27 graduate courses in the Winter 2015 Graduate Calendar, from Waterloo’s archived copy.
An advanced treatment of lacrimal apparatus, tears, cornea, the consequences of contact lens wear, aqueous production and drainage, intraocular pressure, the lens, accommodation, the vitreous, the blood supply to the eye, the retinal epithelium, extraocular muscles.
LEC · Course ID 002032Archived pageOPTOM 600 today
The refractive state of the eye and its variables; transmittance, absorption, scattering by the ocular media; pupil size, aberrations, diffraction limitations, resolution, and contrast transfer functions.
LEC · Course ID 002033Archived pageOPTOM 601 today
Kinematics of eye movements, specifications of the direction of regard, neurology of oculomotor functions, oculomotor systems and types of eye movements, disorders of oculomotor systems and their effects.
LEC · Course ID 010513Archived pageOPTOM 602 today
Oculocentric and egocentric directionalization; monocular clues for depth perception; distance and size relationships; real and apparent motion; the theoretical and nonius horoptomer and the apparent fronto-parallel plane; stereopsis; aniseikonia; Pulfrich effects; alley experiments and the geometry of visual space.
LEC · Course ID 002035Archived pageOPTOM 604 today
Normal and defective spectral sensitivity, colour discrimination and colour matching functions. Colour perception in the peripheral retina and by small fields. Chromatic adaptation. Colour vision in animals. Theories of colour vision.
LEC · Course ID 009471Archived pageOPTOM 605 today
Measurement and specification of light; radiometric and photometric relationships; spectrophotometry and the C.I.E. colorimetric specification of visual stimuli; radiation limits of the visual system. Radiation hazards and safety criteria.
LEC · Course ID 002036Archived pageOPTOM 606 today
An advanced course which examines photoreceptor function, the retina, the neural processing of form and colour by the geniculo-striate system, the neural control of eye movements and accommodation by midbrain and brainstem structures, the vestibular system as it relates to vision, eye-hand co-ordination, the neural processing involved in reading.
LEC · Course ID 002037Archived pageOPTOM 607 today
Topics in the fields of specialization of the faculty may be studied by special arrangements with the faculty member, the student and his or her committee.
RDG · Course ID 002038Archived pageOPTOM 608 today
The distribution, determinants and frequency of vision problems. Estimates of risk. Risk factors and the development of vision problems.
LEC · Course ID 002065Archived pageOPTOM 611 today
Attendance within clinical areas agreed upon by the student, supervisor and Clinic Director and approved by the Clinic Director. The aim of the course is to broaden and develop advanced clinical skills and knowledge. Credit will be given for completion of each term of clinical activity (or its equivalent) and the presentation of one seminar (case report) a term. Credit towards a degree may only be earned once in the progression through the MSc degree.
Department Consent Required
CLN · Course ID 002068Archived pageOPTOM 614A today
Attendance within clinical areas agreed upon by the student, supervisor and Clinic Director and approved by the Clinic Director. The aim of the course is to broaden and develop advanced clinical skills and knowledge. Credit will be given for completion of each term of clinical activity (or its equivalent) and the presentation of one seminar (case report) a term. Credit towards a degree may only be earned once in the progression through the MSc degree.
Department Consent Required
CLN · Course ID 002069Archived pageOPTOM 614B today
Attendance within clincial areas agreed upon by the student, supervisor and Clinic Director and approved by the Clinic Director. The aim of the course is to broaden and develop advanced clinical skills and knowledge. Any two terms of clinical activity (or its equivalent) and the presentation of one seminar (case report) a term will fulfill this requirement. Recognition of participation in this course can only be given once in the progression through the PhD degree.
Department Consent Required
CLN · Course ID 009139Archived pageOPTOM 624A today
Attendance within clincial areas agreed upon by the student, supervisor and Clinic Director and approved by the Clinic Director. The aim of the course is to broaden and develop advanced clinical skills and knowledge. Any two terms of clinical activity (or its equivalent) and the presentation of one seminar (case report) a term will fulfill this requirement. Recognition of participation in this course can only be given once in the progression through the PhD degree.
Department Consent Required
CLN · Course ID 009140Archived pageOPTOM 624B today
Topics in the fields of specialization of the faculty may be studied by special arrangement with the faculty member and the student's committee. The course is designed for PhD students only. The course cannot be similar in content to 608 taken at the Master's level.
Department Consent Required
RDG · Course ID 002072Archived pageOPTOM 628 today
Examination of three learning theories will provide the context for consideration of learning and motivation in the Optometry educational setting. Important components of clinical instruction such as breadth of professional knowledge, effectiveness of instructor-student and instructor-patient interactions, and feedback utilization will be discussed. Performance evaluation with the aim of improving practical and teaching skills will utilize, among other things, video taping.
CLN · Course ID 009473Archived pageOPTOM 630 today
Graduate clinic requires the attendance of a resident within the clinical areas agreed upon with his supervisor. This clinical course and associated research projects will provide the resident with materials designed to broaden clinical understanding. OPTOM 631 may be taken any number of times provided that the content of the program is specified in writing by the advisor and is sufficiently varied from a previous session of OPTOM 631 such that it constitutes a distinct advance in a resident's clinical knowledge.
CLN · Course ID 010514Archived pageOPTOM 631 today
The course will work through the process of the scientific method using a grant proposal to NSERC as a framework. The scientific method, research and experimental questions, experimental design, sampling, statistical theory & power, and data analysis will be covered. Ethical and budgetary issues will also be discussed.
LEC · Course ID 014947Archived pageOPTOM 650 today
Measurements, probability and power; Detecting difference between parametric/non-parametric variables; Analyzing repeated measures designs; Relationships between parametric/non-parametric variables; Between-eye comparison and correlation; Complex regression; Statistical re-sampling techniques; Analysis of clinical images; Accurancy and repeatability of novel clinical and experimental techniques; Introductory analysis of epidemiological and clinical trials data.
LEC · Course ID 014948Archived pageOPTOM 651 today
The course will examine how various factors (luminance, contrast, psychophysical method and ocular disease) can influence the outcome of psychophysical tests that are used in both basic and clinical vision research. Consideration will be given to the utility of such tests by considering their reliability, discriminative power and validity.
LEC · Course ID 014949Archived pageOPTOM 660 today
Bayesian statistics, questionnaire analysis, advanced linear and non-linear modeling.
Instructor Consent Required
Prereq: OPTOM 651, 620
LAB, LEC · Course ID 014994Archived pageOPTOM 661 today
A concentrated review of topics relating to principles of and research in the vision sciences. The course is split into 2 segments (OPTOM 690A/690B) covering ocular anatomy and ultrastructure and ocular physiology. This course is recommended for all graduate students.
LEC · Course ID 014989Archived pageOPTOM 670 today
A concentrated review of topics relating to principles of and research in the vision sciences. The course is split into 2 segments (OPTOM 690A/690B) covering optomics of the eye and binocular vision. This course is recommended for all graduate students.
LEC · Course ID 014990Archived pageOPTOM 671 today
An evaluation of evolutionary lines of development of visual structures and functions: the vascular system, accessory glands, light control mechanisms, the distribution of visual pigments, accommodation, binocular vision and neural coding.
LEC · Course ID 014991Archived pageOPTOM 672 today
Consideration of the development of the optomical, and sensory motor functions of vision during the early years of life provides the basis upon which this course examines current methods and literature in basic and clinical vision sciences. Course structure will be organized to suit a student's background (optometry, psychology, physics or biology) and their special interests.
Instructor Consent Required
Prereq: Optom 670, 690A
LEC · Course ID 014992Archived pageOPTOM 680 today
Theories of ageing as they relate to vision. Ageing changes in structure and function of the eye and visual system. Impact of visual function on functional (everyday) vision. Interaction between vision and other ageing changes. Cortical plasticity and ageing.
Instructor Consent Required
Prereq: Optom 670, 690A
LEC · Course ID 014995Archived pageOPTOM 681 today
This course will examine the behavior and neural substrates of eye movements, specifically covering fixation, saccades, vestibular ocular interactions, smooth pursuit and the near triad synkinesis (vergence, accommodation and pupil responses). Oculomotor behaviors for each system will be defined with respect to their specific stimuli, their dynamic and steady state responses. Adaptive process within and across systems will be examined. Control theory will be introduced as a means to model each system. The course will allow emphasis to be focused on oculomotor systems pertinent to the student's research.
Instructor Consent Required
Prereq: OPTOM 671, 690B
LEC · Course ID 014993Archived pageOPTOM 682 today
Visual sensory processing of light, form and space; Ocular somatosensory processing.
Instructor Consent Required
Prereq: OPTOM 671, 690B
LEC · Course ID 014996Archived pageOPTOM 683 today