UNSW Handbook Plan - Optometry

Optometry - OPTMA17435

Plan Summary


	Faculty: Faculty of Science
	School: School of Optometry and Vision Science
	Contact: http://www.optom.unsw.edu.au
	Program: 7435 - Optometry
	Award(s):
	Graduate Certificate (Specialisation)

Plan Outline

This plan is for a Gradaute Certificate in Optometry (7435).

Plan Structure

The Graduate Certificate in Optometry consists of courses from the selection listed below. Up to 6 UOC may be taken from elsewhere in the University, subject to the approval if the Head of School. Courses comprise 3, 6 or 12 UOC, which count towards the total of 18 UOC required for this graduate award. A number of the courses have prerequisites, corequisites or exlusions, so please refer to course descriptions for each course.

On sucessful completion of the GradCert, the student may decide to continue with postgraduate study at a higher level. Some or all of the units of credit achieved in the GradCert program may be counted towards a GradDip of MOptom degree. The student may use all 18 UOC in this way if the GradCert is not awarded, or 12 UOC if the degree is awarded. The introduction of the GradCert and GradDip programs in Optometry is intended to allow the postgraduate student to take progressive steps towards a higher degree at a level of their choice and to appeal to practising optomerists with time contraints.

Courses

OPTM7103 Behavioural Optometry 1 (6 UOC)
OPTM7104 Adv. Contact Lens Studies 1 (6 UOC)
OPTM7106 Occupational Optometry 1 (6 UOC)
OPTM7108 Small Research Project (6 UOC)
OPTM7110 Public Health Optometry (6 UOC)
OPTM7111 Pathophys of Ocular Disease 1 (3 UOC)
OPTM7112 Pathophys of Ocular Disease 2 (3 UOC)
OPTM7113 Human Visual Development (6 UOC)
OPTM7114 Rehab. of Part'ly Sight (6 UOC)
OPTM7115 Visual Neuroscience (6 UOC)
OPTM7203 Behavioural Optometry 2 (6 UOC)
OPTM7204 Adv. Contact Lens Studies 2 (6 UOC)
OPTM7211 Pathophys of Ocular Disease 3 (3 UOC)
OPTM7212 Pathophys of Ocular Disease 4 (3 UOC)
OPTM7301 Advanced Clinical Optometry (12 UOC)
OPTM7307 Clinical Imaging (6 UOC)
OPTM7308 Research Project (6 UOC)
OPTM7309 Ocular Therapy (12 UOC)

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