This program is designed to prepare students to assist patients in selecting appropriate frames; adapt and fit corrective eyewear, including eyeglasses and contact lenses, as prescribed by ophthalmologists or optometrists; and to prepare work orders for ophthalmic laboratory technicians. This program frequently includes in depth instruction in geometrical optics, anatomy of the eye, ophthalmic optics, optical instrumentation, prescription interpretation, use and maintenance of adjustment and cleaning tools, contact lens adaptation and fitting, facial and eye measuring, prosthesis fitting, record-keeping, pathology identification, and patient and business administrative tasks.
Below are colleges and universities providing majors, degrees, and training programs in Opticianry/Opthalmic Dispensing.
- Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology Boston, MA
- Camden County College Blackwood, NJ
- City University of New York: New York City College of Technology Brooklyn, NY
- College of Southern Nevada Las Vegas, NV
- Community College of Rhode Island Warwick, RI
- DeKalb Technical College Clarkston, GA
- Durham Technical Community College Durham, NC
- El Paso Community College El Paso, TX
- Essex County College Newark, NJ
- Gulf Coast Community College Panama City, FL
- Hillsborough Community College Tampa, FL
- Hocking College Nelsonville, OH
- Indiana University Bloomington Bloomington, IN
- J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College Richmond, VA
- Lakeland Community College Kirtland, OH
- Miami Dade College Miami, FL
- Middlesex Community College Middletown, CT
- Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Perkinston, MS
- Raritan Valley Community College North Branch, NJ
- Roane State Community College Harriman, TN
- Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute Albuquerque, NM
- Spokane Community College Spokane, WA