King Saud University College of Applied Medical Sciences Department of Optometry and Vision Sciences B.Sc. optometry Program structure The body of the program consists of: 1- One school year including English language materials and health sciences (33 hours). 2- One uniform semester in Applied Medical Sciences (14 hours). 3- Program courses of Optometry Department 98 hours: covering courses through the levels of study from the fourth to ninth semester. Total credit hours required for graduation 145 hours. 4- Internship year: 12 months training in Government hospitals, divided into 3 periods of 4 months with a total of 2000 hours per year. The optometry study program can be divided into four phases: 1- Study Phase I: Preparatory year (2 levels) 2- Study Phase II: General year: CAMS core program ( 1 level) 3- Study Phase III: Optometry courses (6 levels) 4- Study Phase IV: Internship year. Course Code MC 140 MATH 140 CT 140 ENGL 140 STAT 145 CHM 145 PHYS 145 ZOOL 145 ENGL 145 CHS 221 NURS 241 IC 102 ARAB 103 CHS 241 CLS 221 Course Code 241 Opto Phases I Course Title Level One Communication Skills Introduction to Mathematics Computer Skills English Language Skills 1 Level Two Biostatistics Introduction to Organic Chemistry General Physics Biology English for Medical Purposes Phases II Level three Advanced Biostatistics Basic Emergency Care Islam and Society Building Expository Writing Health Care Profession & Systems Basic Physiology/ Anatomy Phases III: Optometry program courses Course Title Level Four Ocular Anatomy and Physiology 1 Credit hours 2 2 3 8 2 2 3 3 8 3 3 2 2 3 4 Credit hours 3 251 Opto 262 Opto 271 Opto 292 Opto IC 103 227 BMT 242 Opto 263 Opto 272 Opto 253 Opto 273 Opto IC 104 343 Opto 363 Opto 344 Opto 353 Opto 354 Opto 356 Opto 374 Opto 371Opto 345 Opto 355 Opto 364 Opto 365 Opto 375 Opto 377 Opto 394 Opto 466 Opto 491 Opto 456 Opto 493 Opto 495 Opto 492 Opto 469 Opto 475 Opto 496 Opto 497 Opto Optics Clinical Methods 1 Visual Science 1 Introduction to Optometry Introduction to Islamic Culture Level Five Introduction to Personal Computing Ocular Neuronatomy and Physiology Clinical Methods 2 Visual Science 2 Ophthalmic Optics I Visual Optics Islam and Construction of Society Level six General Pharmacology Clinical Methods III Ocular Disease I Ophthalmic Optics II Contact Lenses I Physical Optics Binocular Vision Optometric Statistic Level Seven Ocular Disease II Contact Lenses II Clinical Methods IV Advanced Techniques Anomalies of Binocular Vision Visual Science III Geriatric Optometry Level Eight Optometry Clinic I Optometric Practice Contact Lenses III Orthoptics Low Vision Case Analysis Level Nine Optometry Clinic II Visual Science Project Occupational Vision Pediatric Optometry 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 3 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 3 2 4 4 2 2 Phase IV: Internship year. The student spends one year as internship. The year is divided into three periods, every period is four months, and the students spend each period in a different hospital. At the end of each period the hospital sends a report about the student to the Optometry department to check progress and performance of the student before moving to the next period. Notice: The student will not graduate until the internship is completed and his/her reports from the supervisor at the hospitals are satisfactory. 3
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