OD Program

The 4-year Doctor of Optometry (OD) program at SUNY College of Optometry is highly selective and academically rigorous. Over 4 years, students examine and treat an unparalleled array of ocular diseases and visual conditions at the College’s state-of-the-art patient care facility, the University Eye Center. Students improve critical thinking and problem-solving skills through challenging course work in biological and visual sciences.

Even in the first year, students work with professors who are experts in their fields. Students and professors engage in small-group seminars that integrate clinical case material with information garnered through other coursework. During the third and fourth years, student interns complete rotations in all specialty areas, including 2 quarters at off-campus hospitals and other healthcare facilities as part of the External Clinical Education Program. 

Specialty Areas

• Pediatrics                             

• Infants Vision                                   

• Vision Therapy

• Strabismus                          

• Perceptual assessments              

• Low Vision

• Adults with Disabilities      

• Glaucoma                                         

• Ocular Disease

• Cornea                                  

• Special Testing                               

• Learning Disabilities

• Lasers                                   

• Dispensing                                      

• Contact Lens

• Head Trauma                      

• Binocular & Accommodative