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| First Year | |||
| Fall Semester | Credit Hours |
Lecture | Lab |
| 8010 Gross Anatomy, Physiology and Disease Processes |
5 | 4 | 2 |
| 8020 Geometric
Optic |
4 | 3 | 2 |
| 8030 Practice
Management I |
2 | 2 | - |
| 8040 Neuroanatomy | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| 8060 Biochemistry |
3 | 3 | - |
| 8350 Epidemiology | 2 | 2 | - |
| Winter Semester | |||
| 8110 Gross Anatomy, Physiology and Disease Processes II | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| 8120 Ocular Optics | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| 8140 Physical Optics and Photometry | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 8160 Anatomy
and Physiology of the Eye |
5 | 4 | 2 |
| 8180 Clinical Optometry I | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Second Year | |||
| Fall Semester | Credit Hours |
Lecture | Lab |
| 8220 Ophthalmic
Optics |
4 | 3 | 2 |
| 8230 Practice Management II | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 8240 Ocular Motility | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| 8250 Monocular
Sensory Processes |
5 | 4 | 2 |
| 8260 General
Pharmacology |
3 | 3 | - |
| 8280 Clinical Optometry II | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| Winter Semester | |||
| 8320 Ophthalmic Dispensing | 1 | - | 2 |
| 8340 Binocular
Vision and Space Perception |
4 | 3 | 2 |
| 8360 Ocular Pharmacology |
3 | 3 | - |
| 8370 Ocular
Disease I |
4 | 3 | 2 |
| 8380 Clinical Optometry III | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| 8560 Public Health | 2 | 2 | - |
| Third Year | |||
| Fall Semester | Credit Hours |
Lecture | Lab |
| 8390 Clinical Medicine | 2 | 2 | - |
| 8500 General
Clinic I |
6 | - | 12 |
| 8520 Contact
LensesI |
3 | 2 | 2 |
| 8540
Binocular Vision Anomalies |
4 | 3 | 2 |
| 8550 Low Vision |
3 | 2 | 2 |
| 8570 Ocular
Disease II |
4 | 3 | 2 |
| Winter Semester | |||
| 8600 General Clinic II |
6 | - | 12 |
| 8610 Environmental Vision | 2 | 2 | - |
| 8620 Contact Lens Specialty Clinic |
3 | 3 | - |
| 8630 Practice Management III | 3 | 3 | - |
| 8640 Pediatric Optometry |
3 | 3 | - |
| 8650 Geriatric Optometry |
2 | 2 | - |
| 8660 Contact Lenses II |
1 | - | 2 |
| 8670 Ocular Assessment |
1 | 1 | - |
| 8680 Ophthalmic
Lasers |
1 | - | |
| 8690 Pediatric
/Binocular Specialty Clinic I |
1 | - | 2 |
| Fourth Year | |||
| Category 1 UM-St. Louis Note: Must enroll in 8700, 8710, and 8720 concurrently |
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| 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 and 8740 concurrently Must enroll in 8750 and 8860 concurrently. |
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| 8730 Optometric
Center Patient Care |
6 | - | 12 |
| 8740 Optometric Center Eye Health Management Patient Care | 1 | - | 2 |
| 8750 East St. Louis Center Patient Care |
6 | - | 14 |
| 8760 Harvester Eye Center Patient Care | 7 | - | 14 |
| 8770 Community Service in Rotation in Patient Care | 7 | - | 14 |
8860 East St. Louis Eye Health Management Patient Care |
1 | - | 2 |
| Category 5 Specialty | |||
| 8800 External Rotation in Pediatric/Binocular Vision Patient Care |
7 | - | 14 |
| 8810 External Rotation in Contact Lens 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 |
8840 External Supplementary Rotation in General Patient Care |
7 | - | 14 |
8850 Supplementary Rotation in General Patient Care |
7 | - | 14 |
| Required
Courses |
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| 8870 Practice
Management IV Vision Science |
2 | 2 | 1 |
| 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
8470 Case Studies in Ocular Diseases
8910 Topics in Geriatric Optometry
8970 Geriatric Patient Care Delivery
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