Vision Science/Physiological Optics

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.

While Vision Science/Physiological Optics offers degrees up to the Masters degree, the majority of students study towards a Masters degree. Students study Vision Science/Physiological Optics all over the country, though the major at the Doctors degree research scholarship level sees the most graduates in California. The average starting salary for a graduate with a bachelor's degree in Vision Science/Physiological Optics is $42,090.