curricular plan
Option I: Courses Curriculum
FIRST SEMESTER
Course Number |
Title |
Credit Units |
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Lecture |
Practical |
Total |
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OPTO 541 |
Advances in Ocular Anatomy, Physiology & Biochemistry |
2 |
1 |
3 |
OPTO 556 |
Visual Perception and Visual Psychophysics |
2 |
1 |
3 |
OPTO 597 |
Visual Development |
2 |
1 |
3 |
TOTAL |
6 |
3 |
9 |
SECOND SEMESTER
Course Number |
Title |
Credit Units |
||
Lecture |
Practical |
Total |
||
OPTO 565 |
Advanced management techniques |
2 |
1 |
3 |
OPTO 595 |
Advanced Low Vision Studies |
2 |
1 |
3 |
OPTO 542 |
Neurology of Oculo-motor Systems |
2 |
1 |
3 |
TOTAL |
6 |
3 |
9 |
THIRD SEMESTER
Course Number |
Title |
Credit Units |
||
Lecture |
Practical |
Total |
||
OPTO 557 |
Advanced Contact Lenses Studies |
2 |
2 |
4 |
OPTO 571 |
Experimental Design and Data Management in visual sciences |
2 |
1 |
3 |
OPTO 591 |
Public Health Optometry and Professional Ethics |
2 |
1 |
3 |
OPTO 566 |
Advanced clinical studies |
0 |
4 |
4 |
TOTAL |
6 |
8 |
14 |
FOURTH SEMESTER
Course Number |
Title |
Credit Units |
||
Lecture |
Practical |
Total |
||
OPT0 567 |
Optometric co – management of Refractive Surgery Patients |
2 |
1 |
3 |
OPTO 592 |
Interactive Discussion and visual cases analysis |
1 |
2 |
3 |
OPTO 599 |
Research Project |
0 |
4 |
4 |
TOTAL |
3 |
7 |
10 |
Option II: Course curriculum and Master's thesis
FIRST SEMESTER
Course Number |
Title |
Credit Units |
||
Lecture |
Practical |
Total |
||
OPTO 541 |
Advances in Ocular Anatomy, Physiology & Biochemistry |
2 |
1 |
3 |
OPTO 556 |
Visual Perception and Visual Psychophysics |
2 |
1 |
3 |
OPTO 597 |
Visual Development |
2 |
1 |
3 |
TOTAL |
6 |
3 |
9 |
SECOND SEMESTER
Course Number |
Title |
Credit Units |
||
Lecture |
Practical |
Total |
||
OPTO 565 |
Advanced management techniques |
2 |
1 |
3 |
OPTO 595 |
Advanced Low Vision Studies |
2 |
1 |
3 |
OPTO 542 |
Neurology of Oculo-motor Systems |
2 |
1 |
3 |
TOTAL |
6 |
3 |
9 |
THIRD SEMESTER
Course Number |
Title |
Credit Units |
||
Lecture |
Practical |
Total |
||
OPTO 571 |
Experimental Design and Data Management in visual sciences |
2 |
1 |
3 |
OPTO 591 |
Public Health Optometry and Professional Ethics |
2 |
1 |
3 |
OPTO 566 |
Advanced clinical studies |
0 |
4 |
4 |
TOTAL |
4 |
6 |
10 |
FOURTH SEMESTER
Course Number |
Title |
Credit Units |
||
Lecture |
Practical |
Total |
||
OPT 600 |
The Masters’ Thesis |
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