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Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
OP203BVisual Optics and Refraction ICompulsory234
Level of Course Unit
Short Cycle
Objectives of the Course
The course aims to learn the eye as an optical system.
Name of Lecturer(s)
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Harun YÜCEL
Learning Outcomes
1Learning the eye as an optical system.
2Learning the refractive states of the eye.
3Learning about visual defects.
Mode of Delivery
Second Education
Prerequisites and co-requisities
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
None
Course Contents
General Information About Optics, Anatomy and Physiology of the Eye, Optical System of the Human Eye, Visual Paths, Visual Field, Light Reaction, Color Vision, Visual Acuity Measurement, Factors Affecting Visual Acuity, Emetropia - Ametropia, Myopia, Hyperopia, Astigmatism, Presbyopia, Cycloplegia Objective Methods for Measuring Refractive Errors
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1General Information About Optics (Nature of Light)
2Lenses (Vergence Tracking)
3Image formation and properties
4Field of vision, Paths of vision
5Eye as Optical System (Schematic Eye)
6Visual acuity measurement
7Sample Question Solution
8MIDTERM EXAM
9Refractive errors
10Far point concept and Accommodation
11Measurement of refractive errors (Objective Methods)
12Retiaccommodationherical
13Retisnoscopy, astigmatism
14Measurement of refractive errors (Subjective Methods)
15Sample Question Solution
Recommended or Required Reading
1. Görme Optiği ve Refraksiyonu, Ahmet Özer, Türkiye Optik ve Optometrik Meslekler Birliği-Derneği 2. Geometrical and Visual Optics: A Clinical Introduction, Steven H. Schwartz, McGraw-Hill Education, 2013 3. Clinical Optics, Basic and Clinical Science Course 3, American Academy of Ophthalmology, 2018
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Midterm Examination1100
SUM100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Final Examination1100
SUM100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities40
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
None
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination111
Final Examination122
Attending Lectures14228
Self Study14456
Individual Study for Mid term Examination11010
Individual Study for Final Examination11010
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)107
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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LO1312451111211132
LO2312451111211132
LO3312451111211132
* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High