CODE: OPHT-AAS | TOTAL CREDITS: 68 | FINANCIAL AID ELIGIBILITY: Eligible
LIMITED ENTRY PROGRAM
This is a limited-entry program. Some of these courses are program prerequisites and MUST be completed before a student is considered eligible for entry into the Program. Students MUST attend a Health Programs orientation and meet with a Health Programs advisor for additional advisement.
DESCRIPTION
The Ophthalmic Technology Program prepares graduates to be licensed opticians. The program consists of systematic instruction and experience in all aspects of the work in the profession. The program includes instruction and laboratory training in: contact lens skills, eye wear dispensing skills, lens finishing techniques, lens surfacing techniques, as well as sales techniques, basic business operations and communications. Instruction and practice in low vision aids, physician assisting skills, and ocular prosthetics are also covered.
Graduates of the program are prepared to take the American Board of Opticianry and the National Contact Lens Examiners certification examinations. Graduates are also prepared to take the Nevada Board of dispensing Opticians licensing examination.
Graduates of the program can gain employment as manufacturing opticians, dispensing opticians, entry level management positions in vision care, as well as open their own independent vision care facility.
SPECIALIZED ACCREDITATION
Accrediting Agency: Commission on Opticianry Accreditation, PO Box 592 Canton NY, 13617, (703) 468 0566.
ACADEMIC MAPS
Academic Map: AAS Ophthalmic Technology: Ophthalmic Dispensing Technician
