37 courses in the 1977–78 Undergraduate Calendar, read from the scanned original. The text comes from OCR, so check the scanned page before relying on a detail.
Professor, Director of School M.E. Woodruff, OD (College of Optometry of Ontario), PhD (indiana)
Professors
C. W. Bobier, OD (College of Optometry of Ontario), BA (Toronto), MS (Ohio State)
E. J. Fisher, BA, MA (Toronto), DSc (Penn. College of Optometry)
W.S. Long, OD (College of Optometry of Ontario), BA (Toronto)
W. M. Lyle, OD (College of Optometry of Ontario), MS, Phd (Indiana)
J.D. Moreland, BSc (London), DIC, PhD (Imperial College)
R.D. Pellowe, OD (College of Optometry of Ontario)
F. VanNus, BA, BSc (Western Michigan), OD, MS (Indiana)
Associate Professors
R. D. Beauchamp, BA (McMaster), MA, PhD (Brown)
A.Remole, OD (College of Optometry of Ontario), BFA (Manitoba), MS, PhD (indiana).
J. G. Sivak, LScO (Montreal), MS (Indiana), PhD (Cornell)
T. D. Williams, OD (College of Optometry of Ontario), MS, PhD (indiana)
G.C.S. Woo, OD (College of Optometry of Ontario), — MS. PhD (Indiana)
Assistant Professors
M. G. E. Callender, OD (College of Optometry of Ontario), BSc (S.G.W.U.), MSc (Waterloo)
W.F. Long, BA (William Jewell! Coll., Miss), MS, PhD (Mich. State Univ.), OD (Indiana)
Adjunct Professors
D.E. Andrew, BA, MD (Toronto)
Baker, OD (College of Optometry of Ontario) D.H. Lamont, BA (Toronto) QC _
C. W. Schwenger, MD, DPH (Toronto)
G. W. Wyszecki, Dip! ing, Dring (Tech. Univ. Berlin)
Visiting Professors (1976-77)
H. W. Jervis, BSc, OD (LA Coll Optometry), BA (UBC) W.D. Wright, ARCS, DIC, DSc (London)
G.A. Hopkins, BPharm, PhD (London), MPS
Lecturer H. A. McDonald, BA (Saskatchewan), OD (College of Optometry of Ontario), MSc (Waterloo)
Clinic Supervisors -Full-time (1976-1977)
D. B. Buck, OD (College of Optometry of Ontario) W. B. Foley, OD (Waterloo)
J.P. Johnson, OD (College of Optometry of Ontario)
Course Descriptions 379 Optometry
Clinic Supervisors — Part-time (1976-1977)
W.R. Andrews, OD (College of Optometry of Ontario)
A.J. Baldock, OD (College of Optometry of Ontario)
R.R. Bock, OD (College of Optometry of Ontario)
J.D. Capell, OD (Waterloo)
R.R. Chen, OD (College of Optometry of Ontario)
K.S. Chhatwal, OD (Waterloo)
A.N. Fruman, BA, (Saskatchewan) OD (Waterloo)
G.A. Grant, OD (College of Optometry of Ontario)
M.L. Gross, BSc (Toronto), OD (Waterloo)
R.M. Haber, BSc (Toronto), OD (Waterloo)
D. M. Hector, OD (Waterloo)
J. F. Jantzi, OD (Waterloo)
V.A.Kuraitis, OD (Waterloo)
P.E. Martinello, OD (Waterioo)
A.J. MacKinnon, OD (College of Optometry of Ontario)
D. Modesto, OD (Waterloo)
M.S. Munn, Dip Opt (College of Optometry of Ontario)
M.A. Oiffer, BSc (York University), OD (Waterloo)
R. J. Pace, OD (Waterloo)
J.S.Peaker, OD (Waterloo)
S.Peta, OD (Waterloo)
K. M. Pickard, OD (Waterloo)
D. Richardson, OD (Waterloo)
J. M. Robertson, Dip Opt (College of Optometry of Ontario)
V.M. Russell, OD (College of Optometry of Ontario), BA (Toronto)
R.L. Saari, OD (Waterloo)
C.U.Santone, OD (Waterloo)
L.E. Springer, OD (Waterloo)
P. Szak, OD (Waterloo)
N.C. Turnour, Dip Opt (College of Optometry of Ontario)
N. Van Ymeren, OD (Waterloo)
B. M. Wiseman, BSc (McGill), OD (Waterloo)
W. Woolner, OD (Waterloo)
E. J. Wylie, OD (College of Optometry of Ontario)
Clinic Residents (1976-1977)
D. Adams, BS, OD (U.C., Berkeley)
C.C. Dalziel, OD (Waterloo)
D. J. Egan, BSc (St. John’s Univ.), OD (Penn. College of Optometry).
D.R. Freson, BA, OD (Indiana)
R.A. Wiggins, BS, OD (Indiana)
Undergraduate Course Descriptions
Students in other disciplines may register for Optometry courses only upon the approval of the Director of the School of Optometry.
A brief history of the profession and the development of visual science; a consideration of legal and organizational development of optometry; the role of professional associations. The role and scope of optometry and its relationship to other professions and the community.
Reflection and refraction. Image formation. Optical properties of plane and curved surfaces, prisms and thin lenses. Thick lens theory and lens systems. Ray construction. Optical and ophthalmic instruments. Polarization.
Prereq: Phys 111, 171L, 112, 112L, Math 113
The eye as an optical instrument. Ametropia and emmetropia. The refracting mechanism. The stimulus to accommodation. Ocular transmission. Visual acuity and visual performance; stray light in the eye; analysis of the retinal stimulus pattern.
Prereq: Optom 206
The gross, microscopic and ultra structure of ocular tissues. The embryology and comparative anatomy of the eye will be emphasized. The relationship of the eye to the vascular supply of the head and the nervous system will be studied. This course is credited only upon completion of Optom 234.
Coreq: Biol 201
A continuation of Optom 224.
Prereq: Optom 224
Ocular motility: description and analysis of eye movements, measurement of eye movements, the innervational systems of the extraocular and intraocular musculature.
Prereq: Optom 211
Course Descriptions Optometry
Lectures and laboratories on clinical techniques for examination of the optical properties of the eye. Prereq: Optom 211
Basic disease processes, including inflammation, degeneration, neoplasia; pathogenic microbiology and related diseases: immunity and hypersensitivity; disease caused by physical agents; diseases of the organ systems.
Prereq: Biol 201, Optom 224-234
The properties of ophthalmic glass and lenses, and the problems and solutions involved in fitting lenses to the eyes. Laboratory work involves processing prescriptions as well as experiments in optics.
Prereq: Optom 206
The Visual Process: retinal structure; photopigments; photoreception; electrophysiology of the retina and higher centres. Psychophysics of Vision: light and dark adaptation; spatial and temporal light discrimination. Prereq: Optom 301
Lectures and laboratories on clinical techniques for examination of the optical properties of the eye. Prereq: Optom 301, 302
A continuation of 305.
Prereq: Optom 305
316 Ww 3C,4L 5
Optometrical Optics
A continuation of 306, dealing with problems peculiar to bifocal and multifocal lenses. Aberrations of thin lenses and the design of lenses of ophthalmic use.
Prereq: Optom 306
A continuation of 311. Psychophysics of Vision: characteristics of normal and defective colour vision. Prereq: Optom 301, 311
Case analysis of the. nonstrabismic patient: case history, .testing the health and integrity of the visual system, refractive tests, binocular relations, analysis, diagnosis, prognosis and modes of therapy.
Prereq: Optom 302, 312
The physiology of the smooth muscles of the eye, the extraocular striate muscles, the lacrimal apparatus, the cornea, the iris, the lens, the ciliary body and the vitreous body. Production and drainage of aqueous and related influences on intraocular pressure. The vascular supply of the eye. . Prereq: Optom 224
A detailed study of the diseases which involve the eye and related structures with emphasis on early recognition. Symptomatology, differential diagnosis. Evidence of systematic disease as manifest in the eye. A study of headaches.
Prereq: Optom 305, 315
The lecture course deals with problems involved in selecting, preparing and fitting ophthalmic materials. Optical, cosmetic and comfort requirements, and patient counselling are considered. The laboratory course provides experience in preparing and fitting materials to patients.
Prereq: Optom 306, 316
407 F 2C,2L. 5
Optometric Specialties: Contact Lenses
Aseries of lectures and laboratories on the principles and procedures of prescribing and fitting contact lenses. Prereq: Optom 401, 402
The student is assigned to the Visual Analysis Clinic and under the direct supervision of optometrists of the clinic staff, carries out routine clinical investigations of patients who attend the public Clinic.
No credit given until successful completion of
Optom 418.
Prereq: Permission of Clinic Director
Light sources, transmitting and reflecting surfaces; principles of radiometry and photometry; illumination and related factors involved in the control of the visual environment.
Course Descriptions 381 Optometry
Binocular vision and perception: The binocular system; binocular integration and interaction; effects of disparate stimulation; perceived size, shape, direction, distance, motion, colour, illusions.
Prereq: Optom 401
Optom 4t2 WwW 3C,2L 5
Clinical Optometry
Detection and evaluation of sensory and motor Characteristics of vision in strabismus. Classifications, diagnosis, prognosis, modes of therapy for strabismus and amblyopia.
Prereq: Optom 302, 312, 402
The neural processing of colour, brightness, mévement and form by the retina, lateral geniculate, cortex, superior colliculus and other brain centres. Neural mechanisms underlying binocular depth perception, the accommodative response and eye movement.
Prereq: Optom 404
A continuation of 405.
Prereq: Optom 405
A continuation of 408. Prereq: Optom 408
8 Clinic 5
Low Vision Aids
A series of lectures and laboratories in examining low vision and aniseikonic patients with specific techniques described. Treatment and therapy will be included. Prereq: Optom 401, 402
Each student is required to complete 120 hours of clinical practice during the summer term. Times will be arranged by the student with the approval of the clinic staff. Prereq: Successful completion of completed Year 4 programme.
Lectures relating to legal aspects of practicing Optometry in Canada; the rights and responsibilities of the optometrist in practice; practice management; financial management, establishing a practice, interprofessional relations, office design, optometric assistants professional associations.
Students with an interest in research may arrange witha professor to undertake a research: project of mutual interest. This course serves as an alternative to
Psych 357. Contact the course co-ordinator for details.
Special techniques for the examination of refractive and binocular properties of vision; binocular refraction; prism adaptation; etiology of refractive errors; changes in refraction with age; epidemiology; seminars and presentation of case reports.
Prereq: Optom 302, 312, 402, 412
Neurohumoral theory, response to drugs, sterile techniques, disenfectants. Drugs used in contact lens practice, drugs used topically on the eye, drugs on the eye and vision.
Prereq: Optom 404, 405, 415
Optom508. oF Optometry Clinic The clinical programme teaches the student how to provide optometrical services including pathology detection, strabismus evaluation and the application of spectacle therapy, contact lenses and vision training. The patients cared for extend from the pediatric to the geriatric, and include those with perceptual problems, or with low vision.
No credit given until successful completion of
Optom 518.
Prereq: Permission of Clinic Director
24 Clinic 5
Governmental and social aspects of health and vision care delivery, are discussed in relationship to the epidemiology of vision problems. The special aspects of management of vision problems of pediatric, geriatric and industrial populations are discussed..
A continuation of 500.
Prereq: Optom 500.
Course Descriptions Optometry .
A continuation of 501. This course serves as an alternative to Optom 513.
Prereq: Optom 501
A continuation of Optom 502. Prereq: Optom 502
Verbal communication and counselling during the optometrical examination, alternatives to technical terminology, report and letter writing, preparing and delivering papers and talks for professional societies and public information.
A brief review of Mendelian genetics, and the molecular basis of modern genetics. Inherited conditions of particular interest, e.g., colour vision, albinism, aniridia, refractive error, retinoblastoma, etc. Genetic counselling, and the detection of carriers.
Prereq: Optom 405, 415
A continuation of 508. Prereq: Optom 508
24 Clinic 5
A continuation of 509
Note
Graduation in Optometry is contingent upon successful completion of comprehensive examinations involving oral, written and clinical applications of optometry. These examinations are ordinarily held in the Winterterm of the fourth professional year.