The aim of this master's degree is to train researchers and future teachers in the field of Vision Sciences in a multidisciplinary way, combining biological, physical, neurophysiological and clinical aspects related to the phenomenon of vision.
The Master's Degree in Research in Vision Sciences is the preferred access route to the Doctorate in Vision Sciences, also coordinated by the University of Valladolid and verified by the abbreviated procedure on 15 July 2009.
The subjects are grouped into profiles or training itineraries to enhance multidisciplinarity and broaden the professional orientation profile of the doctorate, providing it with maximum flexibility and allowing the student the possibility of an almost "tailor-made" choice of subjects. Each pathway leads to a specific specialisation when a minimum of 12 ECTS credits of optional subjects of the specific subject are taken.
Thus, four pathways are offered, consisting of several specific subjects and one compulsory subject, Fundamentals of Vision, plus a fifth mixed pathway, which does not lead to any specialisation. The subject Fundamentals of Vision establishes the minimum level of general knowledge that all students training in the programme must have about the anatomical, histopathological, genetic, optical, physiological and ophthalmological (clinical) aspects of the process of vision. Of these pathways, one has a Physical-Optical profile and is fundamentally oriented towards training in the optical aspects of vision. Another has a Biomedical profile and provides useful knowledge in general aspects of biomedical research lines. The third is oriented towards training in the neurophysiological aspects of vision. Finally, combinations of subjects could be selected from these pathways without leading to a defined specialisation. This is what we have called the mixed pathway.