NSU HPD Catalog 2024-2025

College of Optometry 229 Third Year—Summer Term Semester Hours OPT 6524 Practice Management II 1.0 OPT 7214 Cornea and Contact Lens Externship 4.0 OPT 7224 Pediatric and Binocular Vision Externship 4.0 OPT 7233 Vision Rehabilitation Externship (Elective) 2.5 OPT 7308 Medical and Surgical Care Externship 8.0 OPT 7408 Clinical Elective Externship 8.0 OPT 7508 Primary Care Clinical Externship 8.0 Total Semester Hours: 35.5 Fourth Year—Fall and Winter Terms Semester Hours OPT 7214 Cornea and Contact Lens Externship 4.0 OPT 7224 Pediatric and Binocular Vision Externship 4.0 OPT 7233 Vision Rehabilitation Externship (Elective) 2.5 OPT 7308 Medical and Surgical Care Clinical Externship 8.0 OPT 7408 Clinical Elective Externship 8.0 OPT 7508 Primary Care Clinical Externship 8.0 Fourth Year Total Semester Hours: 34.5 * Successful completion of these courses can lead to a Bachelor of Science degree in Vision Science. ** S tudents will be assigned two of the six specialty clinic rotations each term they are offered. + This course is a service-learning course. Extended Program Curriculum Outline First Year—Fall Term Semester Hours OPT 1134 Gross Anatomy/Anatomy of the Head and Neck 4.0 OPT 1323 Microbiology 2.0 OPT 1831+ Contemporary Issues in Optometry 1.0 OPT 1888 Ocular Anatomy and Physiology 4.0 Total Semester Hours: 11.0 First Year—Winter Term Semester Hours OPT 1722 Clinical Optometric Experience I 1.0 OPT 2023 General Neuroanatomy 3.0 OPTC 2144 General Physiology 4.0 OPT 2522* Visual Neurophysiology 2.0 Total Semester Hours: 10.0

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