 Curriculum
Sixty college credits at the junior and senior level are earned during this 22-month
Ophthalmic Technology program. All program graduates earn a certificate of
completion from Eastern Virginia Medical School and Old Dominion University.
Together with the appropriate prerequisites, the graduate
may earn a Bachelor of Science in Health Science degree that is awarded
by Old Dominion University.
Old Dominion University Undergraduate Curriculum
|
I. General Education Skills Area |
Course |
| Composition I |
ENGL 110C |
| Composition II |
ENGL 111C or 131C |
| Math |
MATH 102M or
Higher |
| Fine and Performing Arts |
ART 121A or 122A or
MUSC 264A or
DANC 185A or
THEA 241A |
| History |
HIST 101H or 102H or 103H or
104H or 105H |
| Literary |
ENGL 112L or 144L or FLET 100L |
| Philosophy |
PHIL 110P or 120P or 150P |
| Social Science |
PSYC 201S or
SOC 201S |
| Natural Science and Technology |
BIOL 108N + 109N
or
CHEM 101N + 102N and
BIOL 190 or 250 |
| Computer Skills |
CS 101D |
| Oral Communication |
COMM 101R or 103R or 112R or
CHP 450 or CHP 300 |
| Foreign Language |
XXX 101F
XXX 102F
Foreign Language may be satisfied with an AA or AS degree from most
accredited institutions or with 3 years of one foreign language or 2 years
of 2 foreign languages in high school. |
|
37 - 48 credits total |
|
II. Prerequisites and Electives |
Course |
|
9 hours of
additional math and/or science |
|
III. Upper Level Gen. Ed. Requirements |
Course Cluster - any two of the following
1 Management and 1 Philosophy |
|
MGMT 325 or
MGMT 350 or COMM
351 or PSYC 303U or PHIL 303U or PHIL
345U |
|
IV. Core |
Course (writing intensive) |
| Required |
CHP 450 |
| Choose 2 |
CHP
415, 430, or
MEDT 403 or DNTH 415 or NMED 300 or CHP 415 or CHP 430
or MEDT 403 |
|
V. Ophthalmic Technology |
OPHS courses - 60 credits total (refer
to OPHS link) |
Certificate Program Only
For those students wishing to pursue only the certificate in Ophthalmic
Technology, the same OPHS courses are required as the
ODU/BSHS program. All OPHS
classes are clinical requirements of EVMS. For a list of OPHS courses and class
descriptions, please refer to OPHS course link.
Graduates earning the
certificate or the certificate with BSHS are eligible to sit for national written and practical
board exams sponsored by the Joint Commission of
Allied Health Personnel in Ophthalmology.
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