Students will be introduced to the profession of eye care assistant, including education on career options in optometry and ophthalmology. Concepts such as medical ethics, regulatory, and legal issues, communication skills, safety, general and ocular anatomy and physiology, ocular pharmacology, ocular microbiology, optics, and ocular history taking will be introduced. (5 lecture hours, 3 lab hours, 8 clinical hours)

Prerequisite: ANAT 1500 with a grade of C or better, or ANAT 1551 and ANAT 1552, both with a grade of C or better, or ANAT 1571 and ANAT 1572, both with a grade of C or better, or equivalent; and HLTHS 1110 with a grade of C or better or equivalent.