CORE CURRICULUM

• VIS 743 Optics and Imaging (Dr. Roderick Fullard) – Optical properties of the eye.  Transparency, aberrations, modulation transfer functions of the eye.  Use of coherent optics (lasers) in vision science research, MRI in vision research.
• VIS 744 Ocular Anatomy, Physiology & Biochemistry I (Dr. Om Srivastava) – Anatomy of the eye, biochemistry and physiology of ocular tissues, including tears, cornea, aqueous humor, lens, vitreous and sclera.
• VIS 745 Ocular Anatomy, Physiology & Biochemistry II (Dr. Steven Pittler) – Continued examination of ocular anatomy, biochemistry, and physiology.
• VIS 746 Retina and Subcortical Systems (Dr. Tim Kraft) – Retinal circuitry and receptive fields, including color coding, adaptation, circadian rhythms, parallel pathways, and development.
• VIS 747 Central Visual Mechanisms (Dr. Timothy Gawne) – Structure and function of geniculostriate parallel pathways, subcortical projections, and the oculomotor system.
• VIS 748 Central Visual Mechanisms II (Dr. Thomas Norton) – Analysis of the visual scene by cortical neurons, including temporal coding, motion detection, shape analysis, leading to visual perception.