OPTO4701 Pediatric Optometry:
General objective:
To provide the student with clinical experience of examination and management of infants and children.
Specific objectives:
By the end of the course the student should be able to:
1- Understand the methods of examination of pediatrics.
2- Feel confident when dealing with pediatrics.
Contents:
1- Visual system development.
2- Case history.
3- Examination of the infants .
4- Examination of the preschool child.
5- Examination of the school-age child.
6- Strabismus, detection, diagnosis, classification and treatment.
7-Dyslexia of children.
8- Common ocular disorders in children.
9- Vision, screening , and school performance.
10- Prescribing and fitting children eye wear.
11- Pediatric contact lenses.
Lab work:
1- Ball ,drums , strips , small kits and pics , VEP instrument should be available.
2- Student should be learn how to assess vision with sound devices above.
3- Eye wares and contact lenses samples should available.
4- CDs and video show of specialized clinics should be available.
5- Field visits and hospital be provided.

Teaching methods:
- Lectures.
-Lab.
- Slide, videos & CDs.

Course Evaluation:
- Final Exam 60%
- Practical & Assignment 30%
- Attendance & participation. 10%

OPTO4702 Optometry Clinic III:
General objective:
To provide the students with clinical practice in certain specialties areas of optometry.

Specific objectives:
By the end of the course the student should be able to:
1- Appreciate the normal and abnormal human visual system.
2- Perform specialist eye examinations in various optometric areas.
3- Communicate with patients to professional standards.
4- Demonstrate problem-solving skills in different cases.
Contents:
Students attend department clinics as follow:
1- Contact lenses clinic.
2- Binocular vision clinic.
3- Low vision clinics.
4- Neurology of vision clinic.
5- Refraction clinic.
Teaching methods:
- Lectures.
-Labs and group Discussions.
- Slide, videos & CDs.

Course Evaluation:
-Continuous assessment and case records in above clinic 40%
-Cases and oral 50%
60 cases cumulative in refraction
10 cases in contact lenses
10 cases in Binocular vision
5 cases in low vision
5 cases in Neurology of vision
- Attendance 10%

OPTO4703 Low Vision:
General objective:
To provide the students with the knowledge to deal with low vision patients.
Specific objectives:
By the end of the course the student should be able to:
1- Identify the low vision patients.
2- Understand the methods of magnification.
3- Use the low vision devices.
Contents:
1- Definition of low vision and blindness.
2- Visual performance.
3- Principle optics of magnification.
4- Low vision examination.
5-Low vision prescription.
6- Alternative diagnostics procedures.
7- Hearing impairment and low vision.
8- Orientation and mobility.
9- Causes ,management & Treatment of most common low vision disorders.
Lab work:
The students should be trained to test the visual functions and use low vision devices.
Teaching methods:
- Group discussion.
-Labs.
- Slide, videos & CDs.

Course Evaluation:
- Final Exam 60%
- Practical & Assignment 30%
- Attendance & participation. 10%

OPTO4704 Professionalism and Occupational Studies:
General objective:
To provide the student with information about occupational needs.
Specific objective:
By the end of this course the student should be able to:
1- Stimulate and understand of the structure of the profession of optometry, legal, ethics and professional concerns of optometric practice.
2-Provide the management and business skills required to run successful optometric practice.
3- Know the commercial side of optometry.
4- Know how to choose the suitable office and staff.
Contents:
1- Introduction.
2- Development of profession of optometry and current status of the optical market.
3- A practice and key elements in running a successful business.
4- The law and the medical profession.
5- The National Health Service and General Optical Council.
6- Ethical clinical decision.
7- Insurance.
8- The professional bodies and professional Standers and the rules regarding disciplinary action.
9- Optometry within the National Health Service and the current and future roles of optometry in provision of health care.
10- Optometry today: commercialism and consumerism.
11- Your office and means of portrays.
12- Staff: How to hire and train.
13- Staff: A major reason for success ….. or lack of it.

Teaching methods:
- Lectures.
- Discussion groups.
- Slide, videos & CDs.
Course Evaluation:
- Final Exam 60%
- Assignment & activities 30%
- Attendance & participation. 10%

BS4701 Research Methodology:
General objective:
To provide the students with the knowledge of design and implementing research study.
Specific objective:
By the end of this course the student should be able to practice and perform a simple research and project program in a scientific way.
Contents:
1- Scientific research definition.
2- Selection of the topic.
3- Study design.
4- Hypothesis.
5- Data collection.
6- Data analysis.
7- Discussion, Conclusion and Recommendations.
8- Research ethics.
9- Proposal writing.

Teaching methods:
- Lectures.
- Groups Discussions.

Course Evaluation:
- Final Exam 60%
- Assignment & group discussion 30%
- Attendance & participation. 10%

OPTO4801Vision and Aging:
General objective:
To Provide the students with experience of examination and management of elderly person .
Specific objectives:
By the end of this course the student should be able to:
1- Understand the methods of examine the elderly person.
2- Have a knowledge of management special care and rehabilitation of elderly person.
Contents:
1- Normal age related changes (structural changes, functional changes , and refractive errors) .
2- The optometric examination of the elderly person.
3- Common ocular diseases in the elderly person .
4- Oculomotor signs of pathology in the elderly person.
5- Visual impairment in elderly person.
6- Special care and rehabilitation.
Lab work:
1- Colour vision tests, contrast sensitivity tests, tonometer's,ophthalmoscopes,medriatrics ,log mark tests should be available.
2- CDs and video shows for specialized center should be available.
3- Field and hospital visits are provided.

Teaching methods:
- Lectures.
- Discussion groups.
- Slide, videos & CDs.
Course Evaluation:
- Final Exam 60%
- Practical & Assignment 30%
- Attendance & participation. 10%

OPTO4802 Advance Clinical Skills and Practice:
General objective:
1-To provide the students with advanced procedure in objective and subjective refraction.
2-To provide the student with alternative of correcting the refractive error by surgery.
Specific objectives:
By the end of the course the student should be able to:
1-Assess the refraction by objective and subjective methods.
2-Understand the refractive surgery.
Contents:
1-Keratometry ,keratoscopy , refractive errors (signs and assessment) and ophthalmoscopy (direct and indirect).
2-Optometers (principles, types , full automated refractometer).
3-Projectors for visual functions assessment.
4- Phoropters.
5- Refractive surgery (principles and types , RK , PRK , LASIK).
6- Suitability of the patient to the refractive surgery (patient selection).
Lab work:
1-Different types of keratometer, keratoscope ,refractometers ,ophthalmoscpe projectors and photoptors should be available.
2- CDs and video shows of different refractive surgery techniques should be available.
3-The students should learn how to assess subjective refraction using the projector and phoropters.
4-The students should learn how to consult and writ referral letters.
Teaching methods:
- Lectures.
-Lab..
- Slide ,videos & CDs.
Course Evaluation:
- Final Exam 60%
- Practical & Assignment 30%
- Attendance & participation. 10%

OPTO4803 OphthalmicLaser:
General objective:
To provide student with knowledge of laser and its applications in the eye.
Specific objective:
By the end of this course the student should be able to:
1- Know what is ophthalmic laser and its instruments.
2- Understand the uses of laser in ocular diagnosis.
3- Understand the laser vision correction.
4- Know the various therapeutic uses of laser.
Contents:
1- Ophthalmic laser: Basics and tissue interaction.
2- Clinical instrumentation.
3- Ophthalmic diagnostic uses of laser.
4- Clinical laser vision correction.
5- Therapeutic uses of laser.
6- Laser safety.
Lab contents:
1- Clinical instruments.
2- Clinical laser vision correction.
3- Glaucoma therapeutic uses.
4- Anterior segment therapeutic uses.
Teaching methods:
- Lectures.
- Discussion groups.
- Slide ,videos & CDs.
Course Evaluation:
- Final Exam 60%
- Practical & Assignment 30%
- Attendance & participation. 10%

OPTO4804 Photography and Eye Imaging:
General objective:
To Provide the students by basic requirements of photography and theoretical, practical knowledge needed to photography various parts of the eye .
Specific objectives:
By the end of this course the student should be able to:
1- Identify all parts of SLR camera.
2- Choose the Adequate film for a particular condition .
3- Find exposure setting for particular photo.
4- Adjust SLR camera to take photo.
5- Develop & print various types of films.
6- Photograph the outer eye using SLR camera.
7- Identify all parts of slit lamp, choose appropriate exposure setting for each film, and choose it to photograph the outer eye.
8-Use specular camera ,choose appropriate exposure setting for each film, and choose setting for each film to take specular photo.
9-Identify all parts of the fundus camera, choose appropriate exposure setting for each film and align the instrument to take fundus photo and stereo fundus photo.
10-Do fluorescein photography.
11- Develop and print film.
Contents:
1- Introduction.
2- Basic principles.
3- The camera.
4- The dark room.
5- Developing and printing.
6- External photography with SLR camera.
7- Slit lamp photography.
8-Specular microscopic photography.
9- Stereo fundus photography.
10-Fluorescein angiography.
11-Ultra Sonography.
Lab work:
Each student should present at least six photo during presentation days in the class session. This photos will be at slides and on printing paper including at least one external photo, one slit lamp photo, one specular photo ,one fundus photo, one stereo fundus photo and one fluorescein photo. The photographer and class will critique each picture .
Teaching methods:
- Lectures.
-Labs.
- CDs and critique.
Course Evaluation:
- Final Exam 60%
- Practical & Assignment 30%
- Attendance & participation. 10%

COMP4801 Advanced Computer sciences:
General objective:
Recognition of Advanced computer skills necessary for occupational needs and scientific research .
Specific objectives:
By the end of this course the student should be able to:
1- Understand the organization of computer system.
2- Understand and applied the advanced computer program.
Contents:
1-Organization of computerized information systems and graphs .
2- Graphics Scanner – Digitalization of graphs , color , analysis.
3- Stat view and math cad – basic statistical calculation. Unicalculation, internet , accessing local and world wide data banker .
4- SPSS.
5- C++.
6- Java.
7-Optical computation.
8-Programming.
Lab work:
All above should be applied in the lab.
Teaching methods:
- Lectures.
- Lab.
- Discussion groups.
- Slide, videos & CDs.
Course Evaluation:
- Final Exam 60%
- Practical & Assignment 30%
- Attendance & participation. 10%

BS4801 Epidemiology:
General objective:
To provide the student with knowledge of epidemiology problem.
Specific objectives:
By the end of the course the student should be able to:
1-Understand the primary health care and related problems in the developing world.
2-How to deal with community health problems in the primary level.
3-To be able to take the right decision in the right time to answer a questions or to solve a problem depending on the collected data under his/her disposal.
4-To be able to participate in studies and researches conducted in medical field.
Contents:
1. Introduction to community medicine and the basics of infectious diseases.
2. History and introduction of epidemiology.
3. Evaluation of epidemiology.
4. Factors affecting the spread of diseases and infection triangle.
5. Infectious diseases( prevention and control).
6. Strategies of P.H.C.
7. PHC in ophthalmology.
Teaching methods:
- Lectures.
- Discussion groups.
- Slide ,videos & CDs.
Course Evaluation:
- Final Exam 60%
- Assignment & activities 30%
- Attendance & participation. 10%