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Optics and the Eye 2 - OPTM1205
Science students

 
Faculty: Faculty of Science
 
 
School:  School of Optometry and Vision Science
 
 
Course Outline: http://www.optom.unsw.edu.au
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 4
 
 
EFTSL: 0.08333 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 4
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: OPTM1105, PHYS1199; Corequisite: OPTM1201
 
 
Fee Band: 2 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

Note: School approval must be granted to enrol in this course.
Contact the School of Optometry and Vision Science
Email: optometry@unsw.edu.au
Phone: 02 9385 4639
Fax: 02 9313 6243

Objectives: Understanding of the optics of the eye and visual performance, measurement and correction of refractive errors, spectacle lenses and thier subsidiary effects.

Brief Curriculum: Optics of the measurement and correction of the errors of refraction of the eye, accommodation, retinal image analysis, visual acuity, contrast sensitivity, modulation transfer function, limits to visual resolution, higher order aberrations of the eye, astigmatisim. near correction. subjective refraction, ocular correction of ametropia (contact and implant lenses), spectacle magnification and prismatic effects, entoptic phenomena.

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