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 |
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. C OPSC5002 or OPSC5003 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Intensive December |
Stream core units |
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| 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 Note: Department permission required for enrolment 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. |
Intensive November |
Additional core unit for master's degree students |
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| Master 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 and OPSC5003 |
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. | |||