOM 104 Neuroanatomy
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
OPTOM 148 Clinical Experience 1
Winter
OPTOM 103 Pathophysiology
OPTOM 114 Ocular Anatomy and Physiology
OPTOM 126 Fundamentals of Visual Optics
OPTOM 134 Immunology or BIOL 441 Advances in Immunology
OPTOM 139 Colour Vision
OPTOM 150 Optometric Jurisprudence
OPTOM 152 Clinical Techniques 1
OPTOM 152L Clinical Techniques 1 Laboratory
OPTOM 158 Clinical Experience 2
OPTOM 170 Public Health Optometry
Year Two
Fall
OPTOM 215 Systemic Disease
OPTOM 216 Ophthalmic Optics 1
OPTOM 231 Introductory Clinical Pharmacology
OPTOM 243 Neurophysiology of Vision
OPTOM 245 Diseases of the Eye 1
OPTOM 245L Diseases of the Eye 1 Laboratory
OPTOM 248 Clinical Experience 3
OPTOM 252 Clinical Techniques 2
OPTOM 252L Clinical Techniques 2 Laboratory
Winter
OPTOM 219 Visual Perception 2: Monocular and Binocular Visual Processes
OPTOM 246 Ophthalmic Optics 2
OPTOM 255 Diseases of the Eye 2
OPTOM 255L Diseases of the Eye 2 Laboratory
OPTOM 258 Clinical Experience 4
OPTOM 261 Clinical Ocular Pharmacology
OPTOM 262 Clinical Techniques 3
OPTOM 272 Strabismus and Aniseikonia
Year Three
Fall
OPTOM 342A Case Analysis and Optometric Therapies 1
OPTOM 346 Ophthalmic Optics 3
OPTOM 347 Contact Lenses 1
OPTOM 347L Contact Lenses 1 Laboratory
OPTOM 348A Optometry Clinics
OPTOM 375 Diseases of the Eye 3
OPTOM 375L Diseases of the Eye 3 Laboratory
OPTOM 387 Low Vision and Geriatrics
Winter
OPTOM 342B Case Analysis and Optometric Therapies 2
OPTOM 348B Optometry Clinics
OPTOM 360 Professional Ethics and Optometric Communication
OPTOM 365 Ophthalmic Lasers and 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
Each Term: Spring, Fall, and Winter
OPTOM 412 Case Analysis 3
OPTOM 458 Clinical Clerkship 1
OPTOM 468 Clinical Clerkship 2
OPTOM 477 Clinical Techniques 4
OPTOM 478 Clinical Clerkship 3