OPHTHALMIC TECHNICIAN
(7GDI)
Occupational Specialty
4V0X1
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Degree Requirements
| Occupational Specialty 4V0X1 |
| Degree Requirements |
| The journeyman (5) level must be held at the time of program completion. |
| Technical Education |
| (24 semester hours) A minimum of 12 SHs of technical core subjects or courses must be applied and the remaining semester hours applied from technical core or technical elective subjects or courses. Requests to substitute comparable courses or to exceed specified semester hour values in any subject or course must be approved in advance. See Technical Education Requirement. |
| Technical Core |
Max Sem Hours |
| Assisting the Optometrist |
8 |
| General Psychology |
3 |
| *Human Anatomy and Physiology |
6 |
| Human Eye and the Visual System |
6 |
| Introduction to Operating Room Technology |
8 |
| Operating Room Practicum |
8 |
| Operating Room Technology |
8 |
| Optics |
8 |
| Spectacles and Contact Lenses |
6 |
| Vision Classification |
6 |
| Technical Electives |
Max Sem Hours |
| Algebra-Based Physics |
4 |
| Analytic Geometry |
3 |
| CCAF Internship |
18 |
| Computer Science |
6 |
| General Biology |
4 |
| General Chemistry |
4 |
| Medical Readiness |
3 |
| Office Management |
3 |
| Leadership, Management & Military Studies |
| (6 semester hours) Professional military education, civilian management courses accepted in transfer and/or by testing credit. See page
19. |
| Physical Education (4 Semester Hours) |
| General Education |
| (15 semester hours) Applicable courses must meet the criteria for application of courses to the general education requirement and agree with the definitions of applicable courses starting on page
19. |
| Subject/Courses |
Sem Hours |
| Oral Communication |
3 |
| Speech |
| Written Communication |
3 |
| English Composition |
| Mathematics |
3 |
| Intermediate algebra or a college-level mathematics course satisfying delivering institution's mathematics graduation requirement-if an acceptable mathematics course applies as technical or program elective, you may substitute a natural science course for mathematics. |
| Social Science |
3 |
| Anthropology, archaeology, economics, geography, government, history, political science, psychology, sociology |
| Humanities |
3 |
| Fine arts (criticism, appreciation, historical significance), foreign language, literature, philosophy, religion |
| Program Elective |
| (15 semester hours) Courses applying to technical education, LMMS or general education requirements; natural science courses meeting general education requirement application criteria; foreign language credit earned at Defense Language Institute or through Defense Language Proficiency Test; maximum 9 SHs of CCAF degree-applicable technical course credit otherwise not applicable to program of enrollment. |
*Must be completed as part of degree program.
The Council on Optometric
Education of the American Optometric Association accredits this degree
program. Apprentice course graduates are eligible to take the Certified
Paraoptometric Technician examination.
See Licensure and Certification section for certification information. |
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