CIP 26.0909: Vision Science/Physiological Optics

A program that focuses on the scientific study of vision, visual processes, and related phenomena and clinical research and treatment modalities. Includes instruction in ocular anatomy and physiology, microbiology of the eye, electrophysiology, neurophysiology, corneal physiology, photochemistry, psychophysics, visual biophysics and motor systems, sensory mechanisms and photoreception, eye circulation and metabolism, geometric and physical optics, ocular development across the life span, visual stimuli and perception, color vision, eye motility, biometrics and measurement techniques, visual pathology, and environmental issues.

Part of 26 Biological and Biomedical Sciences 26.09 Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences

CIP 26.0909 links to 2 SOC 2018 occupations in the NCES and BLS crosswalk.

  • 2SOC 2018 occupations

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Which occupations match CIP 26.0909?

CIP 26.0909 links to 2 SOC 2018 occupations in the NCES and BLS crosswalk. The match list on this page links each occupation.

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Official crosswalk: NCES and BLS, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018. NCES CIP 2020.