BOptom (Hons) Optometry
Bachelor's degree
In Cambridge
Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Location
Cambridge
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Duration
3 Years
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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.
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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
- 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
- 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
- Undergraduate Major Project
- Clinical Optometry 4 - Advanced Optometric Practice
- Clinical Optometry 5 - Professional Practice
- Optometry, Society and Environment
- 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.
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BOptom (Hons) Optometry