Variant of CIP 2011- STEM groupings

• a.1 - Science
• 26. - Biological and biomedical sciences
• 26.09 - Physiology, pathology and related sciences

26.0909 - Vision science/physiological optics

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the scientific study of vision, visual processes, and related phenomena and clinical research and treatment modalities. These programs include courses 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 lifespan, visual stimuli and perception, colour vision, eye motility, biometrics and measurement techniques, visual pathology, and environmental issues.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • physiological optics
  • vision science

• Exclusion(s)

  • laser and optical technician(15.0304)
  • ophthalmology - residency(60.0421)
  • optical science(40.0807)
  • optometric assistant(51.1802)
  • optometrist(51.1701)
  • orthoptics(51.1804)