INTRODUCTION TO OPTICIANRY COURSE IDENTIFICATION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION

Code	Name of the Course Unit	Semester	In-Class Hours (T+P)	Credit	ECTS Credit
OPP101	INTRODUCTION TO OPTICIANRY	1	4	3	9

WEEKLY COURSE CONTENTS AND STUDY MATERIALS FOR PRELIMINARY & FURTHER STUDY
Week	Preparatory	Topics(Subjects)	Method
1	-	Introduction, scope, rationale, importance, rules and requirements	-
2	-	Optician profession, duties and responsibilities of optician	-
3	-	The historical development of the profession in Turkey opticianry	-
4	-	Optician and Optometry state of education in the world	-
5	-	Professional organizations, non-governmental organizations	-
6	-	Teminologic terms, occupational definitions, optical sciences, visual defects, prescription details, spectacle glass and frame the terms	-
7	-	Types of optical glass, glasses, glass, shaping and hardening processes	-
8	-	MID-TERM EXAM	-
9	-	Optical glass composition, the glass optical properties, thermal properties of the glass, the glass physical properties, chemical properties of the glass	-
10	-	Eyewear frames features, classification of particular units of frames, the frames classification of raw materials, glasses, parts of the	-
11	-	Refractive errors and eye diseases	-
12	-	Visual equipment standards, the principles of ophthalmic lenses	-
13	-	Recipe written and prescribed reading	-
14	-	Recipe written and prescribed reading	-
15	-	Recipe written and prescribed reading	-
16	-	FINAL EXAM	-
17	-	FINAL EXAM	-

WEEKLY COURSE CONTENTS AND STUDY MATERIALS FOR PRELIMINARY & FURTHER STUDY