BOptom (Hons) Optometry

Bachelor's degree

In Cambridge

Price on request

Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Cambridge

  • Duration

    3 Years

  • Start date

    September

Get the skills you need to register as an optometrist. You’ll be working alongside our lecturers, who are registered optometrists providing a vital service to the public in our campus eye clinic. Our course is accredited by the General Optical Council.

Facilities

Location

Start date

Cambridge (Cambridgeshire )
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Anglia Ruskin University, Eastings Building,, East Road, Cambridge CB1 1PT, United Kingdom

Start date

SeptemberEnrolment now open

About this course


As an optometrist, you might have your own practice, work in a hospital, in the armed forces, become an academic or a researcher, or work in international optical companies.
To register fully with the General Optical Council, you’ll need to work for a year as a pre-registration optometrist under the supervision of a registered optometrist. Once you’ve passed the Council’s professional examinations, you’ll become a registered optometrist yourself.

Grades AAB at A level with grades AA to come from 2 Subjects from: Maths, Physics, Biology, Chemistry at first sitting or first resit.
5 GCSEs at grade C, or grade 4, or above, including English and Maths at grade C, or grade 4, and either Physics at grade B, or grade 5, or Double Award Science at grades BB, or grades 55.

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Subjects

  • Optometry
  • Biochemistry
  • Physiology
  • Anatomy
  • Human Anatomy
  • Ophthalmic
  • Ophthalmic lenses
  • Anatomy and Biochemistr
  • Geometrical
  • Physiology for Optometrists

Course programme

Year one, core modules
  • Human Anatomy and Physiology for Optometrists
  • Ocular Anatomy and Biochemistry
  • Geometrical, Physical and Visual Optics
  • Theoretical and Practical Ophthalmic Lenses
  • Clinical Optometry 1- Introduction to Practice
Year two, core modules
  • Clinical Optometry 2 -Skills for Optometric Practice
  • Monocular, Binocular and Paediatric Vision
  • Clinical Optometry 3 - Introduction to Professional Practice
  • Pharmacology and Pathology
  • Introduction to Ocular Disease
Year three, core modules
  • Undergraduate Major Project
  • Clinical Optometry 4 - Advanced Optometric Practice
  • Clinical Optometry 5 - Professional Practice
  • Optometry, Society and Environment
Assessment
  • Throughout the course, we’ll use a range of assessment to measure your progress. Because our course is so practical, a lot of your assessment will be practical, too – including exams and clinical competence. You’ll also do written exams, problem-solving exercises, essays, presentations and data analysis.

Additional information

International students -  2018/19 (per year) £13,000

BOptom (Hons) Optometry

Price on request