Lecture and laboratory instruction in the finishing of ophthalmic lenses, including lens selection, decentration, orientation, and mounting. At the conclusion of the course students will be able to produce a spectacle lens prescription that is both visually pleasing and optically sound.

Clinical experience in patient reception, front office duties, payments, frame selection, dispensing, adjustment, verification and repair of eyewear.

Office procedures including appointment systems, recalls, telephone procedures, bookkeeping, accounts receivables, banking procedures, third-party insurance plans, payroll records, ethics, HIPAA compliance, professionalism, resume creation, interviewing skills, professional letter writing, computer systems using Microsoft Office programs and optometric software.

This course provides an overview of the anatomy and physiology of the human visual system, with particular emphasis on the anatomy of the eye and visual pathway. Comparative anatomy of eyes will be used to identify common evolutionary pressures, and special cases of convergent evolution provide insight into the unique demands of a sensory organ designed to image the external world.  The structural relationships between the eye and its associated anatomy (bony orbit, extraocular muscles, afferent neural pathway, and both neural and vascular input) will also be examined to reveal the integrated structure-function relationships for the visual system.  The focus of this course is to employ a careful examination of ocular anatomy to reveal the precise functional roles of each component and the integrated visual system.  Extensive laboratory work emphasizes microscopic study of the monkey eye, dissection of a mammalian eye, examination of the human skull and brain, and direct examination of the human eye.  The laboratories will teach students the careful observational skills required for anatomical investigations and also the process by which function is inferred from structure.  There is no prerequisite for this course.  It is designed as an introduction to anatomical methods and an introduction to the human eye.  The course is targeted at freshmen or sophomore students who have a general interest in biology, anatomy, and those who might be considering specializing in the ocular health care field.

This course satisfies the Breadth of Inquiry: Natural and Mathematical Sciences (N&M) requirement in the IUB General Education Common Ground curriculum.

Students are offered practical experience in the operation of a prescription optical laboratory. Theory in ophthalmic prescription work is combined with the development of skills necessary to assure that finished eyewear will be both optically correct and aesthetically pleasing.

Note: A grade of C- or above in TOPT-V121 is a prerequisite for this course, but is not required for graduation.

Students are offered additional practical experience in the operation of a prescription optical laboratory. Theory in ophthalmic prescription work is combined with the development of skills necessary to assure that finished eyewear will be both optically correct and aesthetically pleasing.

This course provides the student with an understanding of the basic concepts of contact lenses and refractive ocular corrections used to treat refractive error or diseases of the human eye. Emphasis is placed on the refractive structures of the eye, the cornea and crystalline lens, which are routinely manipulated by the application of contact lenses or ocular surgery to correct distance and near vision. Students will learn the normal anatomy, physiology and optical properties of these ocular structures, as well as the changes which require treatment with contact lenses and surgery. Extensive laboratory work emphasizes direct examination of the human eye using clinical procedures and the application and care of soft and gas permeable contact lenses. The laboratories will teach students the careful observational skills required for assessing the eye and contact lenses, as well as provide the student with the opportunity to gain important interpersonal communication skills. This course is designed as an introduction to the human eye and an introduction to contact lens methods and procedures, refractive surgery, and intraocular lens implants for the correction of distance and near vision. The course is targeted at freshmen or sophomore students who have a general interest in biology, anatomy, and those who might be considering specializing in the ocular health care field. TOPT-V201 Anatomy and Physiology of the Eye or VSCI-V250 Miracle of Sight are recommended for registration of this course or permission of the instructor.

Clinical experience in frame selection, dispensing, adjustment, verification and repair of eyewear.  Other practical skills may include the application of clinical skills assisting clinicians and instructors in the optometry clinics.

Practical application of technical and managerial skills learned in courses and laboratories by assisting clinicians and instructors in the optometry clinics.

Additional clinical experience using technical and managerial skills learned in courses and laboratories by assisting clinicians and instructors in the optometry clinics.