Master of Education/Visual Function in Learning, MEd

Additional Admission Requirements

Applications are accepted year-round for this non-licensure program. Applicants must hold a Doctor of Optometry degree or have completed the fall semester of the first year of study within Pacific University College of Optometry and be in good academic standing, with a 3.00 minimum GPA in at least 9 credits of graduate work.

Applicants must submit the following documents no later than four weeks before the beginning of graduate study:

• Official transcripts of all college study
• Two references from optometry faculty. One letter of recommendation from an optometrist is required for applicants who hold an OD degree
• Letter of intent describing how this degree will benefit applicant as a professional

A personal interview led by the MEd/VFL Program Coordinator or designee also is required.

Degree Requirements

Program Objectives

1. To develop a knowledge base concerning:
   • the role that visual factors play in learning disability diagnosis and remediation;
   • fundamental theories of cognition, learning, and language development;
   • the major diagnostic theories in reading and related prescriptive techniques;
   • decision-making systems, service delivery models, and program management within education organizations;
   • the varied constituencies that the public schools must satisfy.
2. To develop skills in research, diagnosis, therapy, and case management within a multidisciplinary setting.

Program Length: 2 years

Learning Outcomes

Graduate students will have developed a sophisticated and nuanced understanding of:

• the role that visual factors play in learning disability diagnosis and remediation;

• fundamental theories of cognition, learning, and language development;

• the major diagnostic theories in reading and related prescriptive techniques;

• decision-making systems, service delivery models, and program management within education organizations; and

• the varied constituencies that the public schools must satisfy to develop skills in research, diagnosis, therapy and case management within a multidisciplinary setting.