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CIP PROGRAM: 26.0909
Vision Science/Physiological Optics.

Summary: A program that focuses on the scientific study of vision, visual processes, and related phenomena and clinical research and treatment modalities. Includes instruction in ocular anatomy and physiology, microbiology of the eye, electrophysiology, neurophysiology, corneal physiology, photochemistry, psychophysics, visual biophysics and motor systems, sensory mechanisms and photoreception, eye circulation and metabolism, geometric and physical optics, ocular development across the life span, visual stimuli and perception, color vision, eye motility, biometrics and measurement techniques, visual pathology, and environmental issues.

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National Completion Rate Trends

Year Associate'sBachelor'sMaster's
Change - -84.09% +41.18%

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Institutions granting degrees in Vision Science/Physiological Optics.

Institution Degrees Granted (2024)5-Year Change
Ferris State University2 -
Indiana University-Bloomington1 -50.00%
Nova Southeastern University9 -88.89%
University of the Incarnate Word5 -70.00%