NTER 6401 Visual Sciences II

4 SCH. Visual Sciences II is designed to provide a broad understanding or the many aspects of visual sciences biology. The course is required for graduate students in the Visual Sciences Program, but the course will also be useful to other graduate students as welI as postdoctoral fellows interested in learning more about the eye and vision. Topics covered include: embryology and anatomy of the eye, genetics. biochemistry and cell biology of the eye, physiology of the visual system, ocular pharmacology. ocular immunology, ocular microbiology and infection, and ocular pathology. Visual Sciences II will mainly cover the posterior segment of the eye. Each lecture/discussion will be 2 hours, and the course will be taught two days a week. The course will consist of a combination of didactic lectures, classroom discussions, student presentations, and team based learning sessions.
Offered Fall
Letter Grade