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| First Year | |||
| Fall Semester | Credit Hours |
Lecture | Lab |
| 8040 Neuroanatomy | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| 8020 Geometric
Optic |
4 | 3 | 2 |
| 8030 Practice
Management I |
2 | 2 | - |
| 8010 Gross
Anatomy, Physiology and Disease Processes |
5 | 4 | 2 |
| 8060 Biochemistry |
3 | 3 | - |
| 8350 Epidemiology | 2 | 2 | - |
| Winter Semester | |||
| 8140 Physical Optics and Photometry | 2 | 2 | - |
| 8180 Clinical
Optometry I |
2 | 1 | 2 |
| 8120 Ocular
Optics |
3 | 3 | - |
| 8130 Physiological
Optics Laboratory |
1 | - | 2 |
| 8160 Anatomy
and Physiology of the Eye |
5 | 4 | 2 |
| 8150 Physical
Optics and Photometry Lab |
1 | - | 2 |
| 8110 Gross
Anatomy, Physiology and Disease Processes II |
4 | 3 | 2 |
| Second Year | |||
| Fall Semester | Credit Hours |
Lecture | Lab |
| 8220 Ophthalmic
Optics |
4 | 3 | 2 |
| 8280 Clinical Optometry II | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| 8250 Monocular
Sensory Processes |
4 | 4 | - |
| 8290 Physiological
Optics Lab lI |
1 | - | 2 |
| 8260 General
Pharmacology |
3 | 3 | - |
| 8230 Practice
Management II |
2 | 1 | 2 |
| 8240 Ocular Motility | 3 | 3 | - |
| Winter Semester | |||
| 8320 Ophthalmic Dispensing | 1 | - | 2 |
| 8380 Clinical
Optometry III |
5 | 3 | 4 |
| 8340 Binocular
Vision and Space Perception |
4 | 3 | 2 |
| 8370 Ocular
Disease I |
4 | 3 | 2 |
| 8360 Ocular
Pharmacology |
3 | 3 | - |
| 8560 Public Health | 2 | 2 | - |
| Third Year | |||
| Fall Semester | Credit Hours |
Lecture | Lab |
| 8500 General
Clinic I |
6 | - | 2 |
| 8520 Contact
LensesI |
3 | 2 | 2 |
| 8540
Binocular Vision Anomalies |
4 | 3 | 2 |
| 8570 Ocular
Disease II |
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| 8550 Low
Vision |
3 | 2 | 2 |
| 8390 Clinical Medicine | 2 | 2 | - |
| Winter Semester | |||
| 8610 Environmental Vision | 2 | 2 | - |
| 8680 Ophthalmic
Lasers |
1 | 1 | - |
| 8600 General
Clinic II |
6 | - | 12 |
| 8690 Pediatric
/Binocular Specialty Clinic I |
1 | - | 2 |
| 8620 Contact
Lens Specialty Clinic |
1 | - | 2 |
| 8660 Contact
Lenses II |
3 | 3 | - |
| 8650 Geriatric
Optometry |
2 | 2 | - |
| 8670 Ocular
Assessment |
1 | 1 | - |
| 8640 Pediatric
Optometry |
3 | 3 | - |
| 8630 Practice Management III | 3 | 3 | - |
| Fourth Year | |||
| Category 1 UM-St. Louis Note: Must enroll in 8700, 8710, and 8720 concurrently |
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| Fall Semester | Credit Hours |
Lecture | Lab |
| 8700 UM-St.
Louis Pediatric/Binocular Vision Patient Care |
3 | - | 6 |
| 8710 UM-St.
Louis Contact Lens Patient Care |
3 | - | 6 |
| 8720 UM-St. Louis Eye Health Management Patient Care | 1 | - | 2 |
| Category
2 Institutional |
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| 8780 External Rotation in Institutional Patient Care | 7 | - | 14 |
| Category
3 Ocular Disease |
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| 8790 External Rotation in Ocular Disease Patient Care | 7 | - | 14 |
| Category
4 Intern Note: Must enroll in 8730(576) and 8740(577) concurrently |
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| 8770 Community Service in Rotation in Patient Care | 7 | - | 14 |
| 8750 East
St. Louis Center Patient Care |
7 | - | 14 |
| 8730 Optometric
Center Patient Care |
6 | - | 12 |
| 8740 Optometric Center Eye Health Management Patient Care | 1 | - | 2 |
| 8760 Harvester Eye Center Patient Care | 7 | - | 14 |
| Category 5 Specialty | |||
| 8810 External
Rotation in Contact Lens Patient Care |
7 | - | 14 |
| 8800 External
Rotation in Pediatric/Binocular Vision Patient Care |
7 | - | 14 |
| 8820 External Rotation in Low Vision Patient Care | 7 | - | 14 |
| Category 6 Elective | |||
8830
External Rotation in General Patient Care |
7 | - | 14 |
8850
Supplementary Rotation in General Patient Care |
7 | - | 14 |
8840 External Supplementary Rotation in General Patient Care |
7 | - | 14 |
| Required
Courses |
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| 8870 Practice
Management IV Vision Science |
2 | 2 | - |
| 8880 Clinical Seminar | 1 | 1 | - |
| Elective Courses in the College of Optometry | |||
| 8400 Directed Readings | |||
| 8410 Directed Research | |||
| 8420 Ocular Photography | |||
| 8440 Clinical Applications of Current Topics in Visual Science | 2 | 2 | - |
Graduate Physiologic
Optics Courses Approved for Elective Credit*
6400 Sensory Processes and Perception
6401 Visual Optics
6402 Ocular Anatomy and Physiology
6403 Psychophysical Methods and Experimental Design
6404 Sensory Neuroscience
6405 Neuroanatomy
6406 Geometric Optics
6451 Corneal Physiology
6452 Growth and Development of the Visual System
6453 Advanced Physiology of Other Sensory Systems
6454 Binocular Vision
6455 Visual Information Processing
6456 Oculomotor Systems
6457 Comparative and Evolutionary Aspects of Vision
6458 Noninvasive Assessment of the Visual System
6459 Introduction to Computer Programming for Vision Research
6470 Individual Studies in Physiological Optics
6490 Graduate Research in Physiological Optics
6497 Interdisciplinary Geriatric Care
6499 Current Topics in Optometry and Vision Science
*Due to advances in
the optometric profession, sequencing of courses may change. The courses
listed above are subject to change through normal academic procedures