Bachelor of Vision Science/Master of Clinical Optometry

at University of New South Wales

Year one
 

• Molecules, Cells and Genes

• Chemistry 1A: Atoms Molecules and Energy

• Biological Chemistry for Optometry Students

• Seeing the World: Perspectives from Vision Science

• Geometrical and Physical Optics

• Visual Optics

• Mathematics for Life Sciences or Mathematics 1A or Higher Mathematics 1A

• Fundamentals of Physics or Physics 1A or Higher Physics 1A

Year two
 

• Introductory Anatomy

• The Clinical Environment

• Optical Dispensing

• Physiology 1A

• Physiology 1B

• Ocular Anatomy and Physiology

• Organisation and Function of the Visual System

• General Education Course

Year three
 

• Disease Processes of the Eye 1

• Vision Science in the Consulting Room

• Ocular Imaging & Applied Vision Science

• Disease Processes of the Eye 2

• Working in the Clinical Environment

• Pharmacology for Optometry

• Development and Aging of the Visual System

• General Education Course

Year four
 

• Optometric Preclinical Practice

• Contact Lenses

• Clinical Optometry 4A

• Anterior Eye Therapeutics

• Binocular Vision, Paediatrics and Low Vision

• Clinical Optometry 4B

• Therapeutics and the Posterior Eye

• Professional Optometry

Year five
 

• Clinical Paediatrics, Low Vision and Colour Vision

• Clinical Optometry 5A

• Clinical Ocular Therapy 5A

• Optometry Research Project (Required in Terms 1, 2 and 3)

• Clinical Contact Lenses

• Clinical Optometry 5B

• Clinical Ocular Therapy 5B

English language requirements:
 

• IELTS: 6.5 overall (min. 6.0 in each subtest)

• TOELF iBT: 90 overall (min. 23 in writing, 22 in reading, listening and speaking)

Indicative First Year Fee:
 

• AUD$ 48,823

The Bachelor of Vision Science will prepare you to work in the eye health sector, including clinical settings, health promotion in government and non-government organisations, laboratory-based eye research and the ophthalmic industry.

You can work in wide range of optics, vision science and ophthalmology research laboratories that develop drugs, imaging technology and vision correction devices such as contact lenses, spectacles and ocular implants.  

Career opportunities are also available in the government sector, particularly in teaching and defence technology (e.g., lasers and optical equipment). You could also contribute to the development of health and occupational policy regarding the importance of vision to quality of life in the workplace.