Vision Science

Courses

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VIS SCI 24 Freshman Seminars 1 Unit [+]Expand course description

Offered through: Optometry
Terms offered: Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018
The Freshman Seminar Program has been designed to provide new students with the opportunity to explore an intellectual topic with a faculty member in a small-seminar setting. Freshman seminars are offered in all campus departments, and topics vary from department to department and semester to semester. Enrollment limited to 15 freshmen.
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Rules & Requirements

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1 hour of seminar per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Vision Science/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: The grading option will be decided by the instructor when the class is offered. Final exam required.

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VIS SCI 39 Freshman and Sophomore Seminar 1.5 - 3 Units [+]Expand course description

Offered through: Optometry
Terms offered: Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017
Freshman and sophomore seminars offer lower division students the opportunity to explore an intellectual topic with a faculty member and a group of peers in a small seminar setting. These seminars are offered in all campus departments; topics vary from department to department and from semester to semester. Enrollment limits are set by the faculty but the suggested limit is 25.
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Rules & Requirements

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1.5-3 hours of seminar per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Vision Science/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Final Exam To be decided by the instructor when the class is offered.

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VIS SCI 84 Sophomore Seminar 1 or 2 Units [+]Expand course description

Offered through: Optometry
Terms offered: Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018
Sophomore seminars are small interactive courses offered by faculty members in departments all across the campus. Sophomore seminars offer opportunity for close, regular intellectual contact between faculty members and students in the crucial second year. The topics vary from department to department and semester to semester. Enrollment limited to 15 sophomores.
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Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: At discretion of instructor

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring:
5 weeks - 3-6 hours of seminar per week
10 weeks - 1.5-3 hours of seminar per week
15 weeks - 1-2 hours of seminar per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 2.5-5 hours of seminar per week
8 weeks - 1.5-3.5 hours of seminar and 2-4 hours of seminar per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Vision Science/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: The grading option will be decided by the instructor when the class is offered. Final exam required.

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VIS SCI 199 Supervised Independent Study and Research 1 - 4 Units [+]Expand course description

Offered through: Optometry
Terms offered: Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018
Supervised independent study and research. Enrollment restrictions apply; see the Introduction to Courses and Curricula section of this catalog.
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Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Upper division status and consent of instructor, the student's major adviser and the departmental chair

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 0 hours of independent study per week

Summer: 8 weeks - 1.5-7.5 hours of independent study per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Vision Science/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Final exam required.

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VIS SCI 201A Seminar in Vision Science 2 Units [+]Expand course description

Offered through: Optometry
Terms offered: Fall 2019, Fall 2015, Fall 2014
Graduate seminar in vision science.
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Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Consent of instructor

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of seminar per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Vision Science/Graduate

Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.

Instructor: VS faculty

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VIS SCI 201B Seminar in Vision Science 2 Units [+]Expand course description

Offered through: Optometry
Terms offered: Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017
Graduate seminar in vision science.
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Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Consent of instructor

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of seminar per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Vision Science/Graduate

Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.

Instructor: Gronert

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VIS SCI 203A Geometric Optics 4 Units [+]Expand course description

Offered through: Optometry
Terms offered: Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014
Geometrical methods applied to the optics of lenses, mirrors, and prisms. Thin lens eye models, magnification, astigmatism, prism properties of lenses, thick lenses.
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Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture, 1 hour of discussion, and 2 hours of laboratory per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Vision Science/Graduate

Grading: Letter grade.

Formerly known as: 101

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VIS SCI 203B Optical System and Physical Optics 4 Units [+]Expand course description

Offered through: Optometry
Terms offered: Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014
Principles of optical systems, principles and clinical applications of aperatures and stops, aberrations and optical instruments. Optics of the eye. Selected topics in physical optics, diffraction, interference, polarization.
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Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 203A

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture, 1 hour of discussion, and 2 hours of laboratory per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Vision Science/Graduate

Grading: Letter grade.

Formerly known as: 102

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VIS SCI 205 Visual Perception Sensitivity 4.5 Units [+]Expand course description

Offered through: Optometry
Terms offered: Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014
Psychophysical basis for clinical tests in acuity, perimetry, and color vision. The visual stimulus and photometry. Visual receptors. Psychophysical method and visual threshold. Light sensitivity. Contrast sensitivity. Light and dark adaptation. Temporal and spatial properties of visual function. Color vision and abnormalities. Changes with age and disease. Visual illusion. Basis for advanced diagnostic procedures.
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Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3.5 hours of lecture and 2 hours of laboratory per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Vision Science/Graduate

Grading: Letter grade.

Formerly known as: 104

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VIS SCI 206A Anatomy and Physiology of the Eye 2 Units [+]Expand course description

Offered through: Optometry
Terms offered: Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013
This course focuses on the anatomy and physiology of the eyeball. Overview of the gross anatomy of the eye followed by eye-relevant cellular and molecular biology. Cellular and molecular details of structure and function of each of the various non-neural components.
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Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 7.5 weeks - 4 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Vision Science/Graduate

Grading: Letter grade.

Instructors: Gong, Fleiszig

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VIS SCI 206B Anatomy and Physiology of the Eye and Visual System 3 Units [+]Expand course description

Offered through: Optometry
Terms offered: Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017
Structure and function of the tissues of the eye, ocular appendages, and the central visual pathways. Basic concepts of physiological, neurological, embryological, and immunological processes as they relate to the eye and vision. Foster an appreciation of the pathophysiology of various disease processes. Convey the importance of anatomy and physiology in the medical approach to ocular disease processes.
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Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: ViS Sci 206A

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2.5 hours of lecture and 0.5 hours of laboratory per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Vision Science/Graduate

Grading: Letter grade.

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VIS SCI 206C Anatomy and Physiology of the Eye and Visual System 2 Units [+]Expand course description

Offered through: Optometry
Terms offered: Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017
Problem-based learning approach using clinical case examples. Continuation of 206A-206B.
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Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 206A-206B

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 7.5 weeks - 4 hours of seminar per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Vision Science/Graduate

Grading: Letter grade.

Formerly known as: 106C

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VIS SCI 206D Neuroanatomy and Neurophysiology of the Eye and Visual System 2 Units [+]Expand course description

Offered through: Optometry
Terms offered: Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013
Structure and function of the neurosensory retina, photoreceptors, RPE including blood supply. Current concepts of etiology and management of major retinal conditions. Overview of diagnostic techniques in retinal imaging, electrophysiologic testing and new genetic approaches. Structure and function of the early visual pathway including retinal ganglion cells, optic nerves, lateral geniculate nucleus and visual cortex. Pupillary responses. Specialization in the visual cortex.
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Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 206A (must be taken concurrently)

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 7.5 weeks - 4 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Vision Science/Graduate

Grading: Letter grade.

Instructors: Flannery, Freeman

Formerly known as: half of 206A

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VIS SCI 215 Visual System Development 2 Units [+]Expand course description

Offered through: Optometry
Terms offered: Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013
Development of the eye and visual system. Normal development of the eye, retina, and central visual pathways. Effects of visual deprivation. Assessment of optical and visual function in human infants. Refraction and refractive error in infants and children. Development of visuomotor function, spatial vision, color vision, binocular vision, and depth perception.
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Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 206B

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Vision Science/Graduate

Grading: Letter grade.

Formerly known as: 115

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VIS SCI 217 Oculomotor Functions and Neurology 2 Units [+]Expand course description

Offered through: Optometry
Terms offered: Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014
Neuro-anatomical pathways for the control of eye position and movement; gaze holding, image stabilization and tracking eye movement systems; oculomotor signs of disorders of the central nervous system (palsies, nystagmus, opthalmoplegia, cog-wheel pursuits, saccadic dysmetria); the near visual-motor response and the synergistic coupling of accommodation and convergence; binocular misalignment (heterophoria and fixation disparity); and presbyopia.
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Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 203B or consent of instructor

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1.5 hours of lecture and 10 hours of laboratory per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Vision Science/Graduate

Grading: Letter grade.

Formerly known as: 117

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VIS SCI 219 Binocular Vision and Space Perception 2 Units [+]Expand course description

Offered through: Optometry
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