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M.S. in Vision Science

Indiana University Bloomington School of Optometry


Location

United States of America (USA)

Study Format

On Campus

Course language

English

Study Fields

Biology, Neuroscience, Optometry

Degree

Master of Science (MSc)

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Program Description

Vision science is multidisciplinary and can include the study of biochemistry, biophysics, engineering, epidemiology, molecular biology, cell biology, neuroscience, optics, ophthalmology, optometry, pathology, physiology, psychology, statistics, and any other discipline that relates to the eye and its problems.

The Master of Science in Vision Science builds a strong basis for understanding the background of modern vision science. We have two types of M.S. degree programs—thesis-based and non-thesis-based.

About the School

The notion of an optometry school at Indiana University was first seriously discussed by Indiana optometrists John P. Davey and Noah A. Bixler in the late 1930s. As members of the Indiana State Board of Optometry, they held high standards for practice in Indiana, and they felt that a school at IU would help maintain these standards.

In 1944, Irvin M. Borish, a graduate of the Northern Illinois College of Optometry, moved to Kokomo, Indiana, because he recognized those high standards required of Indiana optometrists. Davey and Bixler recruited Borish to help in the effort to start a school of optometry at IU. That December, they met with IU President Herman B Wells, who asked the Indiana Association of Optometrists to set up a committee to negotiate to found the school

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