0.00 - 4.00 Credits
A continuation of Ophthalmic Materials II to include cataract eyewear, glass lens tempering, high minus lens designs/materials, and a variety of specialty lenses. Practice management including: ordering, inventory, duty to warn, equipment maintenance, semantics and salesmanship. Licensed professional responsibilities are presented, along with the latest trends (fashion, technological breakthroughs). Advanced spectacle fabrication in the lab, to include: semirimless mounts, various repairs, progressive lenses, bifocal projects, and prism RXs. Prerequisite: Acceptance into the Opticianry Program. (3 lecture hours, 3 laboratory hours/week) Not part of a TN Transfer Pathway. Formerly OPTI 2470