College of Optometry (CO) 2023–2024 100 Fees and Expenses (Fees are subject to change.) NSU Student Services Fee..................................................................................................................................$1,800 Optometry General Access Fee..........................................................................................................................$145* Review Course Fee.................................................................................................................$400 (third year only) Equipment/Lab Fee...............................................................................................................................................$150* Late Payment Fee....................................................................................................................................................$100 I.D. Replacement.........................................................................................................................................................$25 Diploma Replacement..............................................................................................................................................$50 Official Transcripts (each).............$17 (electronic); $19.50 (paper, domestic); $22 (paper, international) Please note that courses may have additional fees associated with them. *These fees represent annual totals. Core Performance Standards for Admission and Progress Intellectual, Conceptual, Integrative, and Qualitative Abilities These abilities include measurement, calculation, reasoning, analysis, and synthesis. Problem-solving—a critical skill—requires all of these intellectual abilities. Candidates and students must have critical thinking ability sufficient for good clinical judgment. This is necessary to identify cause-effect relationships in clinical situations and to develop plans of care. In addition, candidates and students should be able to comprehend three-dimensional relationships and to understand the spatial relationships of structures. An individual is expected to be able to perform multiple tasks in a diverse, dynamic, highly competitive, and challenging learning environment. Examples include, and are not limited to, identification of cause/ effect relationships in clinical situations, development of treatment plans, transferring knowledge from one situation to another, evaluating outcomes, problem-solving, prioritizing, and using short- and long-term memory. All individuals are expected to meet their program requirements on a satisfactory level as determined by the Health Professions Division (HPD) administration or the applicable college/ program administration. Interpersonal Communication Candidates and students must be able to interact and communicate effectively with respect to policies, protocols, and process, with faculty and staff members, students, patients, patient surrogates, and administration during the student’s educational program. They must be able to communicate effectively and sensitively with patients. Communication includes not only speech, but also reading and writing. Candidates and students must also be able to communicate effectively and efficiently in all written forms with all members of the health care team. They must have interpersonal abilities sufficient to interact with individuals, families, and groups from a variety of social, emotional, cultural, and intellectual backgrounds.
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