New Developments in Vision Science - VISN3211


	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: 6
	EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
	Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 6
	Enrolment Requirements:
	Prerequisite: VISN3111
	Fee Band: 2 (more info)
	Further Information: See Class Timetable

Description

Objectives: An understanding of the new developments occurring in vision science.

Brief curriculum: A review of interesting topics in modern visual science. Topics to be discussed may include: animal vision, machine vision, retinal implants for people with visual impairment, blind sight, stem cell implantation, cures for myopia, cures for presbyopia.

A portion of this course deals with public health issues in vision: the importance of epidemiological and clinical trial research, vision loss in the developing world, preventable vision loss, eye care in Australia's indigenous communities.