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2026-2027 Catalog with Addendum 
    
2026-2027 Catalog with Addendum
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OPTS 1391 - Special Topics in Opticianry/Dispensing Optician


Semester Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Hours: 2
Lab Hours: 2

Topics address recently identified current events, skills, knowledge, and/or attitudes and behaviors pertinent to the technology or occupation and relevant to the professional development of the student. Course was designed to be repeated multiple times to improve student proficiency. Topics will focus on specific areas only covered more generally in other Optometric Technician/Assistant (OPTS) courses and may include: workplace soft skills, low vision evaluation and correction, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), anisometropia, specialty absorptive lenses, lens aberrations, and eyeglass consultations.

Prerequisite: OPTS 1292 , OPTS 1305 , OPTS 1311 , OPTS 1315 , OPTS 1501 , and OPTS 2341  with a grade of “C” or better
Corequisite: OPTS 1319 , OPTS 2166 , OPTS 2335 , OPTS 2345 , and OPTS 2531  

CPR Fee: $58
Differential Fee: $57
High Cost Health Prof. Course Fee $84
Course Designation: Professional and Technical



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