ACADEMIC PROGRAMME
The Department of Optometry and Vision Science offers a 6 years programme leading to the award of DOCTOR OF OPTOMETRY (OD), which is a professional qualification for Optometrists.
ADMISSION ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
The Department of Optometry and Vision Science maintains an extremely rigorous admission process and has a policy of competitive expectation for academic excellence. To be able to apply for admission, candidates must meet the following criteria:
- Passes in Core English, Core Mathematics and Integrated Science or Social Studies; in addition to the above, applicants must have obtained good passes in three of the following: Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Elective Mathematics.
- Applicants who satisfy the above requirements must have a total aggregate of 12 or better in six subjects (3 core and 3 electives) to qualify for shortlisting.
Candidates who meet the minimum requirements will have their applications reviewed for interview consideration. Interviews of applicants are strictly by invitation, and the most competitive candidates are invited to determine their suitability. Applicants will be considered for admission on the basis of academic performance and comments from personal interviews conducted by the Department.
To apply for Optometry and Vision Science Programme (Regular):
For inquires, kindly call the following numbers (+233)-244170148, (+233)-242134998, (+233)-548047425 or send a mail to optometry@ucc.edu.gh.
First Semester
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Course Code |
Course Title |
Credit Hours |
||
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|
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T |
P |
C |
|
CHE 101 |
Basic General Chemistry |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
CHE 103 |
Practical General Chemistry |
0 |
3 |
1 |
|
PHY 101 |
General Physics I |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
PHY 103 |
General Physics I (Practical) |
0 |
3 |
1 |
|
BIO 101 |
Diversity of Organisms |
3 |
0 |
3 |
|
ENG 105A |
Communicative Skills |
3 |
0 |
3 |
|
ASP |
African Studies |
3 |
0 |
3 |
|
ILT 101 |
Information Literacy |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
OPT 101 |
Human Development |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
Total |
|
15 |
6 |
18 |
|
Course Code |
Course Title |
Credits Hours |
||
|
|
|
T |
P |
C |
|
OPT 201 |
Introductory Biochemistry for Optometry |
3 |
0 |
3 |
|
OPT 203 |
Introduction to Computing for Optometry |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
OPT 205 |
Introduction to Microbiology |
3 |
0 |
3 |
|
OPT 207A |
Human Anatomy I |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
OPT 207B |
Human Anatomy I (Practical) |
0 |
3 |
1 |
|
OPT 209 |
Human Physiology I |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
OPT 211 |
Physical Optics |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
OPT 213 |
Ophthalmic Optics I |
1 |
3 |
2 |
|
Total |
|
15 |
6 |
17 |
|
Course Code |
Course Title |
Credit Hours |
||
|
|
|
T |
P |
C |
|
OPT 301 |
Visual Optics |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
OPT 303 |
General Pathology |
3 |
0 |
3 |
|
OPT 305 |
General Optometry |
3 |
0 |
3 |
|
OPT 307 |
Physiological Optics I |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
OPT 309A |
Ocular Anatomy II |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
OPT 309B |
Ocular Anatomy II (Practical) |
0 |
3 |
1 |
|
OPT 311 |
Dispensing Optics II |
1 |
3 |
2 |
|
OPT 313 |
Ocular Neurology |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
OPT 315 |
Biostatistics |
3 |
0 |
3 |
|
OPT 317 |
Ocular Physiology |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
Total |
|
20 |
6 |
22 |
|
Course Code |
Course Title |
Credit Hours |
||
|
|
|
T |
P |
C |
|
OPT 401 |
Contact Lens I |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
OPT 403 |
Binocular Vision & Fusion II |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
OTP 405 |
Anterior Segment Eye Diseases |
3 |
0 |
3 |
|
OPT 407 |
Ocular Pharmacology |
3 |
0 |
3 |
|
OPT 409A |
Diagnostic Optometry I |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
OPT 409B |
Diagnostic Optometry I (Practical) |
0 |
3 |
1 |
|
OPT 411 |
Paediatric Optometry |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
OPT 413 |
Environmental, Preventive and Occupational Optometry |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
OPT 415 |
Visual Analysis |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
OPT 417 |
Principles and Practice of Refraction |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
Total |
|
20 |
3 |
21 |
|
Course Code |
Course Title |
Credit Hours |
||
|
|
|
T |
P |
C |
|
OPT 501 |
Community and Public Health |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
OPT 503 |
Low Vision & Rehabilitative Optometry II |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
OTP 505 |
Clinical Procedures and Practice I |
0 |
12 |
4 |
|
OPT 507 |
Scientific Research Methods |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
OPT 509 |
Clinical Medicine and Systemic Disease |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
OPT 511 |
Hospital Practice |
1 |
3 |
2 |
|
OPT 513 |
Emergency Care and First Aid |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
OPT 515 |
Practice Management, Ethics and Jurisprudence |
3 |
0 |
3 |
|
OPT 517 |
Visual Psychology and Psychopathology |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
Total |
|
16 |
15 |
21 |
|
Course Code |
Course Title |
Credit Hours |
||
|
|
|
T |
P |
C |
|
OPT 601 |
Primary Eye Care Clinic I |
0 |
12 |
4 |
|
OPT 603 |
Patient Management Seminar |
0 |
6 |
2 |
|
OTP 605 |
Specialized Clinic in Low Vision |
0 |
9 |
3 |
|
OPT 607 |
Specialized Clinic in Paediatrics |
0 |
9 |
3 |
|
OPT 609 |
Specialized Clinic in Ocular Disease Management |
0 |
9 |
3 |
|
*OPT 611 |
Clinical Externship II |
|
9 |
3 |
|
Total |
|
15 |
54 |
18 |
*OPT 611 will be taken by students during the Short Vacation.
Second Semester
|
Course Code |
Course Title |
Credit Hours |
||
|
|
|
T |
P |
C |
|
CHE 102 |
Basic Organic Chemistry |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
CHE 104 |
Basic Organic Chemistry (Practical) |
0 |
3 |
1 |
|
PHY 102 |
General Physics II |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
PHY 104 |
General Physics II (Practical) |
0 |
3 |
1 |
|
BIO 102 |
Basic Cytology and Genetics |
0 |
3 |
1 |
|
ENG 105B |
Communicative Skills |
3 |
0 |
3 |
|
LSS |
Inter-Faculty Course (Sociology) |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
MAT 102 |
Analytical Geometry and Calculus |
3 |
0 |
3 |
|
OPT 102 |
Cell and Tissue Organisation |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
Total |
|
15 |
9 |
17 |
|
Course Code |
Course Title |
Credit Hours |
||
|
|
|
T |
P |
C |
|
OPT 202A |
Human Anatomy II |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
OPT 202B |
Human Anatomy II (Practical) |
0 |
3 |
1 |
|
OPT 204 |
Health and Human Behaviour |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
OPT 206 |
Geometric Optics |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
OPT 208 |
Dispensing Optics I |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
OPT 212A |
Ocular Anatomy I |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
OPT 212B |
Ocular Anatomy I (Practical) |
0 |
3 |
1 |
|
OPT 214 |
Ophthalmic Optics II |
1 |
3 |
2 |
|
OPT 216 |
Human Physiology II |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
Total |
|
13 |
9 |
16 |
|
Course Code |
Course Title |
Credits Hours |
||
|
|
|
T |
P |
C |
|
OPT 302 |
Binocular Vision & Fusion I |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
OPT 306 |
Physiological Optics II |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
OTP 308 |
General Pharmacology |
3 |
0 |
3 |
|
OPT 310 |
Epidemiology |
3 |
0 |
3 |
|
OPT 312 |
Ocular Biochemistry |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
OPT 314 |
Immunology and Virology |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
OPT 316 |
Pathology of Ocular Diseases |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
Total |
|
16 |
0 |
16 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Course Code |
Course Title |
Credit Hours |
||
|
|
|
T |
P |
C |
|
OPT 402 OPT 404 OPT 406 |
Posterior Segment Eye Diseases Clinical Optometry Geriatric Optometry |
3 2 2 |
0 0 0 |
3 2 2 |
|
OPT 408 |
Low Vision & Rehabilitative Optometry 1 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
OPT 410A |
Diagnostic Optometry II |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
OPT 410B |
Diagnostic Optometry II (Practical) |
0 |
3 |
1 |
|
OPT 412 |
Endocrinology & Nutrition |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
OPT 414 |
Contact Lens II |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
OPT 416 |
Ocular Therapeutics and Toxicology |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
OPT 418 |
Orthoptics and Vision therapy |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
Total |
|
19 |
3 |
20 |
|
Course Code |
Course Title |
Credit Hours |
||
|
|
|
T |
P |
C |
|
OPT 502 |
Clinical Procedures and Practice II |
0 |
12 |
4 |
|
OPT 504 |
Ocular Imaging and Biometry |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
OTP 506 |
Community Eye Health |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
OPT 508 |
Advances in Optometry |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
OPT 510 |
Pre &Post Surgical Co-management |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
*OPT 512 |
Clinical Externship I |
0 |
18 |
6 |
|
OPT 514 |
History of Optometry |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
Total |
|
10 |
30 |
20 |
|
Course Code |
Course Title |
Credit Hours |
||
|
|
|
T |
P |
C |
|
OPT 602 |
Primary Eye Care Clinic II |
0 |
12 |
4 |
|
OPT 604 |
Clinical Seminar in Specialty Areas |
0 |
6 |
2 |
|
OPT 606 |
Specialized Clinic in Contact Lens |
0 |
9 |
3 |
|
OPT 608 |
Specialized Clinic in Binocular Vision Anomalies |
0 |
9 |
3 |
|
OPT 610 |
Thesis |
0 |
18 |
6 |
|
Total |
|
0 |
54 |
18 |