Electives
Professional O.D. Program Curriculum
Electives
Students
in the Class of 1998 must complete 5 semester hours of electives and
subsequent classes must complete 3 semester hours of electives. Electives
may be taken from offerings of the School including courses from the Graduate
Curriculum in Physiological Optics, or students may take courses
elsewhere which have demonstrable professional applicability.
The elective courses offered in the School of Optometry are listed below according to the semester in which they are usually offered. Click on the course name to read its description. Click on the icon to go to the course syllabus or home page.
Electives
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8420
Ocular Photography
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Optical principles and clinical
techniques in photographing the internal and external eye and its adnexa.
Includes laboratory exercises on use of the most common types of clinical
cameras.
8410 Directed
Research
Credit is given for independent research. Projects may be laboratory,
library, or clinically based research in any area of vision science.
All projects must be undertaken under the supervision of a three-member
faculty committee. This elective may be repeated once.
8470 Case Studies in Ocular Disease
Prerequisite:
Ocular Disease I (8370) and Ocular Disease II (8570). This course will
focus on discussion of current clinical topics in eye disease as they
relate to student experiences in the clinic. Ocular diagnosis and management
will be reviewed as well as advanced diagnostic techniques.
8400 Directed Readings
Credit is given for independent literature review of a specific topic in
any area of basic or clinical vision science. Readings are to be supervised
by a two-person faculty committee and at least one member of this committee
must be selected from among the full-time regular faculty. Credit is awarded
upon approval of a written paper regarding the selected topic. This elective
may be repeated once.
8970 Geriatric
Patient Care Delivery
Prerequisite: Consent of Geriatric Residency Instructors. Direct optometric
patient care to a population that is largely geriatric. Emphasis will be
on integrating specialty care available for these patients to provide comprehensive
vision care.
8440 Clinical
Applications of Current Topics in Visual Science
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. A seminar on the use of new
discoveries in visual science in clinical optometry. Students will
participate in selecting the topics, which will change from year to
year, with the guidance of the instructor. The course will also include
laboratory demonstrations of seminar topics.