| Description | Credits | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | |||
| Basic PO Core | 5 | ||
| Teaching | 2 | ||
| Ethics | 1 (every other year) |
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| General Seminar | 1 | ||
| Spring | |||
| Basic PO Core | 5 | ||
| Experimental Design | 3 | ||
| General Seminar | 1 | ||
| Summer | |||
| Statistics | 3 | ||
Course Numbering
All of the following core courses:
All of the following Basic Research Skills:
Each Fall & Spring Semester:
PHOP 6160 General Seminar in Physiological Optics & Visual Sciences Courses total minimum of 30 semester hours, including written thesis. This track includes a research project and defense of thesis.
Electives (minimum 5 hours required)
As needed to strengthen student's education in a particular research area.
Research practicums, laboratory practicums, and independent study are offered on an "as needed" basis to meet the individual needs of students. Students are also encouraged to take courses in other University Departments: e.g. C-programming in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; Neuroscience, Cell Signaling, and Biophysics in Biology.
Advanced seminars are offered in research areas in the College. For example, courses recently have been given in spatial vision, visual optics, eye movements, binocular vision, visual motion perception, and retinal circuitry and neurobiology.
Courses must total a minimum of 60 semester hours, including written dissertation. This track includes a foreign language and/or technical skills, written and oral qualifying examinations, original research, and defense of a dissertation.
Qualifying Examinations:
Language/Technical Skill:
