Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
182001604302OPTICIANS - IIICompulsory245
Level of Course Unit
Short Cycle
Objectives of the Course
To have detailed information about the technical parameters of lenses. To learn the technical properties in practice.
Name of Lecturer(s)
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Fatih KOÇ
Learning Outcomes
1To have detailed information about eyeglass lenses and learn how to avoid the defects caused by the technical characteristics of these glasses.
Mode of Delivery
Daytime Class
Prerequisites and co-requisities
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
None
Course Contents
Abbe value of the lenses, absorption, wavelength and reflection properties, lens aberrations, lenses protecting our eyes from UV radiation, bifocal lenses, trifocal lenses, progressive lenses, the relation of the vertex distance with effective power, low vision and rehabilitation (low vision).
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1Abbe value of lensesDeviations in lens edges
2Lenses protecting our eyes from UV radiationUV measurement of lenses
3AbsorptionFrame selection and adjustment
4Wavelength and reflection propertiesFrame selection and adjustment
5Lens aberrationsMeasurement of bifocal lens
6Bifocal lensesMeasurement of bifocal lens
7Midterm
8Trifocal lensesMeasurements of trifocal lens
9Progressive lensesMeasurement of progressive lens
10Progressive lensesMeasurement of progressive lens
11The relationship between vertex distance and effective powerAdjustment of vertex distance
12The relationship between vertex distance and effective powerAdjustment of vertex distance
13Low vision and rehabilitation (low vision).Adjustment of vertex distance
14General evaluationGeneral evaluation
Recommended or Required Reading
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Midterm Examination120
Laboratory Midterm Examination140
Laboratory Examination140
SUM100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Final Examination1100
SUM100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities60
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities40
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
None
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination111
Final Examination111
Attending Lectures14228
Laboratory14456
Individual Study for Mid term Examination2510
Individual Study for Final Examination3515
Reading14114
Laboratory Midterm Examination122
Laboratory Examination122
Homework428
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)137
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