Ophthalmic Optics and Dispensing

Ophthalmic Optics and Dispensing I  OPTO 225 (2 + 1   =  3 Credits)
 
This course will consist of one two hour lecture and one two hour lab per week over a period of ten weeks. It will cover ophthalmic materials, optical and physical characteristics of ophthalmic lenses, prisms and decentration, spheric and aspheric lenses, multifocal lenses, lens power measurement methods, lens power-thickness relationships and aberration theory and its application to lens design.