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Oct 14, 2025
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2023-2024 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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OPTI 111 - Optical Concepts and Propertie
PREREQUISITES: Program Chair Approval
PROGRAM: Optician and Eye Care
CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
LECTURE HOURS MIN: 2
LAB HOURS MIN: 2
DATE OF LAST REVISION: Fall 2022
This entry level course will introduce the student to fundamental principles and properties concerning basic optics. The course includes lecture and laboratory studies containing formulas and exercises used in basic optical concepts of the eye and ophthalmic lenses including geometrical optics and refraction.
MAJOR COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:
- Discuss and perform elementary mathematical principles.
- Mathematically calculate the refraction of a single light ray as well as multiple light rays.
- Describe the action of light rays through refractive mediums.
- Define and discuss ametropia, emmetropia, myopia, and hyperopia.
- Define and discuss accommodation and the correction of presbyopia.
- Determine the power of the lens in minus and plus cylinder form.
- Calculate power crosses.
- Correctly write prescriptions in minus, plus, and crossed cylinder form.
- Calculate spherical equivalent.
- Neutralize lenses and verify eyewear/vision aids prescriptions.
- Understand and perform principles of geometric optics.
- Analyze and interpret prescriptions.
COURSE CONTENT: Topical areas of study include - - Refractive errors & their correction with lenses
- Nature of light
- Indices of refraction of different mediums
- Visual acuity and minimum angle of resolution
- Fundamental paraxial equation
- Optical prism and Prentices’ Rule
- Spherical, single vision, and multifocal lenses
Course Addendum - Syllabus (Click to expand)
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