Focuses on the development and refinement of the skills necessary for student to become a licensed dispensing optician, including patient/client measurements, presbyopic options, frame and lens materials, absorptive lenses, frame and lens selection, safety and sports eyewear, prescription analysis to include considerations for spectacle magnification and tilt, low vision aids, and adjustment techniques.

Lecture Hours: Lecture 3 hours per week.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall Only
Prerequisites: OPT 160 and OPT 165 or equivalent.
Corequisites: OPT 271 .

Notes: An additional career and technical education course specific fee of $50.00 per credit hour applies to this course. The price is discounted 50% to $25.00 per credit hour for the 2026-2027 academic year only.

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