Explore program structures and course outlines for undergraduate programs at UNSW Optometry & Vision Science.
Program and plan structures
Vision Science Program Structure
Vision Science (3181) |
Vision Science/Clinical Optometry (3182) |
Clinical Optometry (8095) |
| View our honours page for information on the 4500 honours program (4016 Vision Science honours specialisation) |
Vision Science 3970 and 3962 plans
Vision Science and Optometry programs information
Textbook list 2022
Read our list of prescribed/recommended/reference textbooks for UNSW School of Optometry and Vision Science.
Science bridging courses
The UNSW Science bridging courses offer you the opportunity to revise or strengthen your knowledge of HSC Chemistry, HSC Mathematics Extension 1, and/or HSC Physics. They also give you a chance to experience how these subject areas are taught at university through 40 hours of tuition consisting of lectures, tutorials, laboratory classes and/or demonstration sessions. More information can be found on UNSW Science.
2022 Course Outlines
Course outlines will be displayed here when they become available.
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OPTM 3105 - Disease Processes of the Eye 1 OPTM 6400 - Optometric Preclinical Practice OPTM 6413 - Anterior Eye Therapeutics OPTM 8511 - Clinical Paediatrics, Low Vision and Colour Vision OPTM 8512/8522 - Clinical Optometry 5A/5B OPTM 8514 - Optometry research project. This course is available in summer term 2022 not in Term 1 2022 VISN 1101 - Seeing the World: Perspective from Vision Science VISN 3111 - Development and Aging of the Visual System OPTM 3201 - Ocular Imaging & Applied Vision Science VISN 4016 - Vision Science Honours -
OPTM 2233 - Optical Dispensing OPTM 3133 - Vision Science in the Consulting Room OPTM 3205 - Disease Processes of the Eye 2 OPTM 6411 - Contact Lenses OPTM 6412/6422 - Clinical Optometry 4A/4B OPTM 6421 - Binocular Vision, Paediatrics and Low Vision OPTM 8513/8523 - Clinical Ocular Therapy 5A/5B OPTM 8521 - Clinical Contact Lenses OPTM 8514 - Optometry Research Project VISN 1111 - Geometrical and Physical Optics VISN 2111 - Ocular Anatomy and Physiology VISN 4016 - Vision Science Honours -
OPTM 2133 - The Clinical Environment OPTM 3233 - Working in the Clinical Environment OPTM 6412/6422 - Clinical Optometry 4A/4B OPTM 6423 - Therapeutics and the Posterior Eye OPTM 6424 - Professional Optometry OPTM 8514 - Optometry Research Project OPTM 8512/8522 - Clinical Optometry 5A/5B OPTM 8513/8523 - Clinical Ocular Therapy 5A/5B VISN 1221 - Visual Optics VISN 2211 - Organisation and Function of the Visual System VISN 4016 - Vision Science Honours