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COURSE FACT

STUDY LEVEL PROGRAM DURATION CREDITS HOURS

Under Graduate

8 Semesters, 4 years

128

Eligibility Criteria

Intermediate (Pre-Medical)/ Equivalent with minimum 45% marks.

BS Optometry


Objectives

The students will carry out full eye examinations and gain specialist skills such as pediatric, binocular vision, contact lens and dispensing. In addition they will examine patients with a range of eye diseases and gain experience in dispensing spectacles. 

Role and Scope

Being a newly introduced program in Optometric and Visionary Science, it has tremendous job opportunities in public and private sector hospitals in the country. The graduates have opportunity for employment in pharmaceutical industry. Moreover running an independent optometric clinic will prove a noble option and fruitful experience.

semesters and courses

Semester 1

Course Code Course Title Credit Hours
GEC-6101 Functional English 3(3+0)
GEC-6102 Ideology and Constitution of Pakistan 2(2+0)
GEC-6103 Quantitative Reasoning-I 3(3+0)
IDAC-6201 Anatomy 3(3+0)
IDAC-6202 Biochemistry 2(1+1)
IDAC-6203 Physiology 2(2+0)
NCC-6401 Teaching of Holy Quran with Translation I N.C
  Credit Hours 15 (14+1)

Semester 2

Course Code Course Title Credit Hours
GEC-6104 Expository Writing 3(3+0)
GEC-6105 Applications of Information and Communication technologies 3(2+1)
GEC-6106 Islamic Studies 2(2+0)
GEC-6107 Ethics 2(2+0)
GEC-6108 Introduction to Physics 3(2+1)
IDAC-6204 Pathology 2(2+0)
OPT-6301 Vision Sciences-I 2(2+0)
NCC-6402 Teaching of Holy Quran with Translation II N.C
  Credit Hours 15(13+2)

Semester 3

Course Code Course Title Credit Hours
GEC-6109 Quantitative Reasoning-II 3(3+0)
GEC-6110 Civics and Community Engagement 2(2+0)
GEC-6111 Entrepreneurship 2(2+0)
OPT-6302 Pharmacology 2(2+0)
OPT-6303 Clinical Microbiology 3(2+1)
OPT-6304 Vision Sciences-II 3(2+1)
NCC-6403 Teaching of Holy Quran with Translation III N.C
  Credit Hours 15 (13+2)

Semester 4

Course Code Course Title Credit Hours
GEC-6112 History of South Asia 2(2+0)
GEC-6113 Introduction to Psychology 2(2+0)
OPT-6305 Patient Care 2(2+0)
OPT-6306 Ocular Anatomy and Physiology 3(3+0)
OPT-6307 Optics 3(3+0)
OPT-6308 Ocular Diseases and Emergency Handling-I 3(2+1)
NCC-6404 Teaching of Holy Quran with Translation IV N.C
  Credit Hours 15 (14+1)

 

Semester 5

Course Code Course Title Credit Hours
OPT-6309 Ophthalmic Dispensing-I 3(2+1)
OPT-6310 Ocular Diseases and Emergency Handling-II 3(2+1)
OPT-6311 Clinical Refraction 3(2+1)
OPT-6312 Low Vision I 3(2+1)
OPT-6313 Diagnostic Instruments-I 3(2+1)
OPT-6314 Ophthalmic Screening Observations 3(2+1)
  Credit Hours 18 (12+5)

Semester 6

Course Code Course Title Credit Hours
IDAC-6205 Biostatistics 3(3+0)
OPT-6315 Ocular Pharmacology 2(2+0)
OPT-6316 Contact Lens-I 2(2+0)
OPT-6317 Low Vision-II 3(2+1)
OPT-6318 Diagnostic Instruments-II 3(2+1)
OPT-6319 Ophthalmic Dispensing-II 2(1+1)
OPT-6320 Orthoptics-I 2(2+0)
  Credit Hours 17 (14+3)

Semester 7

Course Code Course Title Credit Hours
OPT-6321 Research Methodology 3(3+0)
OPT-6322 Contact Lens-II 2(1+1)
OPT-6323 Orthoptics-II 3(2+1)
OPT-6324 Retinal Diseases 3(2+1)
OPT-6325 Pediatric and Geriatric Optometry 2(1+1)
ISC-6501 Internship 3(0+3)
  Credit Hours 16 (9+7)

 

Semester 8

Course Code Course Title Credit Hours
CPC-6601 Capstone Project 3(0+3)
OPT-6326 Neurophthalmology 2(2+0)
OPT-6327 Minor OT Procedures 2(1+1)
OPT-6328 Clinical Practice-I (Refraction, screening, pediatric care) 3(0+3)
OPT-6329 Clinical Practice-II (Diagnostic and Cornea) 3(0+3)
OPT-6330 Clinical Practice-III (Orthoptics & Low vision) 2(0+2)
OPT-6331 Clinical Practice-IV (Retinal Diseases) 2(0+2)
  Credit Hours 17 (3+14)

 

The Total Credit Hours for BS Optometry are 128