Students must place into English 111 to enroll in this program.

First Year				1st Semester	2nd Semester
	ENG	111	College Composition I	3
	OPT	111	Optical Laboratory Science I	4
	OPT	121	Optical Theory I	4
	OPT	196	On-Site Training	1
	PED	116	Lifetime Fitness and Wellness	2
	STD	295	Study Skills & Hlthcare. Deliv. Syst.	1
			1___		3
	IST	117	Intro. to Microcomputer Software		3
	MTH	115	Math for the Liberal Arts		3
	OPT	122	Optical Theory II		4
	OPT	196	On-Site Training		2
		Total Credits/Semester		15	15

Second Year				1st Semester	2nd Semester	3rd Semester
	OPT	123	Optical Theory III	3
	OPT	143	Optical Business Topics	1
	2 OPT	196	On-Site Training	2
	3 ___		Social Science Elective	3
	SPD	229	Intercultural Communication	3
	ENG	115	Technical Writing		3
	NAS	110	Elementary Physical Science		2
	2 OPT	196	On-Site Training		2
	OPT	221	Optical Theory IV		4
	3 ___		Social Science Elective		3
	BUS	209	Continuous Quality Improvement			3
	IST		Elective			3
	2 OPT	196	On-Site Training			3
	OPT	230	Introduction to Contact Lenses			3
		Total Credits/Semester		12	15	12

Total credits for the A.A.S. Degree in Technical Studies with an Opticianry Plan of Study = 69.

To graduate from a degree program, students entering NVCC Fall 1999 or later must demonstrate computer competency skills as described in the Degree Requirements section of the Instructional Programs of this catalog. Students in this program may take HIT 130 – Intro. to Healthcare Information Systems or take the NVCC computer competency test.

¹ The humanities/fine arts elective may be selected from the list on page 38. Elective should be selected with advice of a counselor or faculty advisor to meet requirements of transfer institution.

² Apprenticeship equivalent to On-Site Training via Advanced Standing.

³ The social science elective may be selected from the following: economics, geography, history, political science, psychology, or sociology (includes anthropology).