Ophthalmic Science
Table of units of study: Ophthalmic Science
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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Core units |
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| Students eligible for admission to a stream must complete OPSC5001, OPSC5002 and the stream core units. | |||
| OPSC5001 Ophthalmic Anatomy |
9 | A Undergraduate knowledge of basic human anatomy |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| OPSC5002 Ophthalmic Physiology |
9 | A Undergraduate knowledge of basic human cell and organ physiology C OPSC5001 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| OPSC5003 Ophthalmic Optics |
9 | A Undergraduate knowledge of physics relating to light and optics |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| OPSC5004 Practical Ophthalmic Science |
9 | A Undergraduate knowledge of physics relating to light and optics. P OPSC5001 C OPSC5002 or OPSC5003 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Students will have to successfully complete OPSC5002 or OPSC5003 before being permitted to commence OPSC5004. |
Int December |
Stream core units |
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| OPSC5034 Oculoplastic Surgery 1 |
6 | A Students undertaking this unit of study must have advanced specialty training with RANZCO qualifications or equivalent. Consideration will be give to RACS and dermatology advance trainees. P OPSC5001 and OPSC5002 Student should contact the discipline directly for permission to enrol. The PG Coordinator will email Student Services to notify them of students who have permission. |
Semester 1 |
| OPSC5035 Oculoplastic Surgery 2 |
6 | A Students undertaking this unit of study must have advanced specialty training with RANZCO qualifications or equivalent. Consideration will be give to RACS and dermatology advance trainees. P OPSC5001 and OPSC5002 and OPSC5034 Student should contact the discipline directly for permission to enrol. The PG Coordinator will email Student Services to notify them of students who have permission. |
Semester 2 |
| OPSC5036 Practical Oculoplastic Surgery |
6 | A Students undertaking this unit of study must have advanced specialty training with RANZCO qualifications or equivalent. Consideration will be give to RACS and dermatology advance trainees. P OPSC5001 and OPSC5002 and OPSC5034 C OPSC5035 Students should contact the discipline directly for permission to enrol. The PG Coordinator will email Student Services to notify them of students who have permission. |
Int November |
Additional core unit for master's degree students |
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| Master’s degree students must enrol in OPSC5005. A student must be enrolled in order to submit the treatise. If a student is not able to submit his/her treatise after enrolling in OPSC5005 for one semester, he/she must enrol in OPSC5005, with the concomitant financial liability, every semester until he/she submits. | |||
| OPSC5005 Treatise |
12 | P OPSC5001 and OPSC5002 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
Alternative core units |
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| These units of study are only available to candidates with an exemption for a core unit of study. | |||
| OPSC5011 Ocular Genetics |
9 | P OPSC5001 C OPSC5002 N OPSC5012 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Students must request permission from the unit of study coordinator to enrol in this unit of study. The coordinator will email the Postgraduate Student Administration Unit to advise that the student has permission to enrol. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| OPSC5012 Ocular Pathology |
9 | P OPSC5001 C OPSC5002 N OPSC5011 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Students must request permission from the unit of study coordinator to enrol in this unit of study. The coordinator will email the Postgraduate Student Administration Unit to advise that the student has permission to enrol. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |