Third-Year Curriculum
Third-year clinical practice focuses on specialty contact lenses, the assessment and management of vision problems in children, geriatric vision and ocular disease. Lectures and laboratory courses cover advanced topics in pediatric optometry, glaucoma, contact lenses, rehabilitative optometry, retinal and neurological disease, ophthalmic lasers, refractive surgery, environmental optometry, primary care optometry and practice management.
| Summer Semester |
Hours |
| Number |
Description |
Credits |
Lecture |
Lab |
| OPTO7493 |
General Clinic IIIA |
4 |
2 |
18 |
| OPTO7150 |
Developmental Optometry |
1 |
1 |
0 |
| |
*Electives |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| Totals |
7 |
3 |
18 |
| Fall Semester |
Hours |
| Number |
Description |
Credits |
Lecture |
Lab |
| OPTO7152
|
Pediatric Optometry II Lab |
1 |
0 |
3 |
| OPTO7131 |
Clinical Medicine |
1 |
1 |
0 |
| OPTO7230 |
Glaucoma |
2 |
2 |
0 |
| OPTO7252 |
Pediatric Optometry II |
2 |
2 |
0 |
| OPTO7361 |
Geriatric Optometry |
3 |
3 |
0 |
| OPTO7336 |
Ocular Pathology III |
3 |
3 |
0 |
| OPTO7375 |
Contact Lens II |
3 |
3 |
0 |
| OPTO7494 |
General Clinic IIIB |
4 |
0 |
16 |
| |
*Electives |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Totals |
20 |
14 |
19 |
| Spring Semester |
Hours |
| Number |
Description |
Credits |
Lecture |
Lab |
| OPTO7120 |
OPT III Rounds/ Case Discussion |
1 |
1 |
0 |
| OPTO7130 |
Ophthalmic Lasers, Refractive Surgery,
& Surgical Techniques Lab |
1 |
0 |
2 |
| OPTO7162 |
Vision Rehabilitative Lab |
1 |
0 |
2 |
| OPTO7253 |
Pediatric Optometry III |
2 |
2 |
0 |
| OPTO7262 |
Rehabilitative Optometry |
2 |
2 |
0 |
| OPTO7330 |
Ophthalmic Lasers, Refractive Surgery & Surgical Techniques |
3 |
3 |
0 |
| OPTO7337 |
Ocular Pathology IV |
3 |
3 |
0 |
| OPTO7383 |
Practice Management I |
3 |
3 |
0 |
| OPTO7495 |
General Clinci IIIC |
4 |
0 |
16 |
|
*Electives |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Totals |
21 |
14 |
20 |
