Associate Degree in Ophthalmic Technology at East Mississippi Community College |
East Mississippi Community College
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East Mississippi Community College is a Public, 2-year Associate's--Public Rural-serving Medium with 4,012 students in Scooba, MS.
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This school offers the following degree levels:
Certificates/Less-than-2-year Certificate, Associate degree |
| Also, students of this school are eligible for federal aid such as Pell Grants and Direct Loans from the US Department of Education. |
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East Mississippi Community College
Associate degree
Ophthalmic Technology
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Ophthalmic Technology is a two-year technical program. Upon successful completion of the program, the student is awarded the Associate of Applied Science Degree. The curriculum requires a minimum of 69 semester hours of courses. The minimum requirements are 47 semester hours of Career-Technical courses in ophthalmic technology and 19 hours of academic courses.
Opticianry is defined as "the art and science of optics as applied to compounding, filling, and adapting of ophthalmic prescriptions, products and accessories." Opticianry describes the preparation (making) of ophthalmic lenses, setting them into spectacle frames, and dispensing (fitting and delivering) them to the wearer. These acts include a large number of activities or trades, ranging from the mechanical act of lens grinding to the personal service of the selection, fitting, and adjusting of a pair of glasses to an individual's face, selling, and public relations.
Potential positions may be found in doctor's offices, retail optical stores, wholesale optical laboratories, and optical manufacturing companies.
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