BSc Ophthalmic Dispensing
Entry requirements
Scottish Higher: BCC or equivalent. including one science from Physics, Chemistry, Biology, or Human Biology plus National 5 English and Maths at B Minimum Entry Requirement: Higher CCC or equivalent, including one science from Physics, Chemistry, Biology or Human Biology plus National 5 English and Maths at B A Level: BC or equivalent, including one science plus GCSE Maths and English at B A Level Minimum Entry Requirement: CC or equivalent, including one science plus GCSE Maths and English at B English language: IELTS of 7.0 with no element less than 6.5
About this course
BSc in Optometry. Core topics include clinical skills. This is Scotland's only course for Dispensing Opticians. Clinical Dispensing and Professional Studies modules progress across all three years, with later modules covering ocular and systemic disease, contact lens practice, low vision care, and paediatric eyecare.
Modules
- Clinical Dispensing and Professional Studies 1
- Human and Ocular Biology
- Foundations of Optics
- Foundations of Spectacle Dispensing
- Refractive Error and Binocular Vision Development
- Clinical Dispensing and Professional Studies 2
- Introduction to Ocular and Systemic Disease
- Management of Refraction and Binocular Vision Anomalies
- Low Vision and Special Optical Devices
- Instrumentation in Clinical Practice
- Clinical Dispensing and Professional Studies 3
- Abnormal Binocular Vision and Advanced Paediatric Eyecare
- Assessment and Screening Techniques used in Clinical Practice
- Advanced Dispensing
- Fundamentals of Contact Lens Practice